CAIRO (AP) — Mediterranean storm Daniel precipitated devastating floods in Libya that broke dams and swept away whole neighborhoods in a number of coastal cities within the east of the North African nation. As many as 2,000 individuals have been feared useless, one of many nation’s leaders stated Monday. The destruction appeared biggest in Derna,…
BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — Lethal floods are wreaking havoc in lots of elements of East Africa that face torrential rainfall, with Burundi calling for worldwide assist to cope with the aftermath. Lake Tanganyika’s rising waters have invaded the port of Bujumbura, Burundi’s financial capital, disrupting enterprise there and elsewhere within the nation that depends closely…
By Wedaeli Chibelushi BBC Information 13 September 2023 Up to date 14 September 2023 Picture caption, The town of Derma has been hit particularly arduous by the floods – and the chaos that has engulfed Libya over the previous decade As much as 20,000 persons are feared to have died after raging floods swept by…
Kenyan President William Ruto addressed the nation, outlining a sequence of measures to take care of the emergency, together with evacuations and pressing well being provisions. Water dams are overflowing, roads and bridges have been destroyed, and faculties are closed. As of three Could, 210 folks have been killed and lots of extra injured, he…
Months of heavy rain on account of seasonal monsoons and wet seasons have led to flooding (each riverine and flash flooding), deaths and displacement in a number of East African international locations, together with Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and Somalia. No less than 1.6 million folks have been affected, 473 have died and greater…
In an alert, the Worldwide Group for Migration (IOM) famous that torrential rains have unleashed catastrophic flooding and mudslides whereas additionally severely damaging roads, bridges and dams. Greater than 637,000 individuals have been affected by weeks of deluges, together with 234,000 displaced in simply the final 5 days. There is no such thing as a official…
Photograph offered by Water Mission NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A Christian engineering nonprofit is responding to ongoing flooding in a number of international locations all through East Africa with emergency secure water. Heavy rainfall has prompted flooding for greater than six weeks. Water Mission experiences that tons of of individuals have died and over…