There were 127,350 reported cases of measles, including 38 deaths, in Europe and Central Asia last year, marking the highest ...

An Indonesian activist protests against the export of wood taken from Indonesian tropical forests to be burned for energy in Japan and South Korea. Image courtesy of Trend Asia and the ...

Flooding rains lashed the Australian east coast even though it avoided the destructive winds of its first tropical cyclone in 51 years, officials said Saturday. One person was confirmed dead and ...

Evacuation orders were issued for thousands of residents in Australia's east ahead of tropical cyclone Alfred's landfall on Saturday as the storm brought heavy rains, huge waves and strong winds ...

A tropical cyclone weakened into a tropical low weather system on Saturday as it approached Brisbane, Australia’s third-most populous city, bringing flooding rain that was expected to lash the ...

March 9 (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of people in Australia's Queensland state were without power on Sunday after Alfred, a downgraded tropical cyclone, brought damaging winds and heavy rains ...

SYDNEY – A heavily populated stretch of Australia’s eastern coast scrapped major sports fixtures as people battened down March 4 for what could be the first tropical cyclone to pummel the ...

Tourism Tropical North Queensland (TTNQ) has published its first annual Sustainability Report that charts the work undertaken to guide the industry towards reducing carbon emissions and contributing ...

The paper highlighted the significant changes in tropical cyclone behaviours in Southeast Asia and the seriousness of the situation. The changes include “increased formation near coastlines and ...

Tropical Cyclone Alfred weakened into a tropical low Saturday as it neared Brisbane, Australia, bringing heavy rain and flooding risks to the region, according to officials. Initially expected to ...

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