About 15 thousand people of 10 villages have been facing boundless sufferings since the end of August when almost half of the width of a vital road collapsed into the Kumar river in Sadar upazila.

Leaders in the southern Indian state of Kerala opened near-overflowing dams on Monday after at least 22 people died when heavy rains lashed the region over the weekend.

A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck close to Taiwan's east coast city of Hualien today, the island's weather bureau said, with no immediate reports of damage.

At least 18 people were killed in flooding caused by heavy rains and landslides in hilly areas of southern Indian state of Kerala as rescue workers recovered more bodies from the debris today.

Three people were killed and another seven were injured when a moderately strong earthquake and an aftershock hit Indonesia’s resort island of Bali early Saturday.

Hong Kong suspended classes, stock market trading and government services as a typhoon passed south of the city Wednesday.

Nine people have been killed in the Philippines and 11 were missing on Tuesday due to floods and landslides caused by heavy rain from tropical cyclone Kompasu, the national disaster agency said.

Heavy rains followed by strong current in a creek between two hillocks -- in Satchhari National Park under Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj -- severely damaged a walk bridge and cut off at least 20 families of Tripura community from markets and localities since last week.

Massive erosion has occurred in the Meghna river due to sand extraction in Bhola, forcing at least 20,000 people to be displaced.

Residents of Rangpur city had to wade through knee to waist-deep water yesterday, as the roads and alleys of most areas were inundated, following a deluge of rainfall overnight. City dwellers blamed the poor drainage system for the situation.

Seven more people were killed in Oman as heavy winds and rain swept through the country after tropical storm Shaheen made landfall, the national emergency committee said on Monday on its official Twitter account.

At least three people were killed in a lightning strike in Islampur upazila of Jamalpur this afternoon.

Tropical Cyclone Shaheen bore down on Oman on Sunday, prompting authorities to delay flights to and from the capital, Muscat, and to urge residents to evacuate coastal areas.

A huge fire destroyed or damaged more than 200 houses and businesses on the Honduran island of Guanaja on Saturday, forcing hundreds of residents to flee for safety and ravaging the tourism-dependent resort, relief authorities said.

Around 80 villages have been flooded in at least six upazilas of Jashore and Khulna districts due to incessant rain last month.

Nearly one-fourth of a 410-metre-long embankment along the Gorai river, on Haripur union side of Sadar upazila, has collapsed in only four years after construction.

After yesterday noon’s rainfall, two-thirds of Khulna city had to deal with severe waterlogging. The rain inundated the city and made residents suffer immensely.

A strong earthquake measuring 5.8 shook Greece's largest island Crete on Monday and one person was killed when a church dome collapsed, authorities said.

At least two fishermen were killed as Cyclone Gulab, packed with a wind power of 90km per hour, made landfall between the coastal areas of adjacent Indian states of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh tonight, officials said.

Lakhs of people in southern coastal districts of India’s eastern state of Odisha and adjoining Andhra Pradesh were evacuated ahead of cyclone Gulab’s landfall this evening.