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Heavy snowfall causes roadblocks, scarcity of food and gas in Quetta

Provincial authorities issued travel warning for Karachi-Quetta Highway, Sibbi, Ziarat and Chaman linking roads. The Provincial capital of Pakistan’s south-western province Baluchistan is under heavy snow fall from last two days. The current snowfall has broken the record of last...

Tokyo sees first November snow in more than 50 years

Trains delayed, traffic disrupted, residents put on heavy coats and boots after surprised November snowfall TOKYO (Japan) - Tokyo, the capital of Japan, was smashed by first November snowfall in 54 years. The last time snow fell in November in Tokyo...

12 dead, dozens injured, as powerful storm hits Islamabad and KPK

The storm disrupted power supply, uprooted hundreds of trees, damaged houses and cars, collapsed billboards, within a span of less than an hour At least twelve people were killed and scores injured on Wednesday as heavy rains and deadly thunderstorm...

Over 80,000 forced to evacuate Canada town as massive wildfire encroaches

The entire population of Fort McMurray in northern Alberta, Canada has been ordered to abandon their homes after a wildfire ravaging a nearby forest moved into the area. The fire has already destroyed homes in several neighborhoods. Authorities ordered the...

Heavy rain, thunderstorm across Pakistan claim 18 lives

At least 18 people were killed and several others injured in rain-related incidents in different areas of Baluchistan, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday as heavy rains and thunderstorm continued to lash various parts of the country. Torrential rains across...

Biting cold weather and dense fog disrupts life in Pakistan

Severe cold and dense fog blankets Islamabad, Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Sahiwal and other plain areas ISLAMABAD - Dense fog disrupted life in several cities, including Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Multan, and Muzzafargarh and other parts of the country. Due to severe cold...

US East Coast struggles to return to normal after epic blizzard kills 25

Killer US storm: 25 dead, 12,000 flights axed, 40 inches of snow New York/Washington — Deadly storm Jonas killed at least 25 people and caused untold carnage, blanketing America in 40 inches of snow and leaving hundreds of thousands stranded without...

More than 600,000 people killed due to weather disasters in last 2 decades

Weather-related disasters have become more frequent over the last 20 years, claiming more than 600,000 lives, a new UN report claimed on Monday, urging nations to take serious action on climate change. Around 90 percent of disasters in the last...

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Storms cause flooding in Switzerland, Italy and France as wildfires rage in Turkey and Greece

Extreme weather across Europe has caused four deaths in storms in Switzerland and northern Italy, while wildfires have forced evacuations in Greece and Turkey.