RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Moroccan authorities said on Wednesday that forest fires that broke out in three provinces had been brought under control. A firefighter in the northern province of Ifrane told Anadolu Agency that rescue teams managed to extinguish the fires that erupted on Monday in Jabal Askar in the province before they spread [&...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan government has sought the international community’s help to cope with the destruction caused by floods in the country. The magnitude of the abnormal rains and flooding has prompted cash-strapped Pakistan to launch a global appeal to raise funds to meet the needs of the growing number of affected people. ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Flash floods caused by massive rains continued to wreak havoc across Pakistan, killing another 23 people over the past 24 hours, officials and local media reported on Sunday. At least nine people lost their lives in southwestern Balochistan province, which remains the hardest hit by the ongoing monsoon spells, Provinci...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Relentless rains and subsequent floods killed another 33 people across Pakistan over the past two days, , officials and local media reported on Saturday. Hundreds of thousands of people have been directly affected by flooding caused by torrential downpours in all four provinces, the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region, an...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – At least 79 people have been killed in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in Sudan since June, said a local official on Saturday. Abdul-Jalil Abdul-Rahim, a spokesman of Sudan’s National Council for Civil Defense, said dozens of homes were damaged by the floods. “Most of Sudan’s 18 states have been [...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – The death toll of Algeria’s forest fires rose to 31, the Algerian Civil Protection authority said on Thursday. In a statement, it said that four deaths were reported in the northeastern El Tarf province along the borders with Tunisia and one death was reported in another northeastern province, Guelma. Local ...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed 75 people in Sudan and injured dozens since June, local authorities said on Tuesday. The rains have caused the collapse of 12,511 homes and damaged 24,275 others, the National Council for Civil Defense said in a statement. On Sunday, the United Nations said […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Flooding caused by fresh rain spells across Pakistan killed at least 16 people over the past 24 hours, besides washing away houses, roads, and bridges, and leaving thousands of people stranded, local media and officials said on Monday. Torrential rains along with flashfloods that hit southwestern, northeast, and southe...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – At least 50 people have been killed in floods triggered by torrential rains in northern Nigeria, authorities said on Sunday. Parts of Jigawa state have been lashed by heavy rainfall almost continuously since late July. Thousands of homes have been damaged across Jigawa, according to Sani Yusuf, executive secretary of the [...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Yemen’s Houthi rebels said Sunday 91 people had been killed by heavy rains and flooding in areas under their control. “More than 24,624 families have been affected by the floods,” rebel spokesman Talaat al-Sharjabi told the Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV. He said over 5,699 buildings have been damaged by the heavy rains. [&hellip...
