Flash floods, wildfires and heatwaves brought on by climate change could test Europe's ability to insure against and respond to natural disasters, a new report warns.

Flooding of the Nile Delta and further desertification of north Africa could also unleash a wave of migrants from Europe's southern neighbours, said delegates at the launch of the European Union-backed ADAM report.

Poor countries already suffering from the impact of climate change urgently need up to $2 billion to help adjust and cope, a new report submitted to the United Nations said on Thursday.

The funds are needed to help the most vulnerable countries, mostly in Africa and small island states, the Stockholm-based Commission on Climate Change and Development (CCCD) said.

Helped by cooler, damp weather, firefighters gained the upper hand on a wildfire that has destroyed 77 homes since it was ignited -- apparently by power tools -- nearly a week ago.

The weather god has obliged the forest department with a timely spell of rain to help douse numerous forest fires raging in the hill state.

A UK-based climate change expert has said that there will be an exceptional change in the temperatures in Pakistan as a whole in the coming years, but that the province of Sindh will be less affected as compared to the other parts of the country.

DEHRA DUN: With mercury soaring, forest fires in the hill State of Uttarakhand have set alarm bells ringing as 2,426 hectares of jungles have already destroyed.

As the heat wave grips the State, the forest department has warned that the wildfires will rage further.

Temperatures in Uttarakhand touched 41 degrees Celsius on April 30, breaking a 39-year record.

THE province of Sindh is almost deprived of all its forest cover, as centuries-old forests on both sides of the River Indus have been eliminated and converted into agriculture lands and at the present are occupied by the influential of the area on long-term leases.

A fast melt of ice from the Andes to the Arctic should be a wake-up call for governments to work out a strong new United Nations treaty this year to fight climate change, Norway said on Tuesday.

Southeast Asia is one of the world's most vulnerable regions to climate change and could face conflict over failing rice yields, lack of water and high economic costs, a major Asian Development Bank report shows.

Satellite imagery from US space agency NASA on Sunday showed at least 420 forests across the country blazing under wildfire.

Similar picture on Saturday had shown wildfire in 400 places. Nepal