As many people in Europe turn to primitive ways to keep warm, an academic has said that Britain’s energy crisis was 20 years in the making. “This has really been a crisis in the UK [Read More]
Tropical Storm Ian is expected to be a major hurricane in the eastern Gulf of Mexico during the middle of this week, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Sunday. There is a risk [Read More]
Super typhoon Noru slammed Luzon island in the Philippines with heavy rainfall and winds since Sunday afternoon, leaving five people dead, as it blew away from the Southeast Asian country on Monday. Bulacan province Governor [Read More]
Extending the lifetime of Germany’s remaining three nuclear power plants would reduce the price of electricity in the country by 4 percent in 2023, according to the ifo Institute for Economic Research on Wednesday. The [Read More]
The number of food insecure Kenyans is expected to reach 4.35 million by October, up from the current 4.1 million, as drought worsens in many parts of the country, a state agency said Sunday. According [Read More]
The death toll in flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in northern and eastern parts of India further rose to 50 on Sunday, said a report in Hindustan Times. The most number of [Read More]
The Sudanese government on Sunday declared a state of alert and emergency in six states of the country over heavy rains and floods, the official SUNA news agency reported. “In its meeting on Sunday, the [Read More]
Europe’s prolonged drought this summer, with no relief in sight, is dealing a heavy blow to its vital inland water transportation. Lilith Kunz, who was visiting the German town of Kaub by the River Rhine [Read More]
Five people, including two children, died on Thursday as storms battered parts of Austria, local media reported. Two girls, aged four and eight, were killed by falling trees in the Carinthia state and a dozen [Read More]
Persisting drought threatens to reduce agricultural production in most of Romania’s counties this year as thirsty cropland is expanding in acreage day by day, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said on Thursday. The drought [Read More]
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