At least 13 people have died in the Philippines after nine consecutive days of heavy rain triggered flash floods, landslides and other accidents across the northern part of the country. Eight people were also reported missing, while more than half a million people across 33 provinces had been affected in the initial assessment. But the…
China has activated its highest emergency response measures as Typhoon Bavi made landfall in Zhejiang Province, forcing the evacuation of nearly two million people and bringing widespread disruption across eastern China. Authorities suspended schools, halted public transport, cancelled hundreds of flights and train services, and shut down workplaces in several cities as powerful winds and…
Severe flooding in southern China has triggered an unusual public safety emergency after 800 to 900 snakes, including venomous cobras, kraits and pit vipers, escaped from a commercial snake breeding farm in Dengwei village, Hengzhou, Guangxi. The reptiles were released when floodwaters breached reservoirs and inundated the farm during devastating storms linked to Typhoon Maysak….
