One district in the capital Beijing received 68.2mm of rain in a single hour. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

The National Emergencies Operation Center (NEOC) has issued a strong warning about moderate to heavy monsoon rains expected to continue across Pakistan until July 10. These rains, driven by moisture ...

Unregulated activity led by Chinese enterprises in conflict-ravaged Myanmar is creating an environmental calamity in neighboring Thailand.

Only about one-third of the world’s longest rivers remain free-flowing, meaning they have not been dammed or disrupted in man-made ways, reports a new landmark study. While there are a few ...

The rivers gave birth to the world’s major religions, their waters and the mountains from which they sprang were revered. Mythology and geology converge in High Asia. Mt Kailash is holy to the Hindu, ...

Rivers and rivalries. By Editor's Mail. 0. Facebook. Twitter. ... China, as the upper riparian of five major rivers flowing across South Asia, could adopt similar tactics in retaliation, ...

Across Asia, rivers are shrinking, coastlines eroding and ecosystems unravelling. Advertisement. ... Meanwhile, tiny Singapore has become a major player in the sand trade. Since independence in ...

Asia is warming at twice the global average, impacting economies and ecosystems, according to the WMO. The year 2024 saw a significant temperature ris ...

Meteorologists in other regions have been able to link a few recent major floods to atmospheric rivers. In April 2023, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait and Jordan were all hit by catastrophic flooding after ...

The researchers note that rivers near critical wildlife habitats, including major bird migration flyways in East Asia and North America, have experienced concerning increases in mercury levels.