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A cold front is expected to begin affecting Hong Kong on Saturday. Photo: Karma Lo

Hong Kong weather

Chilly weekend ahead for Hong Kong as temperatures set to hit 15 degrees

Cold front expected to move across Guangdong’s coast from Saturday, bringing strong winds, few rain patches and significant drop in temperatures.

12 Dec 2025 - 6:23PM

‘I have to wear a mask all the time’: Hanoi’s smog hits crisis levels

11 Dec 2025 - 4:44PM

Is Indonesian disaster response failing Sumatra’s flood victims?

9 Dec 2025 - 6:31PMvideocam

Powerful wave at Spanish tourist island sweeps swimmers to sea, killing 4

The foreigners were bathing in a natural swimming pool on the western coast of Tenerife when the huge wave struck.

9 Dec 2025 - 12:12PM

People swimming at Isla Cangrejo on Tenerife’s Los Gigantes coast. File photo: Shutterstock

Australian bushfires destroy homes in 2 states as firefighter killed

More than 50 bushfires are burning across New South Wales as a massive blaze is contained in Tasmania.

8 Dec 2025 - 12:18PM

627 dead in Sri Lanka landslides as rains batter South, Southeast Asia

At least 1,812 people have been killed in the natural disasters rolling across Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.

7 Dec 2025 - 7:45PM

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The Philippines

6 cyclones, 5 weeks: Philippines can’t escape its endless cycle of disaster

Corruption, complacency and climate chaos conspire to turn the Philippines’ natural hazards into man-made tragedies.

6 Dec 2025 - 8:17AMvideocam

Satellite imagery shows Super Typhoon Fung-wong as it approaches the Philippines on November 9. Photo: NOAA/EPA

New Delhi’s smog surge linked to 200,000 respiratory cases

Acrid smog chokes Delhi’s skyline each winter, when cool air traps a deadly mix of pollutants from crop burning, factories, and traffic.

5 Dec 2025 - 4:55AMvideocam

Editorial | Asia’s floods a deadly reminder of need to combat growing climate threat

Devastating flooding and landslides have focused attention on disaster preparedness efforts as rising temperatures threaten the region.

4 Dec 2025 - 7:15AM

Extreme weather

Asia’s floods kill over 1,000, lay bare human cost of climate inaction

From Indonesia’s deadliest disaster since 2018 to a state of emergency in Sri Lanka, Asia reels from a week of climate-fuelled destruction.

3 Dec 2025 - 5:45PMvideocam

People walk past the ruins of houses in a village affected by heavy flooding in Batang Toru, Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, on Wednesday. Photo: AP

Indonesia’s cyclone tragedy exposes lethal cost of forest destruction

Green groups say plantations and mines have degraded Sumatra’s land, amplifying a disaster that killed more than 700 and displaced thousands.

4 Dec 2025 - 3:26PMvideocam

Men stand on logs swept away by flash floods in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on Tuesday. The flooding has affected about 1.5 million people and displaced 570,000. Photo: AP

One man kept his home dry amid Thailand’s floods. Here’s how he did it

Wicharit Leelakorn fortified his house with a makeshift flood-protection system after the first heavy rain fell on November 21.

2 Dec 2025 - 6:05PM

Extreme weather

Video | Indonesian flood survivor returns to ruined home

Separate weather systems brought torrential, extended rainfall to the entire island of Sri Lanka and large parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia in late November 2025.

2 Dec 2025 - 4:19PM

‘Dying en masse’: Japan’s oyster farmers face ruin as waters heat up

Japan’s oyster farms hit by 90% deaths due to rising sea temperatures and high salinity, threatening the country’s top production area.

1 Dec 2025 - 4:48PM

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Norikazu Suzuki (right) is briefed by an oyster farmer in Hiroshima Prefecture, last month following reports of mass die-offs of the shellfish. Photo: Kyodo

Extreme weather

Video | Nearly 1,000 killed in flooding across Asia

Torrential storms have unleashed devastating floods across Asia.

1 Dec 2025 - 4:44PM

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Soldiers deployed in Sri Lanka, Indonesia as Asian flood toll tops 1,000

Indonesia sent three warships carrying aid while Sri Lanka used military helicopters to reach people stranded by flooding.

2 Dec 2025 - 4:21PMvideocam

Flood death tolls rise in Indonesia, Sri Lanka as aid trickles in

Flooding has killed hundreds in both countries and displaced thousands, as damaged roads and downed power lines hamper rescue efforts.

1 Dec 2025 - 4:40PMvideocam

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‘We’ve lost everything’: deaths in Indonesia’s flood-hit Sumatra rise to 174

Tens of thousands of people have been displaced in North Sumatra and Aceh, while hundreds are missing.

28 Nov 2025 - 9:15PM

Rescuers carry the body of a victim at a village hit by a flood in Malalak, West Sumatra, Indonesia, on Friday. Photo: AP

Thailand flood death toll doubles as government faces mounting criticism

Floods in Thailand have killed 145 people and displaced millions, with relief efforts accelerating as the waters recede, revealing the damage.

28 Nov 2025 - 5:59PMvideocam

Thai flood victim bitten by deadly snake waits 32 hours for rescue

Trapped in her submerged Hat Yai home, she hid her agony from her young child until a viral online plea brought help.

28 Nov 2025 - 7:42PM

Floodwaters recede in Thailand but Malaysia braces for new deluge

Thai rescuers struggle to reach communities outside urban areas as swathes of Thailand’s south and Malaysia’s north remain under water.

28 Nov 2025 - 5:08PMvideocam

Volunteers launch a boat in a flooded area in Hat Yai, Thailand on Thursday. Photo: Reuters

17 dead as flash floods wreak havoc across Indonesia’s Sumatra

Thousands displaced as rains continue to wreak havoc, hampering rescue efforts.

26 Nov 2025 - 6:36PM

A rescue team evacuates women and children in a rubber boat as Tuesday. Photo: AFP

‘Desert island’: trapped Thais plead for rescue as floodwaters rise

The navy will deploy an aircraft carrier and deliver meals to help those in the flood-hit south, amid public outcry over chaotic relief efforts.

25 Nov 2025 - 8:32PM

Video | Deadly monsoon flooding across Southeast Asia

Scores have died and entire communities displaced as a late-season monsoon surge overwhelms fragile flood management systems.

25 Nov 2025 - 12:28PM

‘Flood after flood’ hits Thailand and Vietnam, with Malaysia next in line

Scores have died and entire communities displaced as a late-season monsoon surge overwhelms fragile flood-management systems.

25 Nov 2025 - 12:27PMvideocam

A person wades through a flooded area in Hat Yai, a major southern city in Thailand’s Songkhla province, on Saturday. Hat Yai has been declared a disaster zone. Photo: Reuters

Extreme weather

Video | Deadly Vietnam floods strand hundreds in relentless rain

Natural disasters in Vietnam between January and October have left 279 people dead or missing and caused damage estimated at more than US$2 billion.

24 Nov 2025 - 3:26PM

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Vietnam floods, landslides kill at least 90, US$343 million in damage

Natural disasters have left 279 people dead or missing in Vietnam and caused more than US$2 billion in damage between January and October.

24 Nov 2025 - 3:35PMvideocam

Hong Kong weather

Hong Kong registers low of 13.2 degrees Celsius, coldest so far this autumn

The Observatory attributes cooler weather to ‘intense’ northeast monsoon, and temperatures could be one to two degrees lower in New Territories.

19 Nov 2025 - 5:29PMvideocam

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