Floods
The municipality of Voeren in Limburg has been severely impacted by heavy rainfall, causing extensive flooding in the area. Streets are submerged, houses inundated, and the local disaster plan has been enacted to manage the emergency. "This is worse than in 2021," stated Mayor Joris Gaens, referring to the devastating floods that hit Voeren and the province of Liège three years ago. Emergency shelters have been set up for those affected. The flooding commenced early on Friday evening when persistent rainstorms swept through Voeren. The local fire brigade promptly received numerous reports of f...
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Scholz cancelled his attendance at a European Parliament election campaign in the state of Saarland, bordered by France and Luxembourg, to show solidarity with the residents of Kleinblittersdorf who have been impacted by the floods. He walked through the village with the regional governnor, Anke Rehlinger, and spoke with local residents and emergency services personnel who have responded to thousands of requests for help. Several buildings had to be evacuated as houses and cellars were flooded. Cars were partially submerged and streets filled with water. The city set up alternative accommodati...
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Ghor Province spokesman, Abdul Wahid Hamas, said the area recorded significant financial losses after thousands of homes and properties were damaged and hundreds of hectares of agricultural land destroyed following Friday’s floods, including the capital city Feroz Koh. Eighteen people in the northern province of Farayab were killed and two others injured on Friday, according to the provincial governor's spokesman, Esmatullah Moradi. Damage to property and land was reported across four districts and more than 300 animals were killed, he added. In a post on social media platform X, the UN food a...
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Flooding in northern Italy Northern Italy has been hit by severe storms and heavy rainfall, leaving several regions, including Padua and Vicenza, submerged. Emergency services have been mobilised, using dinghies to rescue residents from flooded homes, while cars float in the inundated streets. The governor of the Veneto region described the deluge as a "water bomb," reflecting the sudden and devastating nature of the rainfall. In the early hours of Friday, the banks of the Muson dei Sassi river in the Padua area burst due to excessive rain, leading to severe flooding. A freight train was overt...
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The rain impacted areas of northern Italy including Milan, Varese and Cremona. Over 100 firefighters used dinghy boats to evacuate people following the floods. Travel services were also severely disrupted.
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By Hillary ORINDE Garissa (Kenya) (AFP) - "Comme si c'était la fin du monde": assis sur une route, près d'abris de fortune, Abdi Hussein évoque le déluge qui a frappé sa région, dans l'est du Kenya, faisant "monter les eaux encore et encore, jusqu'à ce qu'elles engloutissent tout". Cet homme de 32 ans contemple l'eau couleur de rouille ainsi que les abris de bâches et ficelles en plastique, refuges de ceux qui, comme lui et sa femme, ont tout perdu. La ville de Garissa a déjà connu des désastres liés à la météo, mais jamais une telle catastrophe, estiment ses habitants. Cette année, la saison ...
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Heavy rains have caused catastrophic flooding in southern Brazil killing at least 100 people and leaving thousands more homeless. The southern state of Rio Grande do Sul was hit by heavy rain last week and subsequent flooding has washed away roads, collapsed bridges and caused landslides across the state. The latest estimates from the state civil defence authority say that 372 people have been injured and as many as 128 are still unaccounted for. More than 1.45 million people across 417 of the state’s 497 cities have been affected and the latest estimates suggest more than 200,000 people have ...
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Officials have said London’s flood defence walls will need to be half a metre higher in the future to protect against climate change. The announcement came as they marked the 40th anniversary of the Thames Barrier, which defends the capital against flooding. Though initially intended to protect London until 2030, the moveable barrier and the city’s wider flood defences will function until 2070, the UK’s Environment Agency expects. But sea levels are projected to rise by around a metre by 2100 and storms are becoming increasingly intense due to climate change. This, officials have said, means g...
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Nairobi (Kenya) (AFP) - L'ONU a exprimé son inquiétude mercredi après que des dizaines de cas de choléra eurent été signalés au Kenya, pays frappé depuis plusieurs semaines par des pluies intenses et des inondations destructrices. Selon l'Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS), 44 cas de choléra ont été recensés dans le comté de Tana River, région de l'est du Kenya parmi les plus durement touchées par les inondations. "Je pense qu'entre le gouvernement et les partenaires nationaux et internationaux, nous serons en mesure de contenir la maladie", a déclaré le coordinateur résident des Nations ...
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Massive floods in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state killed at least 60 people and another 101 were reported missing, according to Sunday's toll from local authorities. The state governor said he believed the death toll would only grow as emergency workers were finally able to reach places that were previously inaccessible. In the town of Feliz, 80 kilometres from the state capital, Porto Alegre, a significantly swollen river swept away a bridge that connected it with the neighbouring city of Linha Nova. The floods left a wake of devastation, including landslides, washed-out roads and c...
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