17 h. ago New EVs 'could cost just £13k' if major rule is changed, claim car makers

Cheaper electrcic vehicles (EVs) on the road would not only make a difference to buyers' finances, they could also help to slow down the impending climate disaster

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29 h. ago China suffered damage worth £2.2bn in August as monsoon wreaked havoc

Beijing says more than 10 million people affected by succession of disasters ranging from flash floods to droughts

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32 h. ago Rescue boat evacuating flood victims capsizes in eastern Pakistan, killing 9

A rescue boat evacuating people displaced by floods has capsized in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, killing nine people

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56 h. ago Rescuers in Pakistan scramble to save residents as swollen rivers reach dangerous levels

Officials say rescuers backed by the military and volunteers are racing against time to evacuate thousands of people from flooded villages near Jalalpur Pirwala in eastern Pakistan

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3 d. ago Over 120,000 evacuated from central Pakistan as floods leave survivors in scorching heat

Rescuers backed by the military have evacuated nearly 100,000 people from a central Pakistani city after floodwaters submerged homes and farmland

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4 d. ago Pakistan evacuates 25,000 people from city as rivers threaten flooding

Rescuers backed by troops evacuated more than 25,000 people from a city in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province overnight as rising rivers threatened to flood the region, officials said Monday.

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4 d. ago Pakistan evacuates 25,000 people from eastern city as rivers threaten flooding

Officials say rescuers backed by troops have evacuated more than 25,000 people from a city in eastern Pakistan as rising rivers threatened to flood the region

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7 d. ago Pakistan’s southern Sindh province evacuates 100,000 people over flooding threat

More than 100,000 people in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province have been evacuated from low-lying areas along the Indus river after neighboring India warned of cross-border flooding from dam releases, officials said

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8 d. ago Half a million people forced to flee homes after flooding in Pakistan’s Punjab

The latest evacuations bring the total number of people displaced since last month to 1.8 million, officials say

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8 d. ago Half a million people flee their homes in Pakistan’s Punjab to escape flooding

Officials say rivers are swelling to dangerous levels in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, forcing more than half a million people to flee their homes in the past 24 hours

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8 d. ago Flood alert in India’s capital as river Yamuna breaches danger mark

Nearly 300,000 people were evacuated in the past 48 hours across the border in Pakistan’s Punjab province

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8 d. ago 'I'm an EV expert and you should never make these common mistakes'

As electric cars continue to multiply on Britain's roads, steering clear of these pitfalls could be the difference between stress-free motoring and a high-voltage headache

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9 d. ago Pakistan floods: Emergency workers use drones to rescue people stranded on rooftops

Emergency workers in Pakistan have used drones to rescue people stranded by massive floods which have battered the country in recent weeks.

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1 week ago ‘Fear haunts us’: Pakistan’s floods leave mental scars long after waters recede

Shock, panic, guilt and grief grip survivors as mental health experts warn of chronic trauma from repeated exposure to natural disastersFor a 10-year-old, the loss is proving hard to grasp. “It has been four days since I last saw my home,” says Ahsan. He has not yet understood that the floods completely swept away his house in Dogoro Basha village in Shigar, Pakistan.His confusion is part of the devastating aftermath of long months of rain and floods that have devastated thousands of families in the country’s northern provinces and left more than 860 people dead so far. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Pakistan uses drones to help rescuers evacuate thousands as floods devastate Punjab

Emergency workers in Pakistan's Punjab province have used drones to find people stranded by massive floods

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1 week ago ‘Biggest flood in Punjab’s history’ affects over 2 million people in Pakistan

Minister says first time Sutlej, Chenab and Ravi rivers carrying such high levels of water

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1 week ago Days without war: Ukrainian children enjoy time at summer camp – photo essay

While missiles and drones are exploding in Kyiv during the bloodiest attack of the year, a mountain retreat provides a brief, peaceful escape from the chaosOn the last day of July, Russia launched an attack on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, the bloodiest one this year: 300 drones and eight missiles killed 31 people. On the same day, 700km (435 miles) away in a camp near the city of Svalyava in the Carpathian mountains, 30 children are roasting marshmallows. Most of the children live in Kyiv, but for now, they are at the Zefir summer camp.Sofia, 15, from Uzhhorod, dresses up for a theatre performance. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘The water left nothing’: Pakistan’s Punjab province reels from deadly floods

Fears of disease as more than 1,400 villages under water after three large rivers overflow their banksIman Salim is used to seeing flood waters in the field of lush lilypads next to her home in the village of Kamanwala. But nothing prepared her for this week, when torrential monsoon rains that broke a 49-year record lashed the area, flooding her house with water that rose above her chest.“The whole house has drowned. The water left nothing,” the 24-year-old said. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Floods in Pakistan's Punjab leave many without aid as rescuers race to evacuate

Rescuers in Pakistan have been racing to evacuate tens of thousands of people stranded by floods in Punjab province

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2 w. ago Pakistan floods force mass evacuations as Sikh holy shrine inundated

Indian soldiers rescue four boys swept by floodwaters towards border with Pakistan

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