Worst floods to hit South Asia in decade expose lack of monsoon planning
Most government action in India has been focused on relief, with weak early warning systems and too little focus on prevention
Pope, Orthodox leader make climate change appeal to "heal wounded creation"
Appeal comes three months after US President Donald Trump withdrew from a global agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions
Modi's $87 billion river-linking gamble set to take off as floods hit India
Government hopes project will cut farmers' dependence on fickle monsoon rains by bringing millions of hectares of cultivatable land under irrigation
Texas city loses water, 44 dead, but thousands of Harvey survivors rescued
Some 779,000 Texans have been told to leave their homes and another 980,000 fled voluntarily amid dangers of new flooding from swollen rivers and reservoirs
Commercial drones face unprecedented test in Harvey's destructive wake
"Harvey is an opportunity to see whose drones are capable and whose are merely toys"
Floods kill 13, swamp streets in Pakistani city of Karachi
Karachi's deluge came a day after India's financial centre, Mumbai, was hit with floods that killed 14 people
Search for survivors in Texas as storm Harvey heads north
Storm that paralyzed Houston is predicted to be one of the most expensive natural disasters in U.S. history
Harvey moves into Louisiana with at least 35 dead, 17 missing
Damage has been estimated at tens of billions of dollars, making it one of the costliest U.S. natural disasters
U.S.-funded Ethiopian abattoir hopes to help herders during drought
Climate changes are threatening the way of life of Nomadic herders, forcing them to move away from traditional grazing grounds and find alternative livelihoods
Storm-hit Houston strains from influx of evacuees, mayor demands aid
City officials prepared to vote to allocate $20 million to storm relief