Climate Change

Published: 08 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. KATHMANDU — Nepal has called on the world’s biggest polluting economies to accept greater responsibility for the consequences of climate change after catastrophic floods and landslides left more than 6,000 people dead or missing in the Himalayan country. The Nepalese government has formally requested $20 million in climate-related compensation from the United Nations fund established to help vulnerable...

Published: 07 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Typhoon Saudel has caused widespread flooding, landslides and infrastructure damage across parts of south-east China, forcing hundreds of thousands of residents to evacuate as torrential rainfall overwhelmed rivers, roads and vulnerable communities. The storm has also been accompanied by severe weather elsewhere, with powerful thunderstorms affecting north-western South Africa and a prolonged spell of oppressive heat gripping parts...

Published: 05 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The rescue of two hydropower workers who survived for nine days inside a flooded tunnel in Nepal has been described by an international tunnelling expert as a remarkable victory for human resilience, offering renewed hope to families still waiting for news of hundreds of people missing after catastrophic floods along the Nepal-Tibet border. Sanjay Shah and Kabir Maharajan...

Published: 05 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Home insurers across England and Wales are reporting a sharp increase in subsidence claims following the UK’s hottest summer on record, with one major insurer recording an extraordinary rise of almost 140% in claims during August. The surge has raised fresh concerns about the growing impact of hotter and drier weather on homes, foundations and household finances as...

Published: 05 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The daughter of a British couple who died in devastating wildfires in southern Spain has demanded a full investigation after she discovered what appeared to be human bones and personal belongings inside her parents’ burned-out car weeks after authorities told her that the vehicle had been thoroughly searched. Danielle Gillam-Kirton says the discovery has left her questioning whether...

Published: 03 September 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The full scale of Nepal’s devastating floods is becoming clearer as rescue teams reach some of the country’s worst-hit communities, revealing scenes of destruction, missing families and survivors struggling to recover loved ones from the mud and debris. More than 1,200 people have been reported dead across Nepal and Tibet following catastrophic flooding in the Himalayan region, while thousands...

Published: 03 September 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The El Niño climate phenomenon is rapidly intensifying and could become one of the most powerful events of its kind in at least 1,000 years, according to the latest warnings from the United Nations and international climate experts. Scientists say the unusually strong event could push global temperatures to unprecedented levels and make 2027 the hottest year ever recorded....

Published: 13 August 2026 | The English Chronicle Desk | The English Chronicle Online A rare combination of extreme ocean warming in the Pacific and a powerful developing El Niño is expected to reshape weather patterns across the western United States this autumn and winter, raising concerns about flooding, drought, wildfires, tropical storms and damage to marine ecosystems. Scientists are closely watching an immense marine heatwave in the northeast Pacific...

**Published: 01 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online** Nepal's death toll from devastating floods and landslides along the border with Tibet has crossed 1,000, as rescuers race against time to locate hundreds of workers believed to be trapped inside mud-filled tunnels at hydropower projects along the Trishuli River. The disaster has left more than 3,900 people missing, according to Nepal's disaster authorities. More than 600 of...

Published: 31 August 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Turkmenistan has begun repairing some of the enormous methane leaks pouring from its ageing oil and gas infrastructure, marking what United Nations officials and environmental experts have described as a significant breakthrough in the global effort to tackle one of the most dangerous drivers of climate change. The secretive Central Asian state was previously identified as the country...