Morocco earthquake affected 2.8 million people, says minister
Rabat, MoroccoReuters Morocco’s earthquake damaged 2,930 villages in the High Atlas Mountains with a total population of 2.8 million people, the minister in charge of the budget said on Friday. The 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck on 8th September killed more than 2,900 people, most of them in hard-to-reach mountainous areas. An exterior view of […]
Nicole leaves “unprecedented” building damage along part of Florida coast
Atlanta. Georgia, US Reuters The soaking remains of Hurricane Nicole brought heavy rains to Georgia and the Carolinas on Friday after it left a trail of destroyed and teetering beachside homes and damaged hotels and condos along Florida’s Atlantic coast and killed at least four people. In Volusia County, local officials evacuated 24 beachside hotels […]
Hurricane Fiona heads to Bermuda, up to eight dead in Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico Reuters Hurricane Fiona strengthened to a powerful Category 4 storm on Wednesday as it headed toward Bermuda after carving a destructive path through the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, where the storm left most people without power and up to eight dead. After making landfall in Puerto Rico on Sunday, Fiona […]
“They are hungry”: Haiti quake survivors fear for children’s future
Camp-Perrin, Haiti Reuters Many survivors of an earthquake that killed more than 2,200 people in southern Haiti are worried about providing for their children, with more than half a million minors feared to be at risk from the fallout. The 14th August quake hammered infrastructure, destroying or damaging some 130,000 homes, cutting off roads and […]
North Korea’s Kim calls for relief campaign in rain-hit areas
Seoul, South KoreaReuters North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has mobilised the military to carry out relief work in areas recently hit by heavy rains, state media said on Sunday, amid concerns over an economic crisis and food shortage. The ruling Worker’s Party’s Central Military Commission held a meeting of its chapter in the eastern province […]
Updated: Damaged roads, lack of gear hinder Indonesia quake rescue
Updated: 11am, 17th January, 2021Mamuju, IndonesiaAP Damaged roads and bridges, power blackouts and lack of heavy equipment on Saturday hampered rescuers after a strong earthquake left at least 49 people dead and hundreds injured on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island. Operations were focused on about eight locations in the hardest-hit city of Mamuju, where people were still […]
HERITAGE: BEAUTY OR SAFETY? EUROPE SEEKS TO PROTECT HERITAGE FROM DISASTERS
ALEX WHITING, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on rising concerns over damage being done to Europe’s cultural heritage – and the efforts being undertaken to preserve it…