Mediacom world news portal
The death toll from last week’s catastrophic floods and landslides in parts of Asia surged past 1,500 on Thursday as rescue teams raced to reach survivors and hundreds of people remained unaccounted for across the region. CBC | World News
Read More »Tag Archives: southeast
Flood deaths in Southeast Asia reach 321 as rescuers step up recovery operations
The death toll from floods across large swaths of Southeast Asia rose to at least 321 on Friday, with authorities working to rescue stranded citizens, restore power and communications and co-ordinate recovery efforts as the waters began to recede. CBC | World News
Read More »Wildfires scorch large swaths of southeast Europe and the Balkans
Firefighters battled on Monday to put out wildfires in three separate provinces of Turkey, in Greece and near a tourist resort in Albania, stoked by strong winds after days of searing heat across the Mediterranean region. CBC | World News
Read More »Why Chinese president Xi Jinping’s southeast Asia tour matters amidst Trump’s tariffs
CBC | World News
Read More »Why Trudeau flew to the other side of the world to spend less than 48 hours in Southeast Asia
Amid the threat of an early federal election, the prime minister left Ottawa during a chaotic parliamentary sitting week for a meeting of Southeast Asian countries in Laos. Despite everything unfolding on Parliament Hill, senior government officials believed skipping the summit wasn’t an option. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. southeast grapples with widespread outages, flooding in wake of deadly Hurricane Helene
CBC | World News
Read More »Beryl heads toward Jamaica as major hurricane after ripping through southeast Caribbean
Hurricane Beryl roared through open waters Tuesday as a powerful Category 4 storm heading toward Jamaica after earlier crossing islands in the southeast Caribbean, killing at least six people. CBC | World News
Read More »Hurricane Beryl described as ‘very dangerous’ Category 3 storm threatening southeast Caribbean
Beryl has been upgraded to a Category 3 hurricane by the U.S. National Hurricane Center as it travels westward in the southeast Caribbean. CBC | World News
Read More »At least 3 dead as severe storms rip through central, southeast U.S.
Severe storms were tearing through the central and southeast U.S. late Tuesday and Wednesday, spawning damaging tornadoes, producing massive hail and killing two people in Tennessee and another in North Carolina. CBC | World News
Read More »Millions kept home from school as Southeast Asia swelters under weeks-long heat wave
Southeast Asia was coping with a weeks-long heat wave on Monday as record-high temperatures led to school closings in several countries and urgent health warnings throughout the region. CBC | World News
Read More »