Abu Dhabi: The UAE is ramping up efforts mosquito eradication following heavy rainfall. The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) is leading the charge in collaboration with the National Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) and local authorities across the emirates. This initiative, part of the Anti-Mosquito Campaign’s third phase, commenced in February […]
Healthcare providers and hospitals in the UAE are readying themselves for an uptick in patients seeking treatment for illnesses linked to heavy rains and stagnant water. These conditions encompass diseases like typhoid, bacterial infections, and mosquito- and fly-borne illnesses such as dengue. The recent unprecedented rainfall has resulted in extensive flooding across various roads and […]
Abu Dhabi: The National Center of Meteorology (NCM) said tonight that the UAE is affected by a surface low-pressure system extending from the Southwest, accompanied by a cold air mass from the West in the upper air with a flow of clouds. On Monday and Tuesday, the amount of clouds is expected to increase gradually […]
ABU DHABI: The UAE has adopted state-of-the-art technologies to ensure the sustainability of water resources that are mainly fed by precipitation, as part of the country’s leading role in tackling the most pressing global issues that demand urgent action including water security. Cloud seeding plays a crucial role in reengineering the planet earth through mitigating […]
Hurricane Iota is forecast to strengthen to an “extremely dangerous” Category Four by the time it makes landfall in Central America on Monday, the US National Hurricane Center warned, two weeks after powerful storm Eta devastated much of the region and left more than 200 people dead or missing. Iota strengthened to a Category Two […]
Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in storm-battered parts of the Philippines Wednesday as the third typhoon in as many weeks barrelled towards the country. Vamco was expected to graze Catanduanes Island — which was devastated by Typhoon Goni less than two weeks ago — before making landfall on the most populous island […]
Tropical Storm Eta spun through northern Nicaragua Wednesday after lashing the country’s Caribbean coast for much of the past day, its floodwaters isolating already remote communities and setting off deadly landslides that killed at least three people. The storm had weakened from the Category 4 hurricane that battered the coast, but it was moving so […]
Dubbed the “Manhattan of the desert” for its centuries-old skyscrapers, Yemen’s ancient city of Shibam escaped damage in the civil war — but faces collapse from disrepair amid rains and floods. Against a backdrop of cliffs looking like America’s Grand Canyon, the UNESCO-listed World Heritage site is strategically built on a rocky spur high above […]
Sheets of rain and a barrage of floods, resulted in over 30 deaths in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday, the downpour wreaking havoc in Karnataka. Waterlogged roads and swept-away dwellings, saw 10 people killed in various incidents across Andhra Pradesh in the last 48 hours. Many died in Hyderabad after walls and houses collapsed […]
After over a month-and-a-half, fresh floods in five Assam districts have affected 1.79 lakh people besides killing one person, officials of Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said on Saturday. The ASDMA official said that in the third wave of floods, around 1.79 lakh people were affected in 155 villages on Saturday while one person […]
