In the annals of history, the first half of 2025 will be remembered for many things. I’d venture that very few are aware of ...

YANGON, Myanmar Apowerful cyclone killed more than 350 people and destroyed thousands of homes, state-run media said yesterday. Some dissident groups worried that the military junta running ...

The second tropical cyclone to hit southern China this month continues to drop heavy rain while also damaging cropland, public infrastructure, and homes. The fate of the Salween River, a target for ...

News about Cyclone Nargis, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

THA GYAR HIN OH, Myanmar — The monsoon is due any day now, and for the hundreds of villagers with fresh memories of last year's deadly Cyclone Nargis, an emergency shelter that opened Saturday ...

Seventeen years ago, President George W. Bush in June 2008 authorized the USS Essex battlegroup to deliver humanitarian aid to areas of Myanmar devastated by Cyclone Nargis after the regime refused to ...

The IRC initiated an emergency response in Myanmar following Cyclone Nargis in 2008. The IRC has worked with local partners to expand its activities since then, serving people who have been affected ...

New Zealand experienced heavy flooding and damage due to Cyclone Tam last week through this weekend. What started out as a tropical low hovering over the South Pacific Ocean nation of Vanuatu was ...

Myanmar expressed reservations regarding UN leadership in the aid coordination process. ASEAN promptly took the lead, evidenced by the convening of a special foreign ministers’ meeting in Singapore.

Myanmar occupies 12th place after Ethiopia and Haiti. However, according to Bradley Murg, an adjunct research fellow with Pacific Forum, it is the “monopoly of violence” that truly defines what ...