Deadly California storm triggers flooding, mudslides, power outages
Los Angeles, US Reuters A deadly Pacific storm, the second “Pineapple Express” to sweep the West Coast in less than a week, crept over Southern California on Monday, unleashing torrential downpours that triggered street flooding and mudslides throughout the region. Extreme-weather advisories for floods, high wind and winter storm conditions were posted on Monday across […]
China evacuates 40,000 people from floods, more rain expected
Beijing, ChinaReuters More than 40,000 people in China’s Sichuan province have been evacuated because of floods, state media reported on Wednesday, as cloudbursts dropped huge amounts of precipitation over several parts of the country. Bursts of unusually heavy rain have saturated different areas over the past few weeks, causing flooding and mudslides that have destroyed […]
China’s Xi demands officials step up flood prevention measures during rain deluge
Beijing, ChinaReuters China’s President Xi Jinping demanded government authorities at all levels give top priority to ensuring people’s safety and property as torrential rains cause devastating floods, deadly mudslides and geological disasters in the country. Residents salvage their belongings after heavy rainfall flooded Wanzhou district of Chongqing, China, on 4th July, 2023. PICTURE: cnsphoto via […]
Malawi buries cyclone victims as death toll rises further
Blantyre, Malawi/Maputo, Mozambique Reuters Malawian families gathered on Wednesday to remember and bury the victims of Tropical Cyclone Freddy, with the President Lazarus Chakwera calling on the international community for support as the toll rose further. Freddy tore through southern Africa for the second time in a month over the weekend and was still causing […]
Despair in Malawi as cyclone Freddy destroys homes and lives
Blantyre, Malawi Reuters Residents of Blantyre’s Chilobwe township, one of the areas worst-hit by tropical cyclone Freddy, were woken in the early hours by the roaring sound of mud and water as Malawi was battered by the storm taking a second shot at southern Africa. By Tuesday afternoon authorities had counted 190 people dead in […]
Cyclone Freddy kills 190 in Malawi as rain complicates rescue efforts
Blantyre, MalawiReuters Cyclone Freddy, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the southern hemisphere, has killed 190 people in Malawi after ripping through southern Africa for the second time in a month, Malawi’s government said on Tuesday. The district around the commercial hub of Blantyre was among the hardest-hit. Severe flooding and rain […]
Mudslides and floods kill at least 117 in Brazil’s Petropolis
Petropolis, Brazil Reuters The death toll from mudslides and floods in Brazil’s colonial-era city of Petropolis rose to 117 on Thursday and was expected to increase further as the region reels from the heaviest rains in almost a century. Heavy downpours in the afternoon, when the city recorded some six centimetres of rain, caused even […]
COLOMBIA: MOVED BY FIGHTING, THEN BY MUDSLIDES, THE DISPLACED STRUGGLE TO REBUILD LIVES
ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Colombia on the struggle people are facing as they try to rebuild disrupted lives…
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 […]