China's weather observatory on Saturday issued a yellow alert for smog in the country's north that will linger until Wednesday.
Southern Australia's extreme weather has continued, lurching from an unseasonable heatwave, which caused a spate of bushfires in the area, to severe storms and flash flooding in the space of days.
China's weather observatory on Tuesday afternoon continued to issue a yellow alert for smog in Beijing and neighboring regions.
China's National Meteorological Center issued on Sunday afternoon a blue alert, the lowest level in its four-tier warning system, for Typhoon Kujira.
China's weather observatory forecasted that cold front, rain and smog will affect traffic rush on Tuesday as the week-long Lunar New Year holiday is coming to an end.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) was hit by a sandstorm on Sunday, with weather forecasters saying the storm, the first of its kind so far this year, will weaken Monday afternoon.
The World Bank will increase lending towards development of weather prediction tools for Kenyan small holders, officials said on Tuesday.
A new 97-mln-pound (157 million U.S. dollars) supercomputer will be built in Britain to predict disruptive weather events more effectively, the Met Office has announced on Tuesday.
The search for the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has resumed off Western Australia's coast following the improvement in weather conditions, local media reported on Wednesday.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Tuesday that the case of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has entered the phase of recovery and investigation.
The search operation for the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner MH370 was suspended for Tuesday because of "adverse weather," according to a press release posted by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) on its website early Tuesday.
The bad weather has still limited visibility of the search area for locate debris that may be linked to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight, and the search mission in southern Indian Ocean would be last several days, Media Liaison Officer of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), Andrea Hayward-Maher, said Friday.
Two people were killed on Monday as rainstorm swept through Britain before Christmas, according to local sources.
Lingering droughts in central China's Hubei Province have affected more than 1.17 million people, local authorities said Sunday.
Geological experts say a fatal landslide in southwest China was partly caused by an earthquake which hit the region four months ago. As many as 46 people have been killed in the latest disaster.
Dense smog continues to shroud the Chinese capital Beijing. Environmental authorities say pollution is at dangerous levels and residents are advised to stay indoors.
Governments in southern China are struggling to aid the homeless and repair infrastructure amid persistent cold weather that has brought the lowest temperatures recorded in 28 years.
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