9 h. ago Fiji and Indonesia strengthen partnership to develop bamboo industry

Fiji and Indonesia are strengthening their partnership to support the development of Fiji’s bamboo industry. Speaking at the conclusion of a two-week Training of Trainers program held in Yogyakarta, Acting Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Fisheries and Forestry, Saimone Tauvoli, expressed Fiji’s gratitude to Indonesia for its continued support. He says the training has […]

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1 week ago Heavy rains trigger widespread flooding, evacuations in Pacific Northwest

Heavy rains drenching the Pacific Northwest triggered flooding on Thursday across much of the Pacific Northwest from Oregon north through Washington state and into British Columbia, closing dozens of roads and prompting widespread evacuations. The intense downpours began earlier in the week, swept into the region by a storm system meteorologists call an atmospheric river, […]

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1 week ago Indonesia says more than $3 billion in recovery funds required after Sumatra floods

Indonesia’s Sumatra island will require 51.82 trillion rupiah ($3.11 billion) in reconstruction and recovery funds following a series of deadly floods, senior government officials said. The death toll from the cyclone-induced floods and landslides reached 950 as of Monday, with 274 people still missing, according to official data. The storms also killed about 200 people […]

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1 week ago India’s IndiGo battles passenger fury over luggage lost in chaos

India’s IndiGo (INGL.NS), opens new tab is battling growing passenger fury over delays in finding and delivering thousands of stranded bags, with social media flooded with photos of luggage piling up at airports after last week’s large-scale flight disruptions. IndiGo, which has 65% of the domestic market, has apologised after cancelling more than 2,000 flights […]

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1 week ago Calls to strengthen Fiji’s early warning system after sudden floods

Fiji’s early warning system is under renewed scrutiny after several families in the Central Division were caught off guard by sudden flooding on Sunday night. The incident has reignited concerns about the country’s preparedness as climate change continues to intensify storms, flooding, and other extreme weather events. UNDP Resident Representative Munkhtuya Altengerel says timely alerts […]

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2 w. ago Russian strikes kill four in Ukraine as new US policy released

Russia on Sunday welcomed the Trump administration’s new national security strateg y in comments by the Kremlin spokesman published by Russia’s Tass news agency. Dmitry Peskov said the updated strategic document was largely in line with Moscow’s vision. “There are statements there against confrontation and in favor of dialogue and building good relations,” he said, […]

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2 w. ago Sri Lanka cyclone survivors afraid to go home, stuck in relief centres

Residents of Kithulbadde village in central Sri Lanka say they have been left in the lurch after last week’s deadly cyclone and many are stuck in relief centres as damaged infrastructure has made them wary of returning home. About 479 people were killed in the storm, which brought intense winds and the worst floods in […]

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2 w. ago Leptospirosis kills two, warning issued for Northern Division

The Ministry of Health is urging people in the Northern Division to take extra precautions after two recent deaths linked to leptospirosis. While current case numbers remain low, the Ministry warns the disease is still deadly especially after heavy rain and flooding, when infections are known to increase. Leptospirosis is preventable and treatable if caught […]

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2 w. ago Cyclone Ditwah kills 410, leaves hundreds missing in Sri Lanka

Nawaz Nashra recalls grabbing her three-year-old daughter, wrapping her in a bedsheet and running out of their home in central Sri Lanka as a landslide struck, triggered by a deadly cyclone that killed 410 people in the worst floods in a decade. Nashra and her pregnant sister, who lived with her, spent the next 20 […]

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2 w. ago Southeast Asia storm deaths near 800 as scale of disaster revealed

The death toll from cyclone-induced floods and landslides in Indonesia passed 600 as rescuers battled to clear roads and improved weather conditions revealed the scale of a disaster that has killed nearly 800 people in Southeast Asia. Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have suffered devastation after a rare tropical storm formed in the Malacca Strait unleashed […]

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3 w. ago Death toll hits 212 as Sri Lanka struggles with Cyclone Ditwah impact

Sri Lanka’s death toll from Cyclone Ditwah climbed to 212 with 218 missing, officials said on Monday, as flood waters breached a dam and rescue operations continued into a fourth day. Nearly a million people are impacted by heavy rains and floods that swept through large parts of the south Asian island nation forcing nearly […]

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3 w. ago Floods and landslides in Indonesia’s Sumatra kill at least 174

The death toll from floods and landslides on the Indonesian island of Sumatra island has risen to 174. This is up from the previous 94. The country’s disaster mitigation agency said on Friday, adding that dozens remain missing.  

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last month Jamaica reports deadly leptospirosis outbreak after Hurricane Melissa

Jamaica has declared an outbreak of the bacterial disease leptospirosis, suspected of causing six deaths, following the devastation from Hurricane Melissa in late October. The Category 5 hurricane slammed into the Caribbean island on October 28, causing catastrophic flooding and landslides with some 30 inches (76 cm) of rain. The resulting stagnant, contaminated water has […]

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