CANBERRA, Australia — The first tropical cyclone to hit Australia in the current season weakened to a low pressure system but continued to lash the northeast coast Thursday with flooding rain and left almost 40,000 homes and businesses without power. Cyclone Jasper crossed the Queensland state coast late Wednesday as a category 2 storm on … Read more
VICTORIA, Seychelles — The president of Seychelles declared a state of emergency on Thursday after a huge blast at an explosives depot and flooding in other parts of the country’s main island. Three people have died in the flooding, local media reported. The explosion overnight in the industrial area of Providence, southeast of the capital, … Read more
WASHINGTON—Israel has assembled a system of large pumps it could use to flood Hamas’s vast network of tunnels under the Gaza Strip with seawater, a tactic that could destroy the tunnels and drive the fighters from their underground refuge but also threaten Gaza’s water supply, U.S. officials said. The Israel Defense Forces finished assembling large … Read more
Rescuers have recovered the body of a man buried under tons of mud and rocks following flash floods and a landslide that crashed onto a hilly village on Indonesia’s Sumatra island ByThe Associated Press December 3, 2023, 8:54 AM Rescue workers use heavy machines to clear a road from rock and mud following a landslide … Read more
MEDAN, Indonesia — Torrential rain triggered flash floods and a landslide on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, leaving at least 12 people missing, officials said Saturday. Tons of mud, rocks and trees rolled down from a mountain late Friday, reaching a river that burst its banks and tore through mountainside villages, said Budiono, who heads the local … Read more
NAIROBI, Kenya — The Kenyan government on Monday urged people living in flood-prone areas to relocate to higher ground as heavy rains and flash floods continued to wreak havoc across East Africa. At least 76 people have died and 40,000 displaced from their homes since the rains began pounding the country in October. President William … Read more
MOGADISHU, Somalia — First, some families fled drought and violence. Now they say they have nowhere to hide from intense flooding as rainfall exacerbated by the weather phenomenon El Niño pummels large parts of Somalia. Floods have killed at least 96 people, the country’s Council of Ministers said Thursday. Among the worst hit towns is … Read more
A tropical disturbance moving across the western Caribbean knocked out power to thousands in Jamaica and caused two deaths in Haiti as it unleashed landslides and floods before dissipating late Friday ByThe Associated Press November 17, 2023, 3:40 PM SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A tropical disturbance moved across the western Caribbean on Friday, knocking … Read more
Somali authorities say floods caused by torrential rainfall have killed at least 31 people in various parts of the country ByOMAR FARUK Associated Press November 12, 2023, 8:21 AM Vehicles try to maneuver through flood water caused by heavy rain, in Mogadishu, Saturday, Nov, 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) The Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia … Read more
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Floods caused by torrential rainfall have killed at least 31 people in various parts of Somalia, authorities said Sunday. Since October, floods have displaced nearly half a million people and disrupted the lives of over 1.2 million people, Minister of Information Daud Aweis told reporters in the capital Mogadishu. They have also … Read more