Receding Glaciers in Bolivia Leave Communities at Risk
A new study published in The Cryosphere, an European Geosciences Union journal, has found that Bolivian glaciers shrunk by 43% between 1986 and 2014, and will continue to diminish if…
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Somalia – 30,000 in Need of Food and Drinking Water After Flooding
The International Committee of the Red Cross says that flooding in Beledweyne since May 2016, Somalia has displaced tens of thousands of people who are now in need of food…
Jhelum River Threatens More Floods in Kashmir after 48 Hours of Rain
Levels of the Jhelum river and several of its tributaries in Kashmir, India, have risen sharply after 48 hours of incessant rain. SRINAGAR, Indian-Held Kashmir (AA) – Landslides and flooding…
Heavy Rainfall in Burundi – At Least 15 Killed in Landslide
BUJUMBURA (AA) – At least 15 people were killed near Burundi capital Bujumbura after a hill collapsed on Sunday due to torrential rains, according to Bujumbura Rural Province Governor Jacques…
Deaths Feared after Flood and Landslides in Kashmir
Kashmiris fear another disaster, only 6 months after region saw the worst floods in a century. SRINAGAR, Indian-held Kashmir (AA) – Landslides and flooding caused by heavy rains have raised…
Landslide on Indonesia’s Java Island Kills 12 after Heavy Rain
A landslide has buried 11 houses near southern foothills of Mount Gede, Indonesia, after heavy rainfall. JAKARTA, Indonesia (AA) – Rescue teams recovered Sunday the bodies of 12 people after…
Mexico Floods – At least 7 Dead in Veracruz
One child is missing in the state of Veracruz, Mexico, as rain and hail the size of baseballs have fallen since Thursday afternoon. MEXICO CITY (AA) — Torrential rains and…
Torrential Rains Destroy 400 Homes in Algeria
ALGIERS (AA) – Hundreds of homes have been destroyed in Algeria‘s southern city of Tamanrasset following several days of torrential rainfall, a local humanitarian aid official said Wednesday. The city…
Tanzania Floods – 7 killed, 5,000 Left Homeless in Dar es Salaam
ARUSHA, Tanzania (AA) – At least seven people have been confirmed dead and over 5,000 displaced by heavy rains that have pounded Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. “The death toll has…
Malawi Flood Survivors Slowly Pick Up Their Lives
Some 230,000 people were displaced and 276 reported dead or missing after the floods in Malawi earlier this year. By Moses Michael-Phiri BLANTYRE, Malawi (AA) – Life is no longer…
Three killed in heavy rains in southern Iran
At least 900 houses were destroyed in the past two days in Iran due to floods caused by heavy rainfall. TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – At least three people have been…
More Than 200 Killed in Avalanches and Floods in Afghanistan
At least 100 more people have been reported dead in avalanches in northern Afghanistan, bringing the total death toll since Wednesday to at least 230, Anadolu Agency report. Afghanistan’s Natural…
5 Dead as Floods hit Northern Pakistan
Five people were killed and several others injured in rain-related incidents across North west Pakistan. By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Torrential rains and flash floods have hit northern…
World Bank Promises $50m for Flood-Ravaged Malawi
The World Bank has pledged $50 million in assistance to Malawi to rehabilitate roads following last month’s devastating floods. “I am pleased to inform Malawians that the bank is going…
