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Flash floods in northwestern Tehran
Jul 29, 2022 16:43Scores of people killed and injured after heavy rains caused flash floods in a mountainous region in northwestern Tehran.
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Rescue operations underway as flash floods hit over 20 Iranian provinces
Jul 29, 2022 13:37Torrential rain over the past two days has caused devastating summer floods in more than 20 provinces across Iran, claiming lives and causing extensive damage in several areas.
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Flash floods kill at least 5 people in northern Tehran, injure over 9
Jul 28, 2022 11:13At least five people have died and nine others have been injured after heavy rains caused flash floods in a mountainous region in northern Tehran.
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President urges ‘serious’ pursuit of country's water share from Hirmand River
Jul 27, 2022 13:31President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi has called for “serious” pursuit of Iran’s water rights from the Hirmand River, which has been at the heart of a long-running water dispute between Tehran and Kabul.
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Strong earthquake hits Philippines, killing at least 4
Jul 27, 2022 10:38At least four people were killed in a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck the northern Philippine island of Luzon on Wednesday causing dozens of landslides and severely damaging buildings, officials said.
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Extreme heat is destroying biodiversity
Jul 26, 2022 18:45The planet's amazing biodiversity is threatened as plants and animals struggle to adapt to conditions they're not built for.
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Flash floods kill at least 21 people in southern Iran, 2 others still missing
Jul 23, 2022 13:48At least 21 people have died and two others are still missing after heavy rainfall caused flooding in the southern Iranian province of Fars.
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Over 1,700 died in Spain, Portugal due to heatwave: WHO
Jul 23, 2022 12:13A ferocious heatwave that brought record temperatures to parts of Europe has resulted in the deaths of over 1,700 people on the Iberian Peninsula alone, according to the World Health Organization's European office.
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Wildfire rages near Athens as hundreds evacuated
Jul 20, 2022 11:17Hundreds of firefighters on Wednesday battled a wildfire that raged for a second day in mountains near Athens, burning homes and cars and forcing the evacuation of at least nine settlements and a hospital.
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Flood leaves 44 people unaccounted for in southwest Virginia
Jul 14, 2022 11:43More than 40 people have been reported unaccounted for by loved ones after floodwaters swept a riverfront Appalachian community in southwestern Virginia on Wednesday, triggered by heavy rains in the area, local authorities said.