# ‘n Verslag toon die gletser wat verlede week ingestort en die dodelike oorstromings in Nepal en Tibet veroorsaak het, het dae vooraf sigbare tekens van onbestendigheid getoon. Die dodetal is tans meer as een-duisend-100 en sowat vier-duisend mense word steeds vermis. Die verslag deur ‘n groep internasionale wetenskaplikes lui dat aanduidings voor die gebeure […]
# A report shows the glacier that collapsed and triggered the deadly flash floods in Nepal and Tibet last week, showed visible signs of instability days before the disaster. The death toll stands at over one-thousand-100, with some four-thousand people still missing. The report, compiled by a group of international scientists, states pre-event indications included […]
# Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, David Maynier, says repairs to the flood damaged area at the Bontebok National Park in the Western Cape are expected to cost 12.3-million-rand. He says the park sustained severe damage to some of its chalets and picnic sites, as well as the main access road to the […]
# China’s National Energy Administration says at the end of July, the country’s installed solar power capacity reached 1.286-billion kilowatts. For the first time, photovoltaic installed capacity surpassed coal-fired power, becoming the largest power source category in China. During the first seven months of 2026 alone, China added more than 86 gigawatts of new solar […]
# Nepal se minister van Buitelandse Sake, Shisir Khanal, sê hy hoop steeds die byna vierduisend mense wat vermis word na verlede week se dodelike kitsvloede, kan nog gered word. Onder die vermistes is meer as 600 werkers wat vermoedelik vasgekeer is in ‘n groot netwerk van moddergevulde tonnels by hidrokragaanlegte langs die Trishuli-rivier. Die […]
# Nepal’s Foreign minister, Shisir Khanal, says he remains hopeful that the nearly four-thousand people still missing following last week’s deadly flash floods can still be rescued alive. Among the missing are over 600 workers believed to be trapped in a vast network of mud-filled tunnels at hydropower sites along the Trishuli River. The death […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens waarsku die huidige El Niño-weerpatroon, wat moontlik die sterkste nóg kan word, sal waarskynlik van Oktober tot Januarie ondergemiddelde reënvalpatrone en bogemiddelde temperature veroorsaak. Die woordvoerder, Hannelee Doubell, sê die verskynsel, saam met aardverwarming, kan 2027 die warmste jaar nóg maak. Sy sê hittegolwe kan besonder erg wees indien droë toestande […]
# The SA Weather Service warns the current El Niño weather pattern which may become the strongest on record, will probably cause below-normal rainfall from October to January, with above-normal temperatures. Spokesperson Hannelee Doubell says the combination with global warming could make 2027 the warmest year ever. Heatwaves may be severe if dry conditions occur. […]
# Die dodetal ná verlede week se verwoestende kits-oorstromings op die grens tussen Nepal en Tibet het meer as ‘n duisend bereik. Die getal vermistes is aangepas na drie-duisend-916, insluitend meer as 600 werkers wat vermoedelik in moddergevulde tonnels in hidrokragprojekte vasgekeer is. Minstens 16 mense is in die Chinees-beheerde Tibet dood en minstens 546 […]
