REFUGEES: “RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK” TO BOLSTER ROHINGYA CAMPS AGAINST RAINS
JARED FERRIE reports for the Thomson Reuters Foundation on growing concerns over the plight of the Rohingya Muslims living in camps in Bangladesh as the monsoon arrives…
Rising death toll after a month’s rain in a single day in Sri Lanka
At least 150 people have died in Sri Lanka after a monsoonal deluge delivered more than a month’s rain in a single day. The rain triggered flooding and mudslides and there are fears as rescue workers continue to dig out bodies buried beneath the earth that the death toll could rise to 250 with more […]
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 […]