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Cape Town mayor declares major incident as roads closed and 80,000 people left without electricityExtreme rain and strong winds across South Africa’s Western Cape province have caused flooding, torn off roofs, destroyed crops and damaged roads this wee…
Eight questioned over claims that negligence and mistakes contributed to disaster in which thousands diedLibya’s chief prosecutor has ordered the detention of eight current and former officials pending a full inquiry into the collapse of two dams durin…
Hundreds of traumatised children are thought to have lost their families in disasterPeople in western Libya have rallied round to provide care and breastmilk for young children orphaned by the devastating floods that hit the coastal city of Derna on 10…
Town facing twin crises after already putting in place a boil water notice following a parasite outbreakQueenstown declared a state of emergency after heavy rains caused flooding, compounding problems for New Zealand’s biggest tourist town which had al…
Antonio Guterres delivered the comments on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, as politicians, as well as activists, business and civil society leaders met for the summit.
Report says climate change made rainfall heavier but human factors turned extreme weather into humanitarian disasterCarbon pollution led to heavier rains and stronger floods in Greece and Libya this month but other human factors were responsible for “t…
Media crackdown follows reports that police officers had detained and questioned Libyan reportersLibya’s eastern government has ordered journalists to leave Derna after angry protests against the authorities a week after a flood killed thousands of res…
WHO says aid to help 250,000 people has arrived in Benghazi as death toll estimated at more than 11,000International aid is arriving in Libya from the UN, Europe and Middle Eastern countries, offering some relief to thousands after flooding submerged t…
Only emergency workers to be allowed into devastated area over fears of contamination from dead bodies in limited water supplyLibyan authorities have largely sealed off the flood-devastated port town of Derna from civilians in an effort to give space t…
Relatives grieve and search in desperation as Derna’s mayor fears death toll from floods may exceed 20,000Omar al-Rifadi has been searching for his missing 20-year-old daughter ever since disaster struck the Libyan city of Derna on Sunday, when she dis…