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Southeast Asia faces intensifying compound catastrophes and escalating flood impacts
In Southeast Asia, this phenomenon is increasingly evident. Events...
RBI proposes rules for banks to implement relief measures during natural disasters, to kick in from April 1
India ranks sixth globally in climate vulnerability, according to...
FPIs withdraw Rs 17,955 cr from Indian equities in Dec; total outflow at Rs 1.6 lakh cr in 2025
Over the last 12 months, the Indian primary markets have seen FII net inflows to the tune of Rs 823 billion ($9.5 billion) while secondary markets have seen FII net outflows of Rs 2,144 billion ($24.5 billion), according to a note by JM Financial. New Delhi:Foreign...
Climate change supercharge devastating South Asian floods
A trio of tropical cyclones battered the region from Sri Lanka to Indonesia in November, causing at least $20 billion of losses. The storms resulted in torrential rainfall and destructive floodwaters that swept through homes, businesses and tourist spots, damaged...
Deadly floods’ $20 billion toll shows Asia’s rising climate risk
“Climate change is undeniably fueling more severe flooding in Southeast Asia,” said Davide Faranda, research director in climate physics at the French National Center for Scientific Research who led a study on Vietnam’s November floods Devastating floods have killed...
Thailand floods “paralyzed” flow of high tech components and car parts to neighboring Malaysia
The floods are the worst on record for southern Thailand, with the government estimating the damage at around 500 billion baht ($15.6 billion). Thailand said floods that have devastated much of the country’s south have “paralyzed” the flow of high tech components and...
Over 1,200 dead from floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand as rescue efforts intensify
The flooding and landslips killed at least 1,230 people, with 659 people confirmed dead in Indonesia, 390 in Sri Lanka and 181 in Thailand, authorities said Tuesday (December 2, 2025).In Indonesia, the hardest-hit nation, rescuers are struggling to access villages in...
SC notice to Centre others on plea raising issue concerning disaster preparedness
The petioners said that the Ministry of Power and others be directed to implement quarterly safety audits, public alert systems and standard operating procedures for infrastructure maintenance, and provide immediate compensation and accountability in case of...
High-rise Fire: Hong Kong catastrophe shows how difficult it is to evacuate in emergency
Evacuations of high-rises don’t happen every day, but occur often enough. And when they do, the consequences are almost always severe. The stakes are highest in the buildings that are full at predictable times: residential towers at night, office towers in the day....
Death toll hits 212 as Sri Lanka struggles with Cyclone Ditwah impact
In Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand the death toll mounted to over 600 from floods and landslides caused by across the three countries, officials said on Sunday, as relief efforts for tens of thousands of displaced people continued over the weekend Sri Lanka's death...
Sri Lanka shuts offices, schools as 56 killed due to floods and landslides
More than 25 people were killed Thursday in landslides in the central mountainous tea-growing regions of Badulla and Nuwara Eliya, which is about 300 kilometres east of the capital, Colombo. Another 21 people were missing and 14 were injured in the Badulla and Nuwara...
Heavy rainfall unleashes deadly floods across Southeast Asia
Total number of confirmed dead in Vietnam is now 91.Flooding in southern Thailand has killed at least 13 people and swamped around 800,000 households and rubber- and palm oil-producing areas. In Peninsular Malaysia, more than 16,000 people have been displaced, while...