Death toll rising in eastern US state in wake of Florence; call for prayer
The death toll after Hurricane Florence struck eastern US states late last week has risen to at least 25 as flooding continues amid warnings it will do for some days yet to come. The BBC reports that 19 of the deaths to date have occurred in North Carolina with Governor Roy Cooper saying at a […]
Laos dam collapse hits communities who already lost homes, livelihoods
Thomson Reuters Foundation Activists called for renewed scrutiny of hydropower projects in Laos after a dam that was under construction broke, killing at least 19 people as it swept away homes in flash flooding. More than 3,000 people need to be rescued in a remote part of the country’s south, where at least seven villages […]
SIERRA LEONE: MUDSLIDE SURVIVORS LIVE IN FEAR OF FRESH DISASTER
NICKY MILNE, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Freetown in Sierra Leone in the aftermath of last year’s mudslide disaster…
At least 1,500 dead in Pakistan’s worst flooding for 80 years
At least 1,500 people are believed to have died in Pakistan thanks to landslides and floods caused by the heaviest monsoon rains in years. Entire villages have reportedly been washed away and, according to UNICEF, around 3.5 million people – a third of them children – have been affected by the deluge in the north […]
Sri Lanka flooding “worst” natural disaster since Asian flooding
ASSIST News Service At least 20 people are confirmed dead and hundreds of thousands are homeless as a result of flooding on the island nation of Sri Lanka. “This is the worst flooding to hit the country since the Asian tsunami devastated Sri Lanka in 2004,” said Gospel for Asia president Dr K P Yohannan. […]