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Thirty-one migrants died when their boat went down in November 2021. The trial found that the guilty men were part of two smuggling networks.
We have selected seven stories from the SCMPโs coverage of Asia over the past week that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Bangkok declares flood disaster across city as thousands flee from homes Entire Bangkok neighbourhoods were inundated on Saturday as the city government declared a flood disaster after the worst rains in years overwhelmed the Thai capital, submerging roads, cars and...
Bangkok residents stranded by neck-deep floodwaters on Sunday appealed for clean water and food, as Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul cut short a diplomatic trip to the United Kingdom to monitor the response amid growing criticism online. In the worst floods to hit the Thai capital in 15 years, life has ground to a standstill in parts of the city since Friday evening, prompting the town hall to declare a disaster in all 50 districts. Days of incessant rains that overwhelmed Bangkokโs...
Floods in Ghana's rural north have collapsed 93 houses and left more than 246 people without shelter. Stored grain was lost and a washed-out road has cut three villages off from their market. The post Ghana Floods Destroy 93 Homes and Food Stocks, Leaving 246 People Homeless appeared first on The Rio Times.
Entire Bangkok neighbourhoods were inundated on Saturday as the city government declared a flood disaster after the worst rains in years overwhelmed the Thai capital, submerging roads, cars and forcing thousands to leave their homes. Bangkok is flood-prone, especially during the monsoon season, but waters rarely linger for long. Nonetheless, the cityโs drainage is notoriously ill-equipped to handle storm bursts as it struggles to cope with waters that have reached at least two feet (60cm) and...
About 60,000 cusecs expected in the river on Friday afternoon; roads cut in tribal areas of Parvathipuram Manyam, and 158 pregnant women moved to hospitals
Panchayat secretaries told to take the required steps if it becomes necessary to relocate people from disaster-prone areas
Minister for Water Resources and Housing Mons Joseph, Anto Antony MP, and MLAs Mani C. Kappan and N.J. Sebastian paid their last respects to the victims
Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Pref., Sept. 20 (Jiji Press)--Kumagawa Railroad Co., a public-private railway operator in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto, fully resumed service on Sunday, about six years and two months after the railway was heavily damaged in the July 2020 Kumamoto rain disaster. On the day, the 6-kilometer section between Hitoyoshi Onsen Station in the city of Hitoyoshi ...
The slide was spotted from the SSB's 'G' Company post at Intake, following which a disaster rescue team was mobilised to the affected area, officials said
As fortes chuvas que atingiram o estado de Sรฃo Paulo de quinta-feira a sรกbado deixaram ao menos oito pessoas mortas e uma desaparecida, alรฉm de queda de รกrvores, alagamento e outras ocorrรชncias. Na capital, um prรฉdio em construรงรฃo desabou sobre casas vizinhas, na madrugada de sรกbado (12), na Rua Tequeci, na Penha. Os bombeiros localizaram todas as vรญtimas. Uma crianรงa e um homem, sobreviveram. Trรชs mulheres, sendo uma gestante, dois homens e uma crianรงa morreram. Notรญcias relacionadas:Desabamento de prรฉdio em construรงรฃo deixa dois mortos em Sรฃo Paulo.Capital paulista jรก acumula quase 200 mm de chuvas em setembro.Ainda ontem as casas do entorno foram vistoriadas e trรชs seguem interditadas pela Defesa Civil do municรญpio. Construรงรฃo irregular A construรงรฃo que cedeu era um prรฉdio residencial de 12 andares que estava embargado desde 2021. Segundo a Prefeitura, ainda naquele ano o municรญpio ingressou com uma aรงรฃo judicial para demoliรงรฃo de uma construรงรฃo irregular no local, apรณs diversas aรงรตes fiscalizatรณrias da Subprefeitura Penha, ordem de interdiรงรฃo e multas aplicadas, uma delas no valor de R$ 119 mil. Em 2022, a empresa apresentou novo projeto que foi autorizado, com a demoliรงรฃo da estrutura antiga. Segundo a prefeitura, em fevereiro de 2024 uma fiscalizaรงรฃo foi realizada e um laudo, assinado por uma servidora da Subprefeitura, afirmava que a demoliรงรฃo havia sido realizada. A situaรงรฃo estรก em investigaรงรฃo pela Controladoria Geral do Municรญpio. A servidora foi afastada de suas funรงรตes, por 30 dias, para nรฃo prejudicar as investigaรงรตes. Apuraรงรตes preliminares apontam que a demoliรงรฃo exigida pela Prefeitura para a construรงรฃo do novo prรฉdio nรฃo foi cumprida. O governo do estado informou que a polรญcia investiga o ocorrido e que um dos sรณcios da construtora New Home foi preso na manhรฃ deste domingo. A Agรชncia Brasil nรฃo conseguiu contato com a defesa do homem detido, mas estรก aberta a suas manifestaรงรตes. Outros dois representantes da construtora sรฃo procurados e hรก contra eles mandados de prisรฃo em aberto. Jandira Em outra ocorrรชncia, na cidade de Jandira, na regiรฃo metropolitana da capital, trรชs pessoas foram levadas por uma enxurrada. Na noite de sexta-feira, uma mulher foi encontrada, jรก sem vida. Um homem foi encontrado neste domingo e outro segue desaparecido. Os bombeiros concentram as buscas em um piscinรฃo, na cidade de Carapicuรญba, que faz divisa com Jandira. Ainda na regiรฃo metropolitana, em Vargem Grande Paulista, houve queda de um muro, queda de uma barreira, deslizamentos e o deslocamento de rochas. Uma residรชncia teve a parede de um cรดmodo atingida, sem comprometimento estrutural. O morador nรฃo sofreu ferimentos. Outras cidades prรณximas, como Cotia, Osasco, Mogi das Cruzes e Itapecerica da Serra tambรฉm tiveram registro de alagamentos e queda de รกrvores. Situaรงรฃo no estado Desde a 0h de sรกbado atรฉ 7h30 deste domingo, a Defesa Civil emitiu 21 alertas por SMS e 4 alertas por Cell Broadcast, em razรฃo das condiรงรตes meteorolรณgicas. Equipes da Defesa Civil foram deslocadas para auxiliar na cidade de Eldorado, no Vale do Ribeira. O nรญvel do Rio Ribeira de Iguape apresentou elevaรงรฃo de aproximadamente 9 metros, o que levou a inundaรงรตes na รกrea urbana da cidade.