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UNHCR rushes relief supplies to support Bangladesh’s flood-affected population

UNHCR rushes relief supplies to support Bangladesh’s flood-affected population

IN solidarity with the people of Bangladesh, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has rushed humanitarian relief items from its refugee stockpiles to help people affected by the recent flash floods. The recent catastrophic and massive floods in Bangladesh have affected millions of people in 11 districts across the country, including those in Cox’s Bazar where nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees live alongside their generous host communities. UNHCR is providing core relief items and other humanitarian support to help address the most immediate needs of the local communities in the region, including shelter and health. We have transported medicine and medical…
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Afghanistan floods devastate villages, killing 315

Afghanistan floods devastate villages, killing 315

FLASH floods caused by heavy rains have devastated villages in northern Afghanistan, killing 315 people and injuring more than 1,600, authorities said, as villagers buried their dead and aid agencies warned of widening havoc. Thousands of homes were damaged and livestock wiped out, the Taliban-run refugee ministry said, while aid groups warned of damage to health care facilities and vital infrastructure, such as water supply, with streets left coated in mud. In the Nahrin district of Baghlan province, people carried their shrouded dead to a gravesite. "We have no food, no drinking water, no shelter, no blankets, nothing at all,…
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Cargo rail services to Kenya’s Mombasa port resume after flooding

Cargo rail services to Kenya’s Mombasa port resume after flooding

CARGO rail services to Kenya's Mombasa port have resumed after floods damaged a section of track over the weekend, Kenya Railways said. Heavy rains linked to the El Nino phenomenon, followed by flash floods, have submerged towns across East Africa, leaving hundreds of thousands of people homeless. In Kenya, the death toll from the floods stood at 52 as of Friday and is expected to rise. The loading and offloading of cargo have restarted, while the passenger service was also operating a normal service, the state-owned rail operator said in a statement posted on the social media platform X. "We…
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200 die in DRC killer floods

200 die in DRC killer floods

CRISPIN KYALA AT least 176 people have died in flash floods in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a regional governor said, as heavy rain destroyed buildings and forced aid workers to gather mud-clad corpses into piles. The rainfall in the Kalehe territory in South Kivu province caused rivers to overflow on Thursday, inundating the villages of Bushushu and Nyamukubi. South Kivu governor Théo Ngwabidje Kasi put the death toll at 176 and said that others were still missing. A local civil society member, Kasole Martin, said 227 bodies had been found. "People are sleeping out in the open, schools…
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Kenyan county tackles water woes with locally led climate fund

Kenyan county tackles water woes with locally led climate fund

GEOFFREY KAMADI EXPOSED to both drought and flash floods, Makueni was one of the first counties in Kenya to set up its own fund to help small-scale farmers cope with worsening climate change impacts, and dedicate local resources to tackling the problem. Inhabitants of this water-scarce region southeast of Nairobi have often faced hunger during long dry periods, while heavy rains inundate its low-lying savannah with little notice. Sometimes the two extremes hit the county at the same time. "We had to think of a quick, locally led solution for our people," said Mary Mbenge, Makueni's chief officer for natural…
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Death toll rises to 157 in Germany and Belgium floods

Death toll rises to 157 in Germany and Belgium floods

PETRA WISCHGOLL and DAVID SAHL RESCUE workers have continued to search flood-ravaged parts of Germany and Belgium for survivors after burst rivers and flash floods this week collapsed houses and claimed at least 157 lives. "We mourn with those that have lost friends, acquaintances, family members," German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said during a visit to Erftstadt in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, where the disaster killed at least 43 people "Their fate is ripping our hearts apart." Some 133 people have died in the flooding in western Germany, the country's worst natural disaster in more than half a century. That…
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Chinese, Indian workers among 11 killed in Nepal floods, 25 missing

Chinese, Indian workers among 11 killed in Nepal floods, 25 missing

GOPAL SHARMA LANDSLIDES and flash floods triggered by heavy rain across Nepal this week killed 11 people including one Indian and two Chinese workers at a development project, while 25 people were missing elsewhere, officials have said. The bodies of the three workers were recovered near the town of Melamchi in Sindhupalchowk district, northeast of Kathmandu, which was hit by flash floods on Wednesday that also forced many people from their homes, district administrators said in a statement. "The foreign nationals were working for a Chinese company that is building a drinking water project," district official Baburam Khanal told Reuters.…
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