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DISASTERSep 2Air China Boeing 747 grounded in New York following gate refuelling incidentA Boeing 747-8 operated by Air China reportedly suffered a fuel leak at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport early on Monday, forcing cancellation of the flight. No injuries were reported in or around the aircraft, which was expected to operate flight CA982 from New York to Beijing that day. The leak is said to have occurred between 1am and 2am while the plane was parked at the gate, according to posts on Chinese social media. It was being refuelled when the fuel truck moved away...South China Morning Post
DISASTERSep 2At least 14 injured after 2 buses collide at Hong Kong primary schoolFourteen people, including nine children, have been injured in a collision involving two school buses at a Hong Kong girls’ primary school. The Fire Services Department said on Wednesday that it dispatched 10 ambulances to handle the accident at 1.26pm at Good Hope Primary School cum Kindergarten, located at No 381 Jat’s Incline in Ngau Chi Wan. Eight of the 14 injured people were sent to United Christian Hospital in Kwun Tong for treatment, while another five were admitted to Kwong Wah Hospital...South China Morning Post
DISASTERSep 2Higher typhoon signal possible, depending on Saudel’s course after rare resurgenceHong Kong’s weather forecaster may issue a higher typhoon signal closer to the weekend after Tropical Cyclone Saudel experienced a rare resurgence and could change its course over the South China Sea, edging towards the Pearl River Delta. The Observatory said the standby No 1 typhoon signal would remain in force on Wednesday, as Saudel travelled across the northeastern South China Sea. “Under the combined effect of Saudel and the northeast monsoon, local winds are occasionally strong offshore...South China Morning Post
DISASTERSep 1Nepal’s Deadly Floods Put China and India on EdgeGeopolitical conflict will only get worse with climate change.Foreign Policy
DISASTERSep 1Nepal-China floods highlight a growing front of the climate change crisisOn August 26, a section of glacier collapsed at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres on the Nepalese side of the Himalayas. The falling ice and rock accelerated down a steep valley at about 50 metres per second, scouring debris and transforming into a high-speed mudslide that slammed into Gyirong Port on the Chinese side just seven minutes later. The force of the flow largely buried and obliterated the border facilities. Hundreds of people, many of them travellers, remain missing on the Chinese...South China Morning Post
DISASTERSep 1Power failure halts trams running between Hong Kong’s Wan Chai and AdmiraltyTram services between Wan Chai and Admiralty in Hong Kong were suspended Tuesday night due to a power failure, the second such incident in two days. The Transport Department issued a special traffic bulletin at 9.37pm, saying it had been notified by Hong Kong Tramways that eastbound and westbound services between Admiralty MTR station and Tonnochy Road were suspended because of an electricity fault. It marked the second consecutive day of tram disruptions. On Monday night, services on the...South China Morning Post
DISASTERSep 1China-Nepal floods: first research shows that no one could have outrun debris flowNot even the world’s fastest sprinters could have outrun the devastating floodwaters that struck a border crossing between China and Nepal last week, according to one of the first peer-reviewed assessments of the disaster. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) calculated that the surface velocity of the debris flow was 19 metres per second (62 feet per second) when it struck the checkpoint at Gyirong Port in Tibet. This is almost twice Usain Bolt’s average speed when he set the...South China Morning Post
DISASTERSep 1Philippine capital’s ‘acutely unhealthy’ air due to Indonesian haze spurs warningsSouth China Morning Post
DISASTERSep 1‘Literally Tasting The Smoke’, Malaysians Lament As Haze WorsensChannels TV
DISASTERSep 1Glacier risk hangs over China-Nepal border as region remembers mudslide victimsResidents and rescuers in the Tibet autonomous region paused for three minutes on Tuesday morning to remember the victims of last week’s mudslide disaster. Sirens sounded for three minutes from 9.55am at the Gyirong Port police station, with similar memorials at rescue and road-reopening sites throughout the region, according to state broadcaster CCTV. More than 1,000 people died and thousands remain missing along the China-Nepal border area after a glacier collapsed at Langtang Lirung on the...South China Morning Post
DISASTERSep 1Heavy rain in Fukui, number of flooded homes increases to 165; acceptance of disaster waste beginsAsahi Shimbun
DISASTERSep 1103 years since the Great Kanto Earthquake, bereaved families attend a grand memorial service; a memorial ceremony for the Korean massacre also heldAsahi Shimbun
DISASTERSep 1All students of the fire-damaged Takinogawa Third Elementary School begin attending 'temporary school building' in Kita Ward, TokyoAsahi Shimbun
DISASTERBREAKINGSep 1China-Nepal flood toll tops 1,000 as tunnel rescue offers last hopeLe Monde [en]
DISASTERBREAKINGSep 1Mie, Ise shopping street fire, 58 buildings damaged, 4300 square meters burnedAsahi Shimbun
DISASTERSep 1Death toll from devastating floods in China and Nepal surpasses 1,000Al Jazeera [en]
DISASTERSep 1‘Unprecedented’ path: revived Typhoon Saudel eyes eastern and southern ChinaSouth China Morning Post
DISASTERBREAKINGSep 1Death toll passes 1,000 from catastrophic flooding in Nepal and China, officials sayEuroNews [en]
DISASTERSep 1How catastrophic flash flood unfolded at remote Nepal-China border pointBBC World
DISASTERBREAKINGSep 1More than 1,000 dead from catastrophic Nepal-China floodsJapan Today
DISASTERSep 1South Korea to send 44 - member disaster relief team to Nepal after floodsSouth Korea plans to deploy a 44-member disaster relief team to Nepal following floods. This action provides international humanitarian aid in response to a natural disaster.whtc.com · United States
DISASTERSep 1Toxic haze from Indonesian fires chokes Malaysian BorneoRespiratory illnesses surge as smoke settles over Malaysia's Sarawak in the region's worst haze crisis in a decade.Al Jazeera [en]
DISASTERAug 31No progress in search for missing Koreans in Nepal despite helicopter , drones : officialAn official has stated that there has been no progress in the search for missing Koreans in Nepal, despite the use of advanced search tools like helicopters and drones.koreatimes.co.kr · South Korea
DISASTERBREAKINGAug 31Hundreds feared stuck in hydropower tunnels as flood deaths surpass 950 in Nepal and ChinaFrance 24 [en]
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