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Russia evacuates 2,000 in Far East flooding
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 11 months agoOver 2,000 people have been evacuated from flooded areas of the Primorye region in Russia’s Far East, emergency officials said Sunday. The heavy...
Storm Khanun brings deadly mudslides to China as Russia evacuates thousands
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 11 months agoA mudslide caused by torrential rains from tropical storm Khanun has killed at least two people on...
China evacuates residents and searches for mudslide victims as storms lash parts of the country
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 11 months agoTens of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in China's southwest after heavy...
North Koreans told to ‘focus’ on protecting Kim Jong-un portraits as storm Khanun looms
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 11 months agoNorth Koreans have been asked to prioritise safeguarding the portraits of the Kim dynasty as the...
How a once-in-a-lifetime Scout festival turned into an unmitigated disaster
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 11 months agoThe more than 40,000 attendees had been promised a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ experience - instead the...
More than 35,000 evacuated from chaotic scout jamboree in South Korea as typhoon looms
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 11 months agoTens of thousands of young people are being evacuated from the ill-fated World Scout Jamboree in...
Scouts chief slams lack of hygiene at disastrous jamboree as teenager tells of snakes and children...
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 11 months agoBritain’s scouting chief has hit out at the organisers of the disastrous world jamboree in South...
14 dead over the weekend in Chinese city due to flooding caused by typhoon Doksuri
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 11 months agoAt least 14 people died over the weekend in the Chinese city of Shulan due to the devastation caused...
Deadly flooding in China worsens as rescues and evacuations intensify
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 11 months agoThousands of people threatened by storm-swollen rivers were evacuated in China's northeast on Friday...
As Typhoon Khanun makes a U-turn, residents of Okinawa brace for another lashing with wind and rain
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 11 months agoResidents of Japan's southwestern islands were warned of high winds and rain Friday through the...