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UN Calls for urgent response to El Nino's devastating effects

Rome - QNA

The number of people affected by the combined impact of the El Nino and La Nina weather patterns could exceed 100 million by the end of the year, the United Nations said. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) estimates that more than 60 million people, two thirds of them in east and southern Africa, are facing food shortages because

Solar-powered containers used to clean Makkah’s central area

Makkah - Arab Today

Makkah Municipality is doing its best with high-tech equipment for dealing with garbage including solar-powered containers, carriages and electronic brooms to help sanitary workers in cleaning the Central Area. Since the start of Ramadan, the amount of garbage removed from Makkah’s central area, until Sunday, stood at 60,000 tons. The general director for sanitation, Mohammad Al-Morqi, said the municipality is

Paris bans old cars from streets in pollution crackdown

Paris - AFP

Paris cracked down Friday on ageing polluting cars, with vehicles registered before 1997 no longer allowed on the streets from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm on weekdays. Dozens of police were on duty to warn motorists that driving their old cars would soon land them with a fine of 35 euros ($39). The move is a part of efforts by

Vietnam says Taiwanese steel mill to pay $500m for pollution

Hanoi - AFP

A Taiwanese steel mill has agreed to pay $500 million compensation for discharging pollution that decimated Vietnam's fishing industry in several central provinces this year, officials said Thursday. Tonnes of dead fish, including rare species that live far offshore, began washing up along Vietnam's central coastline in April and activists have been demanding answers ever since. After weeks of investigation,

Signs of 'healing' ozone layer over Antarctic

Miami - AFP

The hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctic has begun to shrink, signaling good news for the environment decades after an international accord to phase out certain pollutants, researchers said Thursday. The study found that the ozone hole had shrunk by 1.5 million square miles (four million square kilometers) -- an area about the size of India -- since

China on yellow alert for rainstorms

Beijing - Xinhua

China's meteorological authority on Monday issued a yellow alert for heavy rain across most of the country in the coming two days. Thunderstorms will hit the provinces of Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Anhui from Monday morning to Tuesday morning, with precipitation reaching 140 millimeters in some areas, the National Meteorological Center said on its website. The center suggested

Take closer look at Ahahu national wetland park

Guiyang - Xinhua

An aerial photo taken on June 25, 2016 shows Ahahu national wetland park in Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province. The forest coverage rate of Guiyang had reached forty-five percent in 2015. The 2016 Eco Forum Global will kick off in Guiyang on July 8 this year source : xinhua

China warns of geological disasters due to rains

Beijing - QNA

China's meteorological authorities on Sunday warned of possible geological disasters in the south and southwest as heavy rain in the region showed few signs of weakening. The National Meteorological Center (NMC) and the Ministry of Water Resources together warned of high risks of mountain torrents in parts of Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan, Chongqing, Hunan, Guizhou, Hubei and Anhui from Sunday evening

Obama declares disaster after US Floods

Washington - QNA

US President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in the state of West Virginia, where the worst floods in more than a century have left at least 24 people dead. Obama ordered federal aid for three of the worst affected counties following a request by Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, the (BBC) reported. Residents will now receive grants for temporary

Heat wave, rain storms to hit China

Beijing - Xinhua

China's national observatory on Sunday morning renewed its yellow alert for a vast region in China, where temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius are predicted for daytime. China has a four-tier warning system for severe weather, with red being the most serious, followed by orange, yellow and blue. During the daytime on Sunday, high temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius are expected

Heavy storm over Malta diverts flights

Valletta - Xinhua

- A heavy storm struck Malta on Friday afernoon, diverting international flights to and from the islands. Flight from Gatwick to Malta was diverted to Catania, Sicily due to the bad weather, while another flight from Frankfurt was diverted to Tunisia's capital Tunis, according to local reports. Friday's flights to Budapest, Brussels, Heathrow, Paris and Frankfurt were delayed until the

Climate protesters kayak to Australian PM's harbourside home

Sydney - AFP

A group of kayakers paddled to a tiny beach outside the Australian prime minister's Sydney harbourside home on Saturday to call for action on climate change ahead of next weekend's election. Protester Joseph Sikulu said he felt that the issue had dropped off the agenda ahead of the July 2 polls in which conservative Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull faces Labor's

China issues disaster alerts

Beijing - Xinhua

China's meteorological authority on Thursday warned central, southwest and northwest regions of possible geological disasters. Parts of Hubei, Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, and Xinjiang should brace for potential geological disasters from Thursday night to Friday night, as heavy rain has been forecast, according to a statement issued by the National Meteorological Center (NMC). The NMC warned that floods

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