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FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Favourable production prospects for 2025 wheat crop Record cereal production estimated in 2024 Cereal imports forecast well below average in 2024/25 Domestic prices of wheat...

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At 09:05 (Beijing Time, hereafter, BJT) on 7 January 2025, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Tingri County, Shigatse City, Xizang. As of 19:00 (BJT) on 7 January, 126 people had been killed, 3,609...

BEIJING, 16 January 2025 – UNICEF has sent urgently needed emergency relief supplies for children and families affected by the devastating earthquake that struck Dingri County in Xizang Autonomous...

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After the huge earthquake of 7.1 M at a depth of 10 km occurred in southern Xizang prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, south-western China on 7 January at 01.05 UTC, the number of casualties has...

An earthquake of 7.1 M at a depth of 10 km occurred in southern Xizang, Tibet Autonomous Region, south-western China, on 7 January at 01.05 UTC (9.05 local time). The epicentre was located...

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A wildfire has been burning in Yajiang district, in western Sichuan province in southwestern China since 9 December, prompting evacuations and causing damage. According to the JRC Global Wildfire...

"The model can better grasp the process of moderate to heavy rain, and the location of heavy rain is more consistent with the real-time condition, which can offer effective tips to forecasters." the...

Abstract The "Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2024" focuses on transformative disaster resilience in East and North-East Asia. It highlights the rising frequency and severity of climate-related...

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Planting of 2025 winter wheat crop ongoing Above-average cereal output forecast in 2024 Above‑average cereal imports forecast in 2024/25 Domestic prices of wheat grain...

BEIJING/NEW YORK, 19 October 2024 – UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell travelled to China this week, including the autonomous region of Ningxia, to see first-hand UNICEF’s work for...

On 24 September, Shanghai Typhoon Institute (STI) of the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) and the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) jointly conducted manned dual-aircraft observation of the...

The passage of the tropical storm PULASAN over eastern China, in particular the greater Shangai area and the Jiangsu province, southern South Korea and central-northern Japan on 19-22 September, as a...

Tropical storm PULASAN made landfall over the greater Shangai area, eastern China on 19 September very early in the afternoon, with maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h. On 20 September at 0.00 UTC its...

At 14:00 on September 14, 2024, Typhoon Bebinca was located about 840 kilometers to the southeast of Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, China. According to China Meteorological Administration (CMA),...