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Study reveals long-term death toll of cyclones as world battered
Oct 02, 2024 (AFP)
Hurricane Helene has killed at least 155 people in the southeastern US, Hurricane John killed at least 16 in Mexico last week and two people have died in Taiwan...
'Heartbreaking': Biden, Harris tour storm areas as deaths surpass 160
Oct 02, 2024 (AFP)
Biden flew into the Carolinas and his deputy headed to Georgia after Harris's election rival Donald Trump sought to turn their handling of the disaster -- which...
Taiwan shuts down as Typhoon Krathon approaches
Oct 02, 2024 (AFP)
Krathon, packing sustained wind speeds of 162 kilometres (100 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 198 kph -- was 120 kilometres southwest of the major port city ...
Philippines volcano erupts but alert level stays low
Oct 02, 2024 (AFP)
A 2400-metre (7,875-feet) column of volcanic material shot up from the Taal volcano when it erupted on Wednesday afternoon, the state volcanology institute said...
Thousands evacuated as Super Typhoon Krathon approaches Taiwan
Oct 01, 2024 (AFP)
Krathon -- packing sustained winds of 198 kilometres per hour (123 miles per hour), equivalent to a Category 3 hurricane, and gusts of up to 245 kph -- was expe...
Death toll from powerful storm Helene tops 150 in US
Oct 01, 2024 (AFP)
Biden will head to North Carolina and South Carolina on Wednesday, while Harris, who is campaigning to succeed her boss in the Oval Office, will visit Georgia. ...
Nepal surveys flood wreckage as death toll reaches 209
Sep 30, 2024 (AFP)
Deadly floods and landslides are common across South Asia during the monsoon season from June to September but experts say climate change is making them worse. ...
South Asia's monsoon and Nepal's floods explained
Sep 30, 2024 (AFP)
AFP explains what the monsoon is, why it is so important and yet so dangerous, and how climate change and other man-made effects may be altering the vast life-g...
104 dead in Nepal floods after relentless monsoon rains
Sep 29, 2024 (AFP)
Deadly rain-related floods and landslides are common across South Asia during the monsoon season from June to September, but experts say climate change is incre...
101 dead in Nepal floods after relentless monsoon rains
Sep 29, 2024 (AFP)
Deadly rain-related floods and landslides are common across South Asia during the monsoon season from June to September, but experts say climate change is incre...
More than 60 dead from storm Helene as rescue, cleanup efforts grow
Sep 29, 2024 (AFP)
Helene slammed into Florida Thursday as a Category 4 hurricane and surged north, gradually weakening but leaving in its wake toppled trees, downed power lines a...
US hurricane deaths rise to 44, fears of more 'catastrophic' flooding
Sep 28, 2024 (AFP)
Roads, homes and businesses were underwater -- many of them destroyed -- after Helene made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane near the Florida state capital Tal...
Battling to keep floodwaters at bay in South Sudan; 10 dead, 18 missing in Nepal floods and landslides
Sep 28, 2024 (AFP)
The landing strip in Bentiu has been carefully preserved with huge dykes against the waters that have added another layer of devastation to the world's youngest...
Vietnam puts Typhoon Yagi economic losses at $3.3 billion
Sep 28, 2024 (AFP)
Yagi battered northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar in early September, triggering floods and landslides that left more than 700 people dead. Officials h...
Weakening Hurricane Helene still 'extremely dangerous,' officials warn
Sep 27, 2024 (AFP)
The storm tore a destructive path through Florida into neighbouring Georgia, the US National Hurricane Center said, warning residents to stay in shelter from "c...
Turkey jails builder of quake-razed apartments for 865 years
Sep 27, 2024 (AFP)
The 14-storey apartment block in the southern Turkish city of Adana was destroyed by a massive 7.8-magnitude quake in February 2023 that killed more than 53,500...
'We're desperate': Mexico's Acapulco relives hurricane nightmare
Sep 27, 2024 (AFP)
Clutching belongings, families waded down streets turned into muddy rivers, nearly a year after Hurricane Otis left a trail of destruction and claimed several d...
Floods threaten Niger's historic 'gateway to the desert'
Sep 26, 2024 (AFP)
Overflowing rivers are no longer a rarity in the vast arid nation on the edge of the Sahara Desert. But the rainy season this year has been particularly devasta...
Florida girds for arrival of 'catastrophic' Hurricane Helene
Sep 25, 2024 (AFP)
Helene strengthened into a hurricane mid-morning Wednesday in the Gulf of Mexico and is "expected to bring life-threatening storm surge, damaging winds, and flo...
EU releases $6 mn in flood aid for West, Central Africa
Sep 25, 2024 (AFP)
That humanitarian aid was "to help the worst-affected populations following the devastating floods in Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Mali and Burkina Faso," it...
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