https://www.scmp.com/rss/323699/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com THE RAINS HAVE stopped, the water is receding. It is Eid ul-Adha in Kerala, the southern Indian state grappling with the worst floods it has faced this century. Wading in slush and garbage swept in by unprecedented monsoon rains since late July, people are slowly returning to their ravaged, snake-infested homes. Nizam Ali’s family in the town of Mala in Thrissur, one of the worst-affected districts, has no place to offer prayers for the Islamic festival of sacrifice – the local mosque is under... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/2161271/kerala-floods-tragedy-gods-own-country-whose-god?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/2161271/kerala-floods-tragedy-gods-own-country-whose-god?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Aug 2018 03:00:45 +0000 One of the first things that Pakistan’s Prime Minister-elect Imran Khan wants to implement when he takes office this week is an unprecedented reforestation drive – planting 10 billion trees to reverse the effect of extreme weather crippling the country. He has already announced plans to revive his “Billion Tree Tsunami” dream project that forested 350,000 hectares in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa territory between 2014 and 2017, when Khan led the canopy call to build a green armour against... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2159240/floods-farmer-suicides-pakistan-and-india-real-threat-weather?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2159240/floods-farmer-suicides-pakistan-and-india-real-threat-weather?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Aug 2018 05:48:35 +0000 China is back in the thick of smog season, so to speak. Beijing was on high alert as a new round of heavy smog descended on the capital and other parts of northern China over the weekend. An air monitor index released by the US embassy in Beijing breached a level that qualifies as what the locals call “crazy bad” air. Top mainland Chinese officials, meanwhile, admitted that China tops the world in almost all types of air pollution . For people in this region, bombarded with media reports of... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/2053387/and-you-think-beijing-polluted?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/2053387/and-you-think-beijing-polluted?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 10 Dec 2016 03:45:45 +0000