The challenge of providing a rapid response to environmental disasters as varied as flooding, drought, illegal logging and oil spills is the focus of two new projects in which the…
TEPIC, Mexico, Sept 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Expect more images of flood evacuees scrambling into rescue boats with their wet pets and possessions unless cities seize the chance to…
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Raging floods, which have killed 26 people and forced almost 25,000 from their homes in Kenya this month, will exacerbate hunger and poverty among herders…
Update 11, May 2017: In a statement on 09 May, Kwale Governor Salim Mvurya said that 5 people had died in various parts of the county. He also said that…
After the harrowing impact of tsunamis on coastal areas around the Indian Ocean in December 2004 that killed up to 230,000 people, and on the Japanese coast in March 2011…
An initiative has been formed to help African and Asian societies understand climate change-related impacts such as extreme weather events and prepare for future ones, reports Isaac Odhiambo for SciDev.Net. The…
From drought to extreme rain, parts of Ethiopia are now battling deadly floods and landslides brought by the recent downpours. Ethiopian news service, Fana, reports that at least 41 people…
Further heavy rainfall has been observed in various parts of the country over the last 48 hours. The country has already experienced severe flooding in several areas, including the counties…
Ongoing heavy rain continues to cause panic and destruction in several parts of Kenya. Flooding has affected the counties of Wajir, Marsabit and Turkana, where thousands have been displaced. However,…
Residents of Nairobi, Kenya, were caught up in flash floods late on 28 April, 2016 after a storm brought heavy rainfall that lasted for nearly 3 hours. It is not…
Flooding hit parts of Mombasa county, Kenya, on Sunday 24 April, 2016, after torrential rainfall that began late on Saturday and continued throughout the night. The floods have damaged homes…
Residents of Nairobi, Kenya, woke up to flooded streets and blocked roads as a result of heavy rain that the city received for the better part of last night. The…
Several parts of Turkana County in north west Kenya saw intense rainfall during the afternoon of 10 March, 2016 which led to overflowing of the Turkwel and Kawalase Rivers. At…
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a statement of 18 February, 2016, that the powerful 2015-2016 El Niño has now passed its peak. El Niño reached its peak ocean…
SERVIR, the satellite-based Earth monitoring system, has announced that it will expand it operations to several more countries and locations in Africa. The operation provides imaging and mapping data, geospatial…
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) reported in a statement on 04 January 2016 that heavy rains and floods in Kenya during the last 3…
