News from category: Natural Disasters
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River communities throughout central Mozambique are affected by flooding almost every.
JOHANNESBURG, 10 March 2010 (IRIN) – Mozambique’s National Disaster Management Institute (INGC) has raised the flood alert level to “red” and …
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A flooded section of the Ewaso Nyiro River along Isiolo-Samburu districts after heavy rains (file photo)
ISIOLO-NAIROBI, 10 March 2010 (IRIN) – At least 10,000 people in Kenya have been displaced by …
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Landslide-displaced people receive bottled water at Bukalasi, eastern Uganda
BUKALASI , 10 March 2010 (IRIN) – Rose Nakhayetse is lucky to be alive, but her ordeal is far from over. Having narrowly …
NAIROBI, 5 March 2010 (IRIN) – Here are the most popular new articles on the IRIN website over the last 24 hours. Updated hourly. This feature was launched on 18 July, but will display the …
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The Ewaso Nyiro River burst its banks affecting transport between Isiolo and Samburu districts
NAIROBI, 5 March 2010 (IRIN) – Health services in Kenya should prepare for above-average precipitation during the March-to-May rainy …
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Red Cross volunteers survey damage wreaked by landslide that struck eastern Uganda’s Bududa district (file photo)
KAMPALA, 5 March 2010 (IRIN) – The heavy rains that caused landslides in eastern Uganda, …
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HARGEISA , 3 March 2010 (IRIN) – Around 1,000 families have been displaced by flooding after heavy rains in an area straddling the border between Ethiopia and the self-declared independent republic of …
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Hujale Jama is one of thousands of people in Bossaso who have been displaced by drought and have moved to urban centres where they depend on relatives
BOSASSO, 2 March 2010 (IRIN) – …
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Bududa District is located close to the eastern region of Mbale (file photo)
KAMPALA, 2 March 2010 (IRIN) – At least 300 people, including 100 children, are believed to have been …
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What will we be able to grow in another 40 years?
JOHANNESBURG, 24 February 2010 (IRIN) – Temperatures seem set to soar to perilously high levels because of climate change. In another 40 …
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Hardened lava after Mt Nyiragongo erupted in 2002: Nyiragongo is one of the two active volcanoes in North Kivu. The other, Nyamulagira, erupted on 2 January (file report)
GOMA, 16 February 2010 (IRIN) …
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A supermarket on fire in downtown Nairobi: Lack of a disaster preparedness policy results in delayed response (file photo)
NAIROBI, 11 February 2010 (IRIN) – Kenya’s failure to put in place a comprehensive …
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The quantity of crops planted has been affected by high input costs
JOHANNESBURG, 5 February 2010 (IRIN) – Economic conditions in most southern African countries declined as a result of the global recession, pushing …
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Niger Delta states
ABUJA, 4 February 2010 (IRIN) – Despite abundant oil wealth in the Niger Delta region in southeast Nigeria, residents lack basic services including electricity, piped water, health clinics and schools. The …
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Lemurs are a symbol Madagascar’s unique biodiversity
ANTANANARIVO, 3 February 2010 (IRIN) – Madagascar’s transitional government is allowing the export of illegally harvested precious hardwoods as a source of revenue to keep …
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The Zambian floods disrupted at least 600,000 lives
JOHANNESBURG, 1 February 2010 (IRIN) – Heavy rains in early 2009 caused one of the worst floods in four decades to hit Namibia, pushing the …
