The UN World Food Programme has said that 13 million people across the Horn of Africa face severe hunger.
It has called for immediate assistance to avoid a repeat of a famine a decade ago that killed hundreds of thousands of people.
Three failed rain
Read more…The BNGRC said that 94,000 people were victims of Batsirai with 60,000 now homeless.
Madagascar was still picking up the pieces after Tropical Storm Ana affected at least 131,000 people across the island late last month, with most of the 55 deaths oc
Read more…At least 14 people died and 34 were injured in a mudslide triggered by heavy rains in Colombia, the national disaster agency said.
The early morning rains caused a landslide on a mountain in central-western Risaralda province, burying several homes i
Read more…Bushfires have ravaged the state of Western Australia, destroying homes and scorching 60,000 hectares of land.
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Read more…Nine people have died in three days following more than 100 avalanches across Austria, authorities said Sunday.
Most of the avalanches hit the western Tyrol region and Friday alone saw five fatalities, rescue services said.
Read more…Cyclone Batsirai killed at least six people and displaced nearly 48,000 when it struck Madagascar overnight, the national disaster management agency has said.
Cyclone Batsirai weakened overnight but not before wreaking havoc in the poor Indian Ocean
Read more…A massive winter snow storm has hit the state of Texas, bringing with it heavy snow and ice.
The state's governor, Greg Abbot, said the state is facing one of the most significant icing events in decades.
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Read more…Compulsory vaccination against Covid-19 for all those aged over the age of 18 comes into force in Austria today, an unprecedented measure in the European Union.
https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2022/0205/1277948-austria-covid-vaccine/
Read more…January of this year was the hottest month in the Colombian Amazon in a decade, leading to an increase in forest fires in the southeastern region and very likely impacting air quality in the capital Bogota, according to an Environment Ministry report
Read more…Message from Jesus to The Two Patricks, dated 21 and 3 January 2022
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Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon set a new record for January just three weeks into the year, according to data released yesterday, a worrying sign of the surging destruction of the world's biggest rainforest.
Nearly 360 square kilometres of for
Read more…Two out-of-control bushfires threatened lives and homes in Western Australia, with blistering temperatures set to intensify in the coming days.
Perth is forecast to hit 34 degrees Celsius today before increasing to near 40C until Saturday.
Read more…The climate is warming faster in the Arctic than anywhere else on the planet and melting ice from Greenland is now the main factor in the rise in the Earth's oceans, according to NASA.
https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2022/0201/1277178-greenland-cl
Read more…Blinding snow whipped up by powerful winds pummeled the eastern US in the early hours of this morning, as one of the strongest winter storms in years triggered transport chaos and power outages across a region of some 70 million people.
Major cities
Read more…Thousands of flights were canceled by Saturday afternoon and power outages in Massachusetts were above 100,000 as the powerful nor'easter thumped the East Coast.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-weather/live-news/latest-updates-on-northeast-sn
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