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Hundreds of thousands affected by floods in East Africa
Worst hit is Burundi, where the country’s interior minister is now asking its development partners to “help all the people affected by these disasters” together with Burundi. Hundreds of thousands…
Major floods in East Africa
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen A village in Kenya has been flooded after extensive downpours. Photo: Brian Ongoro/AP/TT National parks, ports and highways are under water after extensive flooding caused…
Observations made from space tell us what Europe experienced last year: extensive floods and severe heat waves | Foreign countries
In the fall, it rained heavily, but in the winter there was no snow. The glaciers of the Alps have already lost 10 percent of their mass within two years.…
The floods have created chaos at the airport in Dubai
Published 2024-04-19 22.31 share-arrowShare unsaveSave Agneta Nilsson had a three-hour layover in Dubai. Now she has been stuck at the airport for over 30 hours with no way to get…
Record floods in several African countries, drowning in the need for assistance
East Africa has been experiencing torrential rains in recent weeks which caused the death of at least 58 people in Tanzania during the first half of April and 13 others…
Exceptional floods in Dubai, impressive images
Hit by significant flooding, the city of Dubai woke up under water this Wednesday. Air traffic is strongly impacted. Dubai under water. Two years of rain fell in 24 hours…
After the floods in Västmanland – new investigation shows shortcomings
The County Administrative Board Västmanland on Wednesday released its investigation into the torrential rains in September last year. There it appears that the affected municipalities had not taken sufficient measures,…
Putin criticism after “worst floods in 70 years” – Orenburg is evacuated
Residents of the Ural Mountains, Siberia and areas of Kazakhstan near the Ural and Tobol rivers have been forced to evacuate. The Russian city of Orenburg has been declared a…
11 departments on orange alert, floods and strong waves expected this Tuesday
Storm Pierrick will affect 11 departments this Tuesday, April 9. They are on orange alert for floods and/or wave-submersion. Temperatures will drop across France. The wind should blow less strongly…
one department on red alert and twelve in orange for floods
Indre-et-Loire is kept on red alert for floods this Monday, April 1, 2024. Twelve other departments have been placed on orange alert. This Monday morning, one department is still on…