Libya floods: warlord using disaster response to exert control, say observers
Khalifa Haftar and Libyan National Army militia said to be overseeing humanitarian relief arriving in city of Derna As search and rescue teams continue to...
Category : Natural disasters
‘The waters carried my son away in front of my eyes’: anguished Libyans mourn lost loved ones
Relatives grieve and search in desperation as Derna’s mayor fears death toll from floods may exceed 20,000 Omar al-Rifadi has been searching for his missing...
Libya and Morocco: two very different responses to catastrophe
The aftermath of an earthquake in Morocco and flooding in Libya has shown up the state of the two nations Not one but two disasters...
Ecuador landslide: search for survivors after dozens of homes buried
President Guillermo Lasso confirms seven people have died, with 62 still missing after disaster on Sunday night A huge landslide that swept over an Andean...
Hurricane Julia: Nicaragua braces amid flash flood and mudslide warnings
Nicaraguan soldiers assist evacuations as up to 38cm of rain forecast across Central America after tropical storm strengthened into hurricane Hurricane Julia swept by just...
Hurricane Ian: Cuba left without power as intensifying storm heads to Florida
Electricity grid collapses in Cuba after hurricane passes through, as 2.5 million people in Florida ordered to evacuate Cuba’s electricity grid has collapsed, leaving the...
Canada’s military sent to help recovery after storm Fiona batters coast
Troops to remove trees and restore transport links after Fiona caused severe damage including torn-off roofs and flooding Canadian troops are being sent to assist...
Storm Fiona ravages Canada’s east coast causing ‘terrifying’ destruction
Post-tropical cyclone reaches Gulf of St Lawrence after racing through Nova Scotia forcing evacuations Powerful storm Fiona ripped into eastern Canada on Saturday with hurricane-force...
Hurricane Fiona poised to be among strongest storms ever to hit Canada
Weather event, expected to be a post-tropical storm when it hits, will bring heavy rain, winds and storm surges Canada is bracing for what could...
Philippines Typhoon Rai death toll reaches 375 as desperate survivors plead for supplies
Calls for urgent aid as some residents remain without drinking water and food in the aftermath of Typhoon Rai The death toll from the strongest...
