In a statement on Friday, the Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, defended the state ...
THE PHILIPPINES kept its title as the world’s most disaster-prone nation for a 21st straight year, with typhoons and floods battering communities while billions of pesos meant to protect them vanish ...
The Philippines remained the world’s most disaster-prone country in 2025, as tropical cyclones devastated communities all ...
Amid scrutiny of flood control projects over alleged irregularities, the Philippines has once again topped the WorldRiskIndex 2025, ranking as the ...
Floodlight reports on Charleston's struggle with rising sea levels as rapid growth exacerbates flooding, threatening ...
About 100 homes and businesses in Wigan were also flooded on New Year's Day. Chad and Tia Meadows' two-bed terraced house on ...
The Philippines has once again topped the World Risk Index, the yardstick for being highly exposed to extreme weather effects ...
THE Philippines finds itself, yet again, perched precariously at the summit of the World Risk Report’s (WRR) 2025 rankings — the fourth year in a row, a dubious distinction that casts a long shadow ...
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PH again tops World Risk Index over weather

The Philippines has once again topped the World Risk Index for being exposed to extreme weather effects, most especially flooding. The ranking came as the country was barraged by a series of ...
The Ganga along Mirzapur carries the combined discharge of all its upstream tributaries, from both the Himalayas and the Peninsular region. India has experienced notably heavy rainfall this year, ...
Cambria and Somerset counties are two of 25 counties in Pennsylvania that are now under a drought watch, the state Department ...
Framingham's Department of Public Works, in collaboration with Weston & Sampson engineers, has begun inspecting city-owned drainage systems, according to a community announcement. The inspections, ...