Natural Disaster

The mayor of Pattaya has declared Thailand's best-known seaside resort town a “disaster zone” after it has been hit by heavy and sustained rainstorms...

Myanmar has appealed for international assistance to help provide food, temporary shelter and clothing for more than 260,000 people affected by widespread flooding following...

Indonesia has officially launched a $263 million project to build a giant sea wall along the coast of its capital, Jakarta, to protect businesses...

The Philippine government plans to raise as much as 135 billion pesos ($3.1) billion from the domestic debt market in the third quarter, up...

The Philippine economy grew by 5.7 per cent in the first quarter, much slower than market expectations, as it continued to feel the lingering...

A heavy storm in Dubai has made the world's tallest building, Burj Khalifa (height: 828 meters) shortly disappear. Watch the spectacular video below. The rare...

Water rationing began in areas surrounding Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur after a prolonged drought, as Selangor state officials sought to wrap up talks to...

The Philippine government launched an $8.17 billion plan on December 18 to rebuild the lives of millions battered by Super Typhoon Haiyan, AFP reported. President...

Rebuilding affected areas of the Philippines where super typhoon Haiyan hit in early November will costs up to $3 billion, Philippines president Benigno Aquino...

The Philippines is unlikely to hit its earlier target of five million tourists in 2013 due to the disastrous typhoon Haiyan and an October...

The World Bank has lowered its growth forecasts for the Philippines for 2013 and 2014 following the typhoon Haiyan disaster. But the bank added...

Filipino farmers face imminent financial hardship in the wake of super Typhoon Haiyan without further aid, the UN warned on November 26. Dominique Burgeon,...

EVE Online, a multiplayer online role-playing games developed by Icelandic game company CCP, has rinstalled its PLEX for GOOD programme which allows players to...

The World Bank said it raised to almost $1 billion its financial aid package to support relief and reconstruction in typhoon-devastated areas in the...

The cost of rebuilding homes, facilities and infrastructure in the areas where typhoon Haiyan struck in the Philippines will cost up to $5.8 billion,...

The massive typhoon that battered the Philippines on November 8 causing widespread destruction and chaos will set back for years what has been a...

The World Bank has offered the Philippines a $500-million emergency loan to help it construct buildings able to withstand high winds and severe flooding...

“We will never forget what the Philippines did for us in 2011,” said Kenzo Iwakami of the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (Jica), the team...