File photo England’s health alert has been raised from yellow to amber as heatwaves are expected over the weekend. The Met Office says that from 9am on Friday to 9am on Monday, parts of eastern and western England will be affected by the heat. People have been advised to avoid the heat and keep the…
According to WMO, weather, climate and water-related hazards caused close to 12,000 disasters between 1970 and 2021. Developing countries were hit hardest, seeing nine in 10 deaths and 60 per cent of economic losses from climate shocks and extreme weather. WMO said that Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States suffered a “disproportionately” high…
File photo It is hot in different cities of Saudi Arabia, while Makkah has recorded the highest temperature of 44 degrees Celsius. According to the Saudi Meteorological Department, the temperature has been recorded at 43 degrees in Jeddah, Al-Saman, Al-Ahsa, Hafar al-Batin and Al-Dhana. While the temperature was recorded at 40 degrees in Medina, Riyadh,…
UN chief António Guterres convened an Advisory Panel of top UN agency officials which met for the first time to inject more “political, technical and financial clout to ensure that Early Warnings for All becomes a reality for everyone, everywhere”, said WMO in a press release. Tuesday’s panel included development banks, humanitarian organisations, civil society…
South Africa is on the brink of disaster, with worst-ever power loadshedding and blackouts threatening civil war. According to foreign media reports, the embassies of Western countries, including the US and Australia, have issued instructions to their citizens to store food and water for several days. The embassies have further instructed citizens to remain vigilant…
South Korea and the US have agreed to increase military exercises and deploy more warships and bombers: Photo: File Pyongyang: North Korea has warned that US military exercises are pushing the situation to the extreme of the red line. In a statement issued by the spokesperson of the North Korean Foreign Ministry, it is said…
Photo screen grab The tears of the little girl who lost her sister in the severe cold in the evening came in handy. According to Arab media, a few days ago, a video of a Syrian girl went viral on social media, in which she described the death of her sister in severe cold and…