ย Cinquenta e quatro famรญlias, totalizando 173 pessoas, foram retiradas de suas residรชncias. Em Sete Barras, o transbordamento do Rio Ribeira de Iguape inundou vias e propriedades rurais, afetando 50 moradias.ย Em Itu, foram registrados queda de muro de arrimo sobre duas residรชncias, deslizamentos de terra e rochas, queda de muro de divisa e trรชs quedas de รกrvores.ย Segundo a Defesa Civil o nรญvel dos rios mantรฉm algumas regiรตes sob atenรงรฃo. Na Regiรฃo de Registro, os cursos dโรกgua permanecem elevados e apresentam tendรชncia de aumento em alguns pontos, conforme dados registrados na manhรฃ deste domingo (13). Segundo a agรชncia SP รguas, na manhรฃ de hoje, dos 20 pontos monitorados nos rios Tietรช e Pinheiros, a tendรชncia predominante observada รฉ de estabilidade. Em quatro dos pontos monitorados houve extravasamento, nas regiรตes de Sรฃo Paulo โ Nรบcleo Itaim Biacica (0,91 metro acima da cota), Sรฃo Paulo โ Nรบcleo Jardim Helena (0,71m), Itaquaquecetubaย โ Rio Tietรช (0,41 m) e Mogi das Cruzes โ Rio Tietรช Estaleiro (0,02 m).ย Na regiรฃo do Ribeira de Iguape, a SP รguas registrou chuva de 26,1 milรญmetros (mm) nas รบltimas 24 horas. Das 29 estaรงรตes, seis estรฃo em extravasamento, uma em emergรชncia (Registro), seis em estado de alerta e cinco em atenรงรฃo. A regiรฃo tem trรชs rios, o Ribeira de Iguape, o Juquiรก e o Itariri. A regiรฃo de Piracicaba, onde correm os rios Atibaia, Capivari, Jaguari e Jundiaรญ, tem trรชs de suas 39 estaรงรตes de monitoramento indicando extravasamento, outras cinco em emergรชncia e seis em alerta. Aqueles que precisarem circular pelo interior devem consultar as condiรงรตes das estradas, pois diversas foram afetadas ao longo do final de semana, com liberaรงรฃo parcial ou total ao longo deste domingo. A Defesa Civil estadual orienta que a populaรงรฃo acompanhe os alertas, se mantenha distante das margens dos rios e de suas proximidades e evite atravessar รกreas alagadas. A previsรฃo para domingo e segunda-feira (14) ainda รฉ de chuvas volumosas no litoral, com possibilidade de atรฉ 150 mm nestes dois dias. As demais regiรตes seguem estรกveis, com chuvas leves. ย
A large area of Douala woke up underwater following the heavy rains that struck overnight from Thursday into Friday. While the full extent of the damage remains unclear, the meteorological service is warning residents to prepare for even heavier rainfall in the coming days.
Nepal's politicians have said the country is bearing the brunt for climate change caused by other nations.
Taradevi Tamangโs village exists on official maps, but on the ground, it looks as though it was never there at all. Two weeks ago, raging floodwaters ripped through her village in central Nepalโs Nuwakot district, sweeping away Tamangโs tin-roofed home alongside the modest savings and gold jewellery she had accumulated over the years. The Trishuli River also washed away her familyโs main source of income: 265 piglets and 34 wild boars. Tamang, 50, is among roughly 3,500 people currently...
Bihar Opposition Leader Tejashwi Yadav urges Prime Minister to declare the flood a โnational disasterโ and provide โน5,000 crore immediate assistance; officials say water levels in rivers have started going down in some places, even though they remain above danger level in other parts
Flags flew at half mast on the 13th day since the disaster, the last day of the Hindu mourning period.
Argentina reserves recovered past US$50 billion this week, but the gain came mainly from gold prices and asset values rather than from central bank buying. The post Argentina Reserves Climb Back Above Fifty Billion Dollars appeared first on The Rio Times.
More than a week after catastrophic floods struck Nepal, rescue teams continue searching for the missing as authorities assess the scale of destruction. Hereโs a look at what caused the disaster, the latest casualty figures, and the ongoing relief and recovery efforts.
More than 1,300 people have died and thousands are missing, but rescuers' hopes have risen after finding survivors in a tunnel.
Tokyo, Sept. 4 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government expects to designate the heavy rains in the Hokuriku central region late last month as a disaster of extreme severity, making affected areas eligible for increased state aid for recovery projects, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Friday. She mentioned this at a meeting of the government's emergency response headquarters on the July 28 p...
A Nepalese worker recounts his harrowing escape from a hydropower project tunnel after last week's devastating flood. Around 900 workers remain trapped in tunnelsย at six hydroelectric plants in Nepal as the number of missing in the Himalayan disaster rose toย 5,624 on Thursday, according to Nepalese and Chinese authorities.
Nepali authorities have erected a makeshift zip line to help stranded residents travel across the swollen waters of the Trishuli river after last weekโs deadly flash floods swept away bridges, leaving them cut off from the outside world. Some were in need of urgent treatment, medicines, food and other essentials.