Cyclone batters southern Brazil, death toll from floods hits 36
Sao Paulo. Brazil Reuters The death toll from heavy rains in southern Brazil rose to 36, local authorities said on Wednesday, as a tropical cyclone battered and soaked the region, flooding homes and swelling rivers. Video obtained by Reuters showed rising water flooding streets and rivers and submerging houses in the small town of Mucum, […]
Cyclone leaves 11 dead, 20 missing in southern Brazil
Sao Paulo, BrazilReuters At least 11 people have been killed in Brazil’s southern state of Rio Grande do Sul after an extra-tropical cyclone struck the region on Friday, according to the state’s authorities. The storm caused torrential rains and helicopter searches are underway in flooded neighborhoods to find 20 others who have gone missing, the […]
Cyclone kills at least 10 in Madagascar, destroying homes and cutting power
Antanamarivo, Madagascar Reuters A cyclone killed at least 10 people in southeastern Madagascar, the second to hit the Indian Ocean island in just two weeks, triggering floods, bringing down buildings and cutting power, officials said on Sunday. One of the worst-hit towns was Nosy Varika on the east coast where almost 95 per cent of […]
Tropical cyclone kills at least 113 in Indonesia, East Timor
Malaka, IndonesiaReuters Floods and landslides triggered by tropical cyclone Seroja in a cluster of islands in southeast Indonesia and East Timor have killed 113 people, with many still unaccounted for and thousands displaced, officials said on Monday. At least 86 deaths were reported on several islands in Indonesia’s West and East Nusa Tenggara provinces, while […]
Cyclone dumps rain on India, Bangladesh, two million head to shelters
Updated 6.20pmNew Delhi, IndiaAP A strong cyclone blew heavy rains and strong winds into coastal India and Bangladesh on Wednesday after more than 2.6 million people were moved to shelters in a frantic evacuation made more challenging by coronavirus. Cyclone Amphan slowed slightly as it reached cooler waters near the coast. But with wind speeds […]
Cyclone Harold flattens homes, brings injuries in Fiji
Sydney, AustraliaReuters A powerful tropical cyclone battered the South Pacific island nation of Fiji on Wednesday, witnesses said, destroying buildings and causing injuries in Suva, the capital, pressuring a population already bracing for the coronavirus outbreak. Cyclone Harold, its strength ranked in the highest category of five, passed over Fiji’s south at about midday, levelling […]
After cyclone disaster, church organisations mobilise to help devastated Africans
Nairobi, KenyaRNS When Cyclone Idai struck the south-east Africa coast last week, it swept away everything in its path, including churches, schools and homes in the Mozambican port city of Beira and beyond. By Sunday, the number of confirmed deaths caused by the storm in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe was continuing to rise as churches, […]