Natural disasters
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Massive Quake Kills Nearly 150 in Myanmar, Thailand
The shallow 7.7-magnitude early afternoon tremor hit northwest of the city of Sagaing in central Myanmar, and was followed minutes later by a 6.4-magnitude aftershock.
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Japan Wildfire Evacution Orders Partially Lifted
The fire had raged in the mountains around the northern city of Ofunato for over a week, killing one person and forcing more than 4,200 residents to flee their homes.
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Gov’t Launches Ksh2.8 Billion Forest Firefighting Initiative To Combat Wildfires
The new equipment includes high-tech fire trucks, drones, and a control hub to help protect key forests like the Mau, Aberdares, and Mt. Kenya.
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Japan’s Worst Wildfire in Half a Century Spreads
As of Tuesday morning, the wildfire had engulfed around 2,600 hectares (6,400 acres), the fire and disaster management agency said — over seven times the area of New York’s Central Park.
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Mamlaka ya hali ya hewa Tanzania yatangaza uwepo wa kimbunga Dikeledi
Kwa sasa, kimbunga hicho hakiashirii uwezekano wa kusababisha athari za moja kwa moja hapa nchini. Hata hivyo, kutokana na ukaribu wa maeneo ambayo kimbunga “DIKELEDI” kipo sambamba na maeneo ya kusini mwa nchi yetu, upo…
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Whole Streets Burn as Fires Rage Around Los Angeles
Up to 1,500 buildings have burned in fires that have broken out around America’s second biggest city, forcing over 100,000 people from their homes.
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Red Cross Fears More Than 200 Volunteers Missing in France’s Cyclone-Hit Mayotte
According to the latest official toll, 21 people are confirmed to have been killed by Cyclone Chido when it barrelled into the island and its surrounding archipelago at the weekend.
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Hundreds feared dead on Mayotte after Cyclone Chido
A senior official said Sunday that the death toll from cyclone Chido’s passage across Mayotte would be in the hundreds, perhaps even thousands, as France rushed in rescue workers and supplies.
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Watano Wafariki dunia, Saba hawajulikani Walipo Kufuatia Maporomoko ya Ardhi Indonesia
Takriban watu watano wameripotiwa kufariki dunia kufuatia mafuriko makubwa na maporomoko ya ardhi yaliyoikumba kisiwa kikuu cha Java nchini Indonesia mapema wiki hii, shirika la maafa la kitaifa lilisema Ijumaa, wakati waokoaji wakikimbia kutafuta wengine…
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Five Dead, Seven Missing in Indonesia Floods, Landslides
Flash floods and landslides struck Indonesia’s main Java island earlier this week, killing at least five people, the national disaster agency said Friday, as rescuers race to find seven others still missing.
