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A firefighter monitors flames caused by the Hughes Fire in California, in January 2025. Scientists fear El Nino will exacerbate the heat of a planet already warming from burning fossil fuels. Photo: AP
Extreme weather

El Nino is back – and it could be ‘one for the history books’

The weather event – which can bring droughts, floods and record temperatures – has officially arrived, and could grow to peak strength.

The Philippines

Filipino mayor begs for helicopters to fly food to isolated quake survivors

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Japan

Japan braces for historic typhoon season with up to 14 landfalls forecast

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Earthquakes

Strongest earthquake in nearly 150 years hits off Cuba, shaking Mexico and Florida

Rare earthquake with 6.1 magnitude shakes buildings in Havana and beyond.

Workers rush down down a stairwell in Havana following a rare 6.1-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Cuba on Monday. Photo: AFP
The Philippines

Mindanao quake a stark reminder of Metro Manila’s ‘Big One’ threat: experts

Limited evacuation routes in densely populated Metro Manila would make rapid, orderly evacuation a major challenge, disaster planners warn.

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The Philippines

At least 35 dead, 200 injured, after magnitude 7.8 quake hits Philippines

Schools and buildings collapsed as residents fled, with rescue teams continuing to search for missing students.

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Japan

Typhoon Jangmi churns along Japan’s Pacific coast, leaves dozens hurt

Heavy rain continued in the Tokyo metropolitan area in the morning, with flood danger warnings for several rivers in the capital.

A pedestrian braves the rains brought by Typhoon Jangmi in Tokyo on Wednesday. Photo: Xinhua
Extreme weather

‘On our doorstep’: UN warns world to prepare for El Nino extreme weather

UN chief warns that the phenomenon, expected within months, will ‘pour fuel on the fire’ of global heating.

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Trending in China

China official mocked over gold earrings while crying about local flood disaster

‘Golden’ accessories of party secretary in village hit by torrential rain arouse both sarcastic criticism and support; she reveals they are fake.

United States

Rescuers find 6 more bodies after US paper mill disaster

Rescuers are working in an ;active and hazardous recovery environment’ to recover three more victims.

Damage is seen at Nippon Dynawave Packaging in Longview, Washington state, after a tank containing hazardous liquid imploded on Tuesday. Photo: via AP
Laos

5 of 7 villagers trapped in flooded Laos cave found alive

A Thai-led rescue team broke through to an area where they found the five villagers on a muddy ledge, but two others remain missing.

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A Thai-led rescue team broke through to an area in a flooded Laos cave where they found five of the seven missing villagers perched on a muddy ledge on Wednesday. Photo: Facebook / Thailand Rescue Diver
Laos

Video | Rescuers race to save miners in flooded Laos cave

Thai teams have joined the mission, as rescuers share photos of the treacherous conditions in the cave tunnel.

India

Video | Indian heatwave sickens livestock ahead of Eid al-Adha

Although the festival of Eid al-Adha involves animal sacrifice, Islamic law explicitly forbids using sick livestock.

United States

Thousands ordered to evacuate as Southern California wildfire threatens homes

Wind-driven Sandy Fire forces evacuations in Simi Valley, threatening properties.

The Sandy Fire approaching a neighbourhood in Simi Valley, California on Monday. Photo: AP
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Hong Kong records 10 tremor reports after magnitude 5.2 quake hits Guangxi

Earthquake struck Liuzhou, with at least four people hospitalised and three reported missing as of 4am, according to mainland Chinese media.

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Rescue workers walk past a damaged building following an earthquake in Guangxi. Photo: CNS
Japan

Japan’s ‘ibasho’ sense of belonging helps disaster survivors heal, study finds

Research into the 2011 earthquake and tsunami shows fostering social connection and purpose helps survivors rebuild and staves off dementia.

Singapore

Grieving family says Singaporean killed in Mount Dukono eruption died a hero

Timothy Heng’s stepsister said that she and her family were comforted to know that ‘his final moments were used to help someone else’.

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Indonesia

Indonesia finds bodies of 2 Singaporeans killed in Mount Dukono eruption

Evacuation of the bodies hindered by eruptions and adverse weather, an official said.

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A rescuer looks at Mount Dukono volcano during its eruption in North Halmahera, Indonesia, on Saturday. Photo: EPA
Indonesia

Video | Indonesian volcanic eruption kills 3

The volcano in North Maluku province erupted on Friday morning, spewing volcanic ash as high as 10km into the sky.

Indonesia

Mount Dukono eruption in Indonesia kills 3 hikers, including 2 Singaporeans

The volcano in North Maluku province erupted on Friday morning, spewing volcanic ash as high as 10km into the sky.

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Science

Alaska 2025 tsunami was second-highest ever, taller than Empire State Building

Huge 481-metre wave that scoured an Alaskan fjord reached higher than the famed New York skyscraper.

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The aftermath of the 2025 tsunami that occurred three days earlier. Photo: US Geological Survey via Reuters
Indonesia

Bus and oil tanker collide in Indonesia, killing at least 16 people

The bus driver, 13 passengers, the tanker’s driver and assistant all burned to death inside the vehicles.

An intercity bus collided head-on with a tanker truck on a major highway in South Sumatra, Indonesia on Wednesday. Photo: Xinhua
The Philippines

Panic in Philippines as Mayon volcano ashfall blankets towns in total darkness

Some 32 volcanic earthquakes, including 25 volcanic tremors, had been reported over the weekend, vulcanologists said.

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Bangladesh

Child, newlywed among 14 killed by lightning in Bangladesh

Lightning kills ‌hundreds of people every year in ⁠Bangladesh, which ⁠declared lightning strikes a natural disaster in 2016.

Japan

Magnitude 6.2 quake strikes Japan’s Hokkaido, JMA warns of more to come

The temblor, and another hours earlier, come less than a week after last Monday’s 7.7 earthquake off northern Iwate prefecture.

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Waves hit Tomakomai in Hokkaido prefecture following an earthquake on April 20. Photo: Kyodo/Reuters
Japan

Wildfires in Japan’s north worsen, 1,400 firefighters deployed

Japan has experienced relatively few wildfires compared with other parts of the world, but climate change has increased their frequency.

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A convoy of fire trucks make their way to the fire in the town of Otsuchi in Iwate Prefecture, northern Honshu, Japan on Sunday. Photo: AFP
Banking & finance

Default in our stars: China banks use satellites to track assets, cut loan risks

Analysts say orbital monitoring of sites, property and other assets provides vital data on borrowers.

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Extreme weather

Video | Northern Japan battles large wildfires

2,500 residents forced to evacuate as wildfires burn for a second day in Japan’s northern Iwate prefecture.

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