Dozens of people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo after torrential rains flooded the capital, Kinshasa, in the last few days, and destroyed hundreds of homes. The Ndjili River running through the megacity of 17 million people, one of the largest on the continent, burst its banks and submerged major roads, including Lumumba…
Lo más probable es que varios tornados extremadamente fuertes arrasen partes del centro de Estados Unidos el miércoles, antes de que inundaciones que podrían ser únicas en la vida azoten la misma región del Medio Oeste y el sur, dijeron los meteorólogos. Las oficinas del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional advirtieron de la posibilidad de un “brote…
One person was missing, hundreds of thousands of homes were without power and communities were at risk of major flooding in eastern Australia on Saturday after the weakened storm formerly known as Tropical Cyclone Alfred neared the coast, still bringing heavy rains and dangerous winds. Australia’s third-largest city, Brisbane, which had been in the cyclone’s…
At least 15,000 people were ordered to evacuate, tens of thousands more were without power and flood rescues were already underway in a swath of Australia’s eastern coast in the track of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, projected to be the first to make landfall in the region in decades. Alfred was expected to come ashore Saturday…
A swath of Australia’s eastern coast around Brisbane, the country’s third-largest city, was bracing for the first cyclone forecast to make landfall in the region in decades, as the authorities warned of the potential for widespread flooding and destructive winds. The slow-moving Tropical Cyclone Alfred was expected to come ashore late Friday or early Saturday…
Nearly 400 people died in Niger and more than 1.5 million others were affected by floods triggered by last year’s exceptionally torrential rains, according to a final toll announced on Saturday. Niger’s 2024 floods killed 400, affected 1.5 mn: toll “Floods caused the deaths of 396 people during the course of 2024,” said Interior Minister…
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Tropical Cyclone Zelia made landfall on Friday afternoon in northwestern Australia, bringing intense rain and destructive winds to a sparsely populated region of the country that is home to ports and mines critical to the global economy. The authorities ordered residents to stay indoors. Australian meteorologists said the storm had made landfall at 12:30 p.m….
Search and rescue teams in Nepal’s capital have been picking through wrecked homes as floodwaters have started to recede. Officials reported on Monday that the death toll from the monsoon floods and landslides had risen to 193 around the Himalayan nation. At least 31 others were missing and many others injured, police said. Entire neighbourhoods…
Some 150 people killed and dozens missing after bad weather triggers floods and landslides. Officials in Nepal said schools in flood-hit areas will be shut in the coming days as landslides and flash flooding triggered by heavy rains have killed some 150 people. The order on Sunday came as authorities said students and their parents…