It's wheat sowing season on Argentina's Pampas plains, but farmers are biding their time -- praying for rain and a government defeat in Sunday's mid-term election.

ANIRBAN CHOUDHURY
The blockade on the Kalchini-Hasimara road on Wednesday. Picture by Anirban Choudhury

Alipurduar, June 10: A woman was killed today, when a freak storm hit the Kalchini block early this morning, damaging more than 100 houses and a school building.

The impact of climate change is worldwide. For Bangladesh they are most critical as large part of the population is chronically exposed and vulnerable to a range of natural hazards. Now, the human suffering and cost to development is massive to the country and its population who are victims of human induced Global warming.

Participants in a seminar on the World Environment Day said signs of climate change had begun to look ominous for Pakistan.

Pacific islands are trying low-cost ways to protect crops and coasts from cyclones that are a bigger threat -- for now -- than rising sea levels that could wipe low-lying nations off the map.

Gale force winds that have wreaked havoc in the country of late struck once again this time in Mirigama on Sunday night, damaging 18 houses.

The Disaster Management Center said the storm had struck at around 8.45 pm on Sunday. According to the Center however it caused only minor damages to the houses with several roofs being blown away.

JAIPUR: Storm and thundershowers that lashed Rajasthan

NARAYAN BARETH
JAIPUR

A thunderstorm claimed the lives of 45 black bucks in Tal Chhapar sanctuary in north-west Rajasthan. According to forest department sources, the storm and strong winds struck the sanctuary on Friday night, killing 45 black bucks.

Tree-munching beetles, malaria-carrying mosquitoes and deer ticks that spread Lyme disease are three living signs that climate change is likely to exact a heavy toll on human health.

These pests and others are expanding their ranges in a warming world, which means people who never had to worry about them will have to start. And they are hardly the only health threats from global warming.