Natural disasters
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Quake Sparks Brief Tsunami Warning in California
Seismologists at the US Geological Survey said the shallow 7.0 magnitude tremor had hit around 68 kilometers (42 miles) from the coastal town of Ferndale mid-morning, with people living in the area experiencing strong ground…
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Met Warns Of Heavy Rainfall In Some Parts Of The Country
The Kenya Meteorological Department has issued a heavy rainfall advisory for parts of Central Kenya, Nairobi, the Central Rift Valley, and the Southeastern lowlands from Thursday, until Saturday, November 16, 2024.
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Climate Change Worsened Deadly Africa Floods, Scientists Say
A new analysis by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) network of scientists found warming driven by the use of fossil fuels had exacerbated the flooding in Sudan.
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Time Running out in Florida to flee Hurricane Milton
Florida residents fled — or defied warnings and hunkered down — in the final hours Wednesday before Hurricane Milton, a lethal Category 4 storm, pummels the Gulf Coast and tears across the state.
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Uganda Garbage Landslide Death Toll Rises to 30, 39 Missing
Six more bodies, including those of two children, have been retrieved on Wednesday from the site of a massive garbage landslide in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, raising the death toll so far to 30, police…
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The Ugandan Death Toll Rises to 23 Following the Garbage Landslide
The death toll from a garbage landslide in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, has risen to 23, including five children, according to a city official on Monday. According to the area’s resident commissioner, Yasin Ndide, the…
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Four dead as heavy rains, wind lash Texas
Streets in downtown Houston were covered in glass from blown-out windows, video and photos posted to social media showed, as the National Weather Service warned of “severe” thunderstorms and possible tornadoes.
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Watu watatu wahofiwa kukwama kwenye vifusi vya maporomoko, eneo la Kimende nchini Kenya
Maporomoko hayo yalitokea Jumanne usiku wakati baadhi ya waathiriwa walikuwa wakielekea nyumbani baada ya shughuli za siku walipofunikwa na vifusi ambayo yanasemekana kusababishwa na mvua kubwa ya mafuriko yaliyonyesha katika eneo hilo.
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Flood-hit Kenya reports dozens of cholera cases
The World Health Organization (WHO) said 44 cases of the disease have been reported in Tana River County in eastern Kenya, one of the areas hardest hit in weeks of destructive rains and flooding.
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Tanzania says cyclone no longer a threat
At least 155 people have died in Tanzania as heavier-than-usual torrential rains linked to the El Nino weather pattern triggered floods and landslides last month
