Tag: Natural disasters
Malawi and Mozambique hard hit
It is a rare phenomenon, according to weather specialists. Unexpectedly, Cyclone Freddy circled and swept across southern Africa. Malawi and Mozambique are hard hit, the authorities of both countries and…
Istanbul residents leave in fear of another deadly earthquake
The double earthquake of February 6 in Kahramanmaras, which officially caused more than 46,000 victims on Turkish soil, revived awareness of the seismic risk among the 16 million inhabitants of…
food insecurity worsens in south-east after cyclone Freddy
Already heavily affected by the previous hurricane season, the south-east of the island was hit hard by the winds and rains brought by hurricane Freddy at the beginning of last…
no postponement of elections after February earthquakes
As Turkey still counts its dead, the potential postponement of presidential and legislative elections was the subject of speculation. This Wednesday, March 1, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan confirmed that the…
how to reduce earthquake trauma in children
In southern Turkey, three weeks after the violent earthquake that killed more than 45,000 people, thousands of survivors remain traumatized. The Ministry of the Family sent more than 3,700 social…
rural areas hit by the earthquake would be abandoned in favor of large cities
More than 8,500 Syrians died in the February 6 quake, including nearly 2,800 in the tremors that hit southern Turkey. The toll could increase as relief operations have not yet…
in Iskenderun, concern about the drop in humanitarian aid
More than two weeks after the earthquake that shook southern Turkey and neighboring Syria, volunteers in the Hatay region are worried that the influx of humanitarian aid is drying up.…
very strong winds caused the majority of the damage
In Madagascar, Freddy, the very intense tropical cyclone which hit the east coast of the island on the evening of Tuesday February 21, finally emerged in the Mozambique Channel yesterday…
“I have never heard gusts like that”
The very intense tropical cyclone called Freddy made landfall on Tuesday afternoon, bringing with it gusts reaching 180 km / h and waves more than eight meters high. With our…
the population is preparing to face an intense tropical cyclone
Madagascar is again preparing to face an intense tropical cyclone, on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, December 21. A year after cyclone Batsirai which hit the eastern coast, killing…