Browsing: Disasters
Nearly a month at sea, an overcrowded pirogue, and a death toll exceeding 80: the crossing to the Canary Islands…
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) has confirmed a helicopter had crashed in a remote area of the country, leaving…
Fourteen people were killed and five others wounded in a landslide triggered by heavy downpour in northern Ethiopia’s Amhara region,…
A lightning strike has killed six members of the same family in Maracha District of Uganda including four children during…
Japanese rescuers are still scrambling to reach possible survivors three days after a devastating earthquake in Japan. A powerful earthquake…
The Senegalese navy has deployed a detachment of marine commandos to assist with efforts to restore electricity in thedepartment of…
At least 11 people were killed and 19 others injured in a fire that broke out at an orphanage on…
Some Lagos residents are counting their losses after torrential rain flooded homes, destroyed businesses, trapped families and disrupted movement across several communities in the state.
The death toll from the flooding that paralysed Accra, the Ghanaian capital on Monday has risen to 12, according to emergency services on Tuesday.
Forty-nine Nigerien nationals have died in the desert in northern Niger after a truck carrying around one hundred passengers broke…