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Nigeria: Death toll from major floods passes 100

The death toll from widespread floods in central Nigeria rose to at least 111 people on Friday.After torrential rains earlier in the week, flood waters have swept away more than 50 homes in the market town of Mokwa in the central Niger state.Ibrahim Audu Husseini, spokesperson for the Niger State emergency agency told the Associated […]

Thousands remain isolated as floods ease in eastern Australia

The flood has impacted more than 50,000 people (Image credit: AP) Tens of thousands of Australians remained isolated and thousands were without power on Saturday, authorities said as conditions in New South Wales eased after days of heavy rain that caused widespread flooding.Floodwaters were slowly subsiding but more than 20 emergency warnings remained in place, […]

Raging floods in Australia: 50,000 impacted amid nonstop rainfall

More than 50,000 people on Thursday were left stranded as torrential rain continued to lash eastern Australia.At least three people are missing, with a 63-year-old found dead in the rural hamlet of Moto, 400 km northeast of Sydney. Authorities dispatched drones, boats and helicopters to rescue the victims, news agency AFP reported citing local authorities.In […]

Floods in eastern DR Congo kill more than 100: Local officials

Representative Image (AI-generated) Raging floods rushing through a village during the night killed more than 100 people, many of them children as they slept, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, local officials told AFP on Saturday.The floods were sparked by torrential rains and ripped through the Kasaba village in the Sud […]

Three dead as tornadoes and floods strike Texas and Oklahoma on Easter

Easter Sunday turned tragic for many communities in Texas and Oklahoma as a slow-moving storm system brought tornadoes, heavy rain, and large hail. Three people died, including a woman and a 12-year-old boy whose car was swept away in floodwaters in Moore, Oklahoma. Another person was killed in Spaulding when a tornado hit the rural […]

16 dead as tornadoes and flash floods batter South and Midwest United States

Heavy rainfall and flash flooding struck the South and Midwest on Saturday, affecting regions already saturated from previous severe storms and tornadoes, bringing the death toll to 16 and causing extensive damage to infrastructure.Continuous downpours across the central United States have led to rapid water level increases and multiple flash flood emergencies from Texas to […]