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A volunteer stops along a trail while collecting readings from rain gauges as part of a community effort to anticipate heavy rains that could trigger flooding and mudslides, in Quebrada San Antonio de Pedregal, Lima, on Oct. 23.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / ANALYSIS
Nov 11, 2026
Disaster warning systems race to keep pace with galloping climate risks
A rock and ice avalanche and flood in Nepal in August that left thousands of people dead, injured or missing showed that all systems have limits.
Abdul Hafeez Khoso, one of 39 Pakistani farmers pursuing a climate lawsuit against German firms, chants "polluters have to pay" with schoolchildren during an awareness event in Jacobabad in Pakistan's Sindh province on July 29.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 11, 2026
Pakistani farmers in long fight to make German firms pay for flood damage
The litigation argues the firms’ emissions contributed to climate change and turbo-charged rain that wiped out farmers’ crops, livestock and homes.
The Aeon Mall Kashiwa shopping complex in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, offers its parking garage as a storage site for vehicles during heavy rain.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 9, 2026
Cities turn to private parking garages for vehicle storage amid flood risks
Local governments in Japan are partnering with private businesses to give drivers a safe place to store their cars during heavy rain or flooding.
Displaced Palestinians attempt to clear water from outside their flooded tents amid heavy rainfall in Gaza City's Al-Remal neighborhood on Friday.
WORLD
Nov 8, 2026
Heavy rain leaves tens of thousands without shelter in Gaza: local authorities
Hundreds of displaced Palestinian families have been seen fleeing camps after they flooded.
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2026
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
The climbers were attempting the first summit of the 7,140-meter Gangapurna West in alpine style, but lost contact after Oct. 15.
Customers eat at Ramen Mitake, a ramen shop in Oamishirasato, Chiba Prefecture, on Sunday.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 22, 2026
Buoyed by community support, flood-hit ramen shop in Chiba reopens
Messages of encouragement from customers and people in the neighborhood helped the owner of Ramen Mitake to find the strength to start over.
Akihisa Suzuki in one of his greenhouses in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Oct. 16. Suzuki's farmland of about 5,000 square meters, including four greenhouses, flooded for 10 days, destroying all of his crops.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2026
As residents of flood-hit Chiba Prefecture rebuild, concerns about the future linger
According to Chiba Prefecture’s disaster response headquarters, 10 people have been killed and 37 injured in the prefecture by Typhoon Dujuan.
Locals walk through sludge along the banks of the Budhi Gandaki river, a day after a flashflood caused by a dry landslide, in Nepal's Gorkha district on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 13, 2026
More than 100 foreign trekkers stranded in flood-hit region of Nepal, official says
Hundreds were rescued after the flooding of a river in central Nepal over the weekend swept away hiking trails and bridges.
Areas affected by flooding of the Budhi Gandaki river following a dry landslide in Chumnubri village, in Nepal's Gorkha district, on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 12, 2026
Five people missing after Nepal flash floods sweep away houses
Some 45 houses were swept away, with the flood also damaging three hydropower projects and four bridges.
People walk past damaged houses following deadly flash floods and a mudslide in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal, on Sept. 21
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Oct 9, 2026
Inside the deadlock at the world’s top climate science body
Such assessments have informed every major United Nations climate agreement for three decades.
A local resident walks in a flooded area after heavy rain in Oami-Shirasato, Chiba Pref., on Aug. 14.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / Longform
Oct 9, 2026
Extreme rain is testing 今日吃瓜 flood defenses
More intense rain is overwhelming flood defenses and reaching places outside predicted risk zones, leaving residents to confront unexpected dangers.
Vehicles are partially submerged after heavy rain caused floods in the city of Sakura in Chiba Prefecture last month.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 7, 2026
Remote-controlled traffic barriers to be installed at flood-prone underpasses
The move comes on the heels of a series of deaths at flooded underpasses, including during heavy rain in August.
A Japan Meteorological Agency official explains the weather conditions seen during September at a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2026
Tokyo’s record streak of rain comes to an end
Friday’s showers capped the city’s longest stretch of rainy days since records began in 1886.
A woman displaced by recent flash floods and mudslides, poses for a photograph on the sludge that buried her home in Betrawati, in Nepal's Nuwakot district, on Sept. 9.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 2, 2026
Nepal’s grim DNA puzzle to identify flood dead
At Nepal’s two forensic laboratories, experts are working to profile samples and build a database on a scale they have never handled before.
Pedestrians cross a road near Shinjuku district in Tokyo on Tuesday, as strong Typhoon Surigae approaches Japan.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2026
Tokyo sets a new record with 34 straight days of rain
The rainy-day streak is the longest since the Japan Meteorological Agency began keeping records in 1886.
A flooded street in Bangkok on Monday
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 29, 2026
Thailand floods hit Thai Airways and Honda as disruption spreads
Thailand stepped up relief efforts as the severe flooding has widened the economic toll from days of torrential rain.
A woman rides on a boat in a flooded area following heavy rain in Bangkok on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 29, 2026
Thousands huddle in Bangkok shelters as Thai flood damage seen at over $320 million
Bangkok is among 41 provinces across Thailand hit by floods since Sept. 16 that killed at least eight people.
People navigate next to stranded buses in a flooded area in Bangkok on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 28, 2026
Bangkok gets a month of rain in weekend, disrupting city
The more than 12 inches of rain Thailand’s capital received forced the government to close public offices and postpone economic data releases.
Heavy rain from Typhoon Dujuan breaches embankments at Inbanuma, a major lake in Chiba Prefecture on Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2026
Strong typhoon moves near Okinawa before possibly hitting storm-weary Kanto
The typhoon could hit areas still recovering from last week’s storm, which caused extensive damage and killed at least 10 people.
A woman walks through flood waters in front of a bus after heavy rain in Bangkok on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 27, 2026
Bangkok floods force thousands into shelters
Nearly 4,900 people have been evacuated, with around 52,000 households affected by the floods, which prompted a disaster declaration.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
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A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
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Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
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Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
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