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Floods hit millions in West and Central Africa
Sep 10, 2024 (AFP)
The summer of 2024 was the hottest ever recorded on Earth and record after record has tumbled over the past year. Heatwaves, droughts and deadly flooding have f...
Heavy rains trigger flooding in Myanmar border town
Sep 10, 2024 (AFP)
AFP images from the town which sits on the border with Thailand showed people riding motorcycles through streets under red-brown waters and residents trying to ...
Vietnam evacuates 59,000 as typhoon floods toll climbs to 127
Sep 10, 2024 (AFP)
Yagi struck Saturday bringing winds in excess of 149 kilometres (92 miles) per hour and a deluge of rain that has caused flooding not seen in decades, according...
Vietnam evacuates 59,000 as toll from typhoon floods climbs to 82
Sep 10, 2024 (AFP)
Yagi struck Saturday bringing winds in excess of 149 kilometres (92 miles) per hour and a deluge of rain that has caused flooding not seen in decades, according...
Algeria says floods in the south killed six
Sep 10, 2024 (AFP)
Reports said the bodies of four people, aged between 10 and 59, were recovered in Tamanrasset, Naama and Bechar provinces. This added to an initial death toll o...
Rescue on as Typhoon Yagi leaves 40 missing, 63 dead in Vietnam
Sep 10, 2024 (AFP)
Yagi struck Saturday with winds in excess of 149 kilometres (92 miles) per hour, making it the most powerful typhoon to hit northern Vietnam in 30 years accordi...
Chad flooding leaves 341 dead, 1.5 million affected: UN
Sep 09, 2024 (AFP)
The UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the flooding had hit all of the country's 23 provinces. It cited government data which ...
Death toll from 'exceptional' Morocco floods rises to 18
Sep 09, 2024 (AFP)
Ten died in Tata province and three in Errachidia, including a Canadian and a Peruvian, the ministry said. It added that two others lost their lives in Tiznit, ...
Eleven dead, nine missing in Morocco flooding
Sep 08, 2024 (AFP)
Interior ministry spokesman Rachid Khalfi said authorities recorded an initial "toll of 11 deaths" after "heavy thunderstorms" that hit "17 prefectures and prov...
Super Typhoon Yagi toll rises to 9 in Vietnam after landslide
Sep 08, 2024 (AFP)
A family of four was killed in a landslide in the mountainous Hoa Binh province of northern Vietnam early Sunday morning, according to state media. The landslid...
Rebuilding slow in Morocco a year after deadly quake
Sep 08, 2024 (AFP)
The 6.8-magnitude September 8, 2023 quake shook the remote mountainous area some 300 kilometres (185 miles) south of the capital Rabat, killing nearly 3,000 peo...
Typhoon Yagi weakens after leaving dozens dead in Vietnam, China, Philippines
Sep 08, 2024 (AFP)
The typhoon had left a trail of destruction and two dozen people dead across southern China and the Philippines before it ravaged Vietnam. The storm killed 21 p...
West Africa flooding displaces nearly 950,000 people; charity
Sep 06, 2024 (AFP)
"Hundreds of thousands of children now displaced from their homes are facing disease, hunger from crop destruction, and disruption to their education, as school...
Super Typhoon Yagi threatens southern China
Sep 06, 2024 (AFP)
The typhoon was expected to make landfall later on Friday along the coastal areas from Hainan -- a popular holiday destination -- to neighbouring Guangdong prov...
More than 560,000 affected by 'unprecedented' Yemen floods: UN
Sep 05, 2024 (AFP)
The "unprecedented weather events" have compounded suffering in the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country, which is already grappling with one of the world's wors...
Magnitude 6.2 quake strikes off Papua New Guinea
Sep 05, 2024 (AFP)
A USGS map showed the tremor centred in a patch of ocean some 300 kilometres (186 miles) east of the town of Vanimo, which is preparing to host Pope Francis ove...
Floodbase's Enhanced Flood Mapping Technique surpasses NOAA's accuracy
Sep 05, 2024 (SPX)
Floodbase, a key provider of flood intelligence and data for disaster management and re/insurance sectors, has developed an advanced AI technique that integrate...
Niger ups flood toll to 273 as historic mosque destroyed
Sep 04, 2024 (AFP)
As of September 4 "the floods have caused the death of 273 people, 121 of whom drowned and 152 of whom died when their houses collapsed", Niger's interior minis...
Changed 'forever': Morocco slowly rebuilds a year after quake
Sep 04, 2024 (AFP)
"I can still hear my nine-year-old grandson's screams under the rubble," the 52-year-old said, recalling the September 8 earthquake that devastated the area. "T...
Tropical storm triggers landslides in Philippines; One dead as storms hit Australia's southeast
Sep 02, 2024 (AFP)
Tropical Storm Yagi slammed into the main island of Luzon on Monday after brushing past the Bicol region southeast of Manila overnight Sunday, with more heavy r...
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