Weather

Published: 13 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online At least five people have died after Hurricane Simon and Tropical Storm Rachel battered Mexico’s Pacific coast, triggering flash floods, damaging infrastructure and leaving communities struggling to cope with dangerous weather conditions. Emergency services have launched rescue operations, using helicopters to evacuate stranded residents as floodwaters inundate homes, roads become impassable and electricity infrastructure suffers extensive damage. The...

Published: 09 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Hurricane Isaias is emerging as a major test of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s ability to respond to a large-scale natural disaster after sweeping staffing reductions and restructuring under the Trump administration. While officials across Gulf states say they are prepared for the storm, emergency management experts warn that the agency could face serious challenges if Isaias requires...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online New Zealand is facing an increasingly severe climate challenge as greenhouse gas concentrations reach record levels and temperatures continue to rise, raising the prospect of more frequent heatwaves, destructive storms, worsening droughts and potentially catastrophic losses of the country's glaciers. A new government assessment of New Zealand's atmosphere and climate has highlighted mounting pressures across the country's natural...

Published: 03 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Bangkok is facing one of its most severe flooding crises in years after relentless rainfall transformed large parts of Thailand’s capital into vast stretches of stagnant water, overwhelming drainage systems, disrupting transport and forcing thousands of residents into emergency shelters. Around 40 people have died in flood-related incidents, according to the Thai government, with drowning and accidental electrocution...

Published: 01 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Switzerland is undergoing a dramatic transformation of its Alpine landscape as glaciers continue to lose ice at an accelerating rate, with new research showing that the country has lost almost one-fifth of its glacier volume in just five years. Scientists monitoring the Swiss Alps say the scale and speed of the retreat are becoming increasingly difficult to compare...

Published: 29 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The world is facing a narrowing opportunity to restore forests that are vital to food security, climate resilience, biodiversity and the livelihoods of millions of people, according to a new warning from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. The organisation has urged governments to make forest and landscape restoration a national priority, warning that delays could increase...

Published: 28 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Bangkok has been declared a disaster zone after days of relentless rainfall left parts of Thailand’s capital submerged under waist-high flood water, while the weather system responsible for the extreme conditions has shifted north-westwards, bringing some relief to the city but continuing to affect other parts of the country. The flooding developed after an area of low pressure...

Published: 25 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah has used his address to the United Nations General Assembly to deliver a forceful warning about the consequences of climate change, arguing that last month’s devastating flash flood in the Himalayas should serve as a wake-up call for governments around the world. Speaking before world leaders on Thursday, Shah described the disaster as...

Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. More than 450,000 people could die from additional heat linked to the exceptionally powerful El Niño weather phenomenon during the next six months, according to a new estimate by climate scientists, highlighting the growing health risks created when a natural climate cycle develops on top of an already warmer planet. The projected deaths would come between September 2026...

Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Typhoon Dujuan has left at least four people dead and 22 others injured in Japan after powerful winds and exceptionally heavy rain triggered landslides, flooded streets and widespread disruption across the Tokyo region and surrounding areas. As the storm moved away from the country on Tuesday, emergency workers continued searching damaged homes for missing residents while authorities assessed...