Whether through corruption, a lack of risk assessment or a desire for short-term financial gains, the "danger zones" are wiped off the map until the earth reclaims them.

If you ask people in dry regions what they value most, water usually comes first. It is basic and expensive at the same time. Yet scarcity is no longe.

Two children have died after being swept away by floodwaters in al-Assaliya and Ain Issa areas of the Turkman Mountain region in rural Latakia, officials say.

Days of heavy rain falling early in the morning have returned to Greater Jakarta (Jabodetabek) area in Indonesia.

The survey was conducted by direct observation method by following the river flow and using drone for wider coverage on Jan. 21-27.