Natural disasters

TSMC evacuates some factory lines after Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years

An aerial view shows workers taking down a collapsed building in eastern Taiwan’s Hualien county following an earthquake/ Sam Yeh…

Heat strain could cost Singapore’s economy over $1.5 billion in losses

People sitting by a pier during sunset in Singapore. Roslan Rahman | Afp | Getty Images Singapore’s economic losses due…

Thunderstorms and earthquakes cost $250 billion in damages in 2023

Cars stranded in a flash flood caused by a monsoonal thunderstorm on Sept. 1, 2023, in Thermal, California. David Mcnew…

Climate change has displaced millions in Pakistan, China and India

A girl sits on a cot as she crosses a flooded street in Pakistan on October 4, 2022. A record…

Lovers of sweet treats could be hit by rising sugar prices

Sugar for sale at a supermarket in Yichang City, in China’s Hubei province, on April 6, 2023. Future Publishing |…

Southeast Asia haze returns as peatland fires fan global warming fears

In this photo taken on October 10, 2023, a man looks at a forest fire as it approaches houses in…

Emissions more than double previous annual record

An aerial view of wildfire of Tatkin Lake in British Columbia, Canada on July 10, 2023. BC Wildfire Service |…

China’s capital Beijing battered by heaviest rainfall in 140 years

Massive rescue and relief efforts are underway in response to typhoon-induced torrential rains in Beijing. Vcg | Visual China Group…

India’s rice export ban to impact millions in Asia, Africa, Middle East

Women planting rice seedlings in a paddy field in Nagaon district of India’s northeastern state of Assam. India, the world’s…

July is set to be hottest month on record, according to WMO, EU data

25 July 2023, Greece, Gennadi: A relief worker, who has been on duty for days, has laid down on a…