Rescuers in the Philippines have recovered the bodies of five more victims from typhoon Mindulle, raising the death toll to 30, with 12 others still missing and feared dead.
The death toll in Taiwan from Typhoon Mindulle, which swept across the island triggering floods and landslides earlier this week, has risen to 14 with eight others missing
Three fishermen drowned and about 200 others were missing after a powerful storm sank at least 18 trawlers off Bangladesh's southern coast, officials and survivors said Sunday.
Powerful winds and towering waves pummeled southern Japan on Sunday as typhoon Dianmu headed north toward the country more densely populated main islands. Officials said three people had died from accidents in stormy seas.
Typhoon causes 11 dead in central province.
Ha Noi, June 14 (VNA) - Seven people were killed and another five were injured when typhoon Chanthu hit the central province of Binh Dinh on Saturday, causing an estimated 86.7 billion VND in damages. Most of the victims were fishermen.
At least 30 people have died in three separate incidents while trying to cross a swollen river in eastern India.
Strong, swift currents and higher water levels were reported on the Bagmati river in Bihar state.
A bus plunged into the river while trying to cross a low bridge.
A jeep skidded in the river, killing two passengers.
30 feared dead in Bihar boat mishap
Flooding has affected parts of the municipalities of Jegunovce, Dzepciste, Strumica, Gevgelija, Kocani, and Bogdanci. Tetovo has also been flooded but with minor damages.
The Red Cross Society of China has received reports of some 46 flood related deaths and over 4,000 people
injured, following heavy storms across China during the month of May. Forty two thousand people have been left homeless in Chongqing following intense rains that pounded the area during the period 26-30 May and destroyed some ten thousand homes throughout 319 towns.
Today, at 17:08:43 local time, an earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale (as reported by OCHA Tehran according to the International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology) struck northern Iran in Baladeh and Yush villages, in Mazanderan Province. According to Iranian Officials, the epicenter was in the village of Baladeh, close to the Caspian Sea and 69 kilometers north of Tehran. The earthquake also shook Tehran, Golestan, Guilan, Qazvin and Semnan provinces. State television reported the earthquake was felt from the Caspian Sea provinces to the central city of Isfahan, the northwest city of Ardebil as well as in southern Turkey. As much as 15 aftershocks, including one measuring 4.4, were felt.
Two weeks of heavy rain in the Dominican Republic resulted in sudden serious flooding affecting most of the country. The areas reporting the worst damage include the northeast, southeast, west and eastern valley of Ciboa, with the area of Jimani, near the border with Haiti, being the worst hit (the Jimani River burst its banks on Monday at dawn). As a result, water hurtled through the homes in the nearby valley flooding hundreds of homes, and sweeping away whole families.
More than 50 people were killed in the town of Fonds Verettes (north-west of Port-au-Prince) and the surrounding countryside because of floods. In Port-au-Prince, flood waters have inundated some streets and seriously damaged houses in the outskirts of the capital.
On 19 May, a storm that formed over the Bay of Bengal crossed the southwest coast in Myanmar near the border with Bangladesh. The storm with winds of over 160 km per hour caused tidal surges and flooding in the four towns of Pauktaw, Myebon, Sittway and Kyaukpyu in Rakhine State. Latest data on the impact is as follows: - 140 dead, out of which 139 dead in Myebon - 7 missing - 3,700 families (approximately 18,000 people) affected and made temporarily homeless - Over 1,000 houses destroyed, 960 damaged. Property damage was most acute in Pauktaw.
31 killed, 14 injured, 700 left homeless and caused US$1,000,000 damage by the typhoon Nida (Dindo/04W/T0402), and it also caused landslides in Philippines.
EQ-2025-000054-TUR Earthquake,Turkey: Multiple earthquakes, the largest with a magnitude of 6.2 Richter Scale, occurred in the Marmara Region of Türkiye starting at 12:49 PM on 23 April 2025.
The epicenter of the earthquakes is approximately at the central point of the Marmara Sea. Istanbul has a population of more than 20 million people.
EP-2025-000052-AFG Epidemic,Afghanistan: The epidemiological curve of suspected measles cases has shown a steady increase since the beginning of 2025. The trend in 2025 is higher than the 3-years average (2022-2024). During week 14-2025, a total of 3,200 suspected cases and 15 associated deaths (CFR=0.5%) were reported which shows a 23.6% increase in the number of suspected cases compared to the preceding week. (9 Apr 2025)
CE-2025-000051-PAK Complex Emergency,Pakistan: Since 1 November 2023, the Government of Pakistan has implemented the Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Program (IFRP), with intermittent pauses. In March 2025, authorities issued a notification advising Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) holders and undocumented Afghan nationals to voluntarily leave the country by 31 March 2025, thereafter deportations will commence with the effect from from 1 April 2025. In the period between November 2023 and March 2025, a total of 842,429 Afghan nationals returned to Afghanistan. Of these, 40,677 individuals were deported while 51,196 returned voluntarily through facilitated processes.
Currently, the Afghan population in Pakistan includes 1.43 million Proof of Registration (PoR) card holders, 800,700 ACC holders, and 143,900 unregistered members of registered families. The government estimates there are approximately 1.7 million undocumented Afghan nationals, although precise records are unavailable. Among the registered population, 444,439 individuals reside in refugee villages (camps), while 990,947 live outside these areas.
UNHCR-IOM latest Flash update on 11 April 2025, reported the return of 19,334 Afghans while the report shared on 17 April 2025 indicate that 55,426 Afghans returned in the week of 6-12 April 2025, through the Torkham, Ghulam Khan (located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Chaman, Badini and Bahramcha (located in Baluchistan) border crossing points to Afghanistan.
On the other hand, for the implementation of Illegal Foreigner Repatriation Plan (IFRP) the government has established a process that includes establishment of 44 holding centers across four provinces of the country. Of the total holding centers 38 have been established in Punjab, one in Sindh, two in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), and three in Baluchistan. Forced returnees are processed at the provincial holding centres before being transported to designated border crossing points, while voluntary returnees can directly approach the holding centers at crossing points.
