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Disaster · September, 2025

Stories about Disaster from September, 2025

The legacy of ‘sponge cities’ left by Chinese landscape architect Yu Kongjian

A plane crash in Brazil killed Yu and three other people on September, 23, 2025

Written by Global Voices Brazil

29 September 2025

Soaking up the storm: Sponge cities and the future of flood-resilient Southeast Asia

Extreme weather events are occurring at a higher frequency and intensity in Southeast Asia

Written by Hasya Nindita, Zhaoyin Feng

22 September 2025

Why are girls in South Punjab, Pakistan, still being married off before the age of 15?

Child marriage is not a ‘tradition’ to be preserved, it is a systemic failure

Written by Mahpara Zulqadar

21 September 2025

Savar declared ‘degraded airshed’ as pollution levels triple national standard of Bangladesh

Will the designation be enough to reduce air pollution?

Written by পান্থ রহমান রেজা (Pantha)

Translated by Rezwan

6 September 2025

Flash floods ravage Pakistan: Cloud burst and melting glaciers create perfect storm of destruction

Over 800 people across Pakistan have been killed in floods in recent weeks, with entire villages swept away and thousands displaced

Written by Rezwan, R Umaima Ahmed

2 September 2025

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Disaster · September, 2025

Stories about Disaster from September, 2025

The legacy of ‘sponge cities’ left by Chinese landscape architect Yu Kongjian

Soaking up the storm: Sponge cities and the future of flood-resilient Southeast Asia

Why are girls in South Punjab, Pakistan, still being married off before the age of 15?

Savar declared ‘degraded airshed’ as pollution levels triple national standard of Bangladesh

Flash floods ravage Pakistan: Cloud burst and melting glaciers create perfect storm of destruction

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