Tag Archives: landslides

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Saturday she was leaving the G7 summit in Japan early to deal with the emergency. Source link

Cyclone Mocha was packing winds of up to 240km per hour (149 miles per hour), according to the Zoom Earth website, which classed it as a Super Cyclone. Source link

South Kivu Governor Théo Ngwabidje visited the area and posted on Twitter that the provincial government had dispatched supplies. Congo’s president has declared a national day of mourning on Monday. Source link

More than 80,000 people in the country were forced to shelter in evacuation centres by rains, floods and landslides over the Christmas period. Source link

The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo joined the United States in blaming climate change for major floods that have claimed more than 120 lives in the capital Kinshasa. Source link

At least 50 people killed and thousands displaced from their homes as rains overwhelm villages, triggering floods and landslides. Source link

There were fears the death toll could rise even further as at least 16 people remained missing and more bodies were being uncovered after the rains abated. Source link

Nearly 90 people are still missing two months after the worst floods in living memory swept through South Africa’s third largest city of Durban and surrounding areas, killing hundreds, a government spokesman said on Sunday. The death toll from the raging floods and landslides has climbed to 461, with 87 …

NEW DEHLI: More than 150 people have died in flooding across India and Nepal, officials said on Thursday, as unseasonably heavy rains across the region led to flash floods in several areas, stranding residents and destroying homes and infrastructure. The north Indian state of Uttarakhand has been especially badly hit, …

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Rescue teams in India struggled through thick sludge and debris on Saturday to reach dozens of submerged homes as the death toll from landslides and accidents caused by torrential monsoon rain rose to 125. Maharashtra state is being hit by the heaviest rain in July in four decades, …