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More than 100 dead and 6 million affected by flooding across South Asia
By CNN,
2022, July 16, 2019 (EAT)
The death toll in South Asia continues to rise after flooding and landslides ravaged the border region of India and Nepal, leaving tens of thousands d...
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Western leaders demand Agriculture CS Kiunjuri’s resignation
By Sam Ogina,
1318, July 14, 2019 (EAT)
Leaders from maize-growing regions of Western Kenya are now demanding for the resignation of Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri. The lea...
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World’s major cities to face ‘unknown’ climate conditions by 2050
By Reuters,
1852, July 11, 2019 (EAT)
A fifth of the world's major cities will face "unknown" climate conditions by 2050, researchers warned on Wednesday, as rising temperatures heighten t...
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Heavy rain, flooding in China force evacuation of nearly 80,000
By VOA,
1851, July 11, 2019 (EAT)
The heaviest average rainfall to lash a swathe of southern and eastern China in more than half a century brought torrential rain and floods, destroyin...
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She wrote a poem about a vagina. It landed her in jail
By CNN,
1124, July 8, 2019 (EAT)
How do women get men who are standing in the way of gender equality to listen to them? Grab them by their genitalia. That's the radical suggestion ...
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Heavy rains in India’s Mumbai cause wall collapse that kills 13
By Reuters,
1012, July 2, 2019 (EAT)
A wall collapsed on shanties in India’s financial capital of Mumbai on Tuesday, killing at least 13 people as a second straight day of heavy rain di...
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Nairobi MCAs summoned over role in alleged ‘Sonko Defence Forces’ militia
By Karanja Morgan,
1224, June 21, 2019 (EAT)
The National Police Service has sought assistance investigating the alleged existence of a militia that may have links with Nairobi Governor Mike Sonk...
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Thousands flee devastating floods in South-West Libya
By VOA,
1523, June 9, 2019 (EAT)
The UN refugee agency reports heavy flooding has devastated whole neighborhoods in the city of Ghat in south-west Libya forcing thousands of people to...
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African continental free trade deal takes effect
By VOA,
1549, June 1, 2019 (EAT)
The African continental free trade agreement went into effect Thursday, with 24 of 54 countries ratifying it. The plan was signed at the African Un...
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Mozambique seeks Ksh.300 billion to recover From cyclones
By VOA,
2055, May 30, 2019 (EAT)
Mozambique says it needs $3.2 billion to recover from a pair of powerful tropical cyclones that ripped into the southern African nation earlier this y...
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Seven South Koreans dead, hope dims for missing in Budapest boat disaster
By Reuters,
2045, May 30, 2019 (EAT)
Hungarian rescue officials said there was little chance of finding survivors after a boat with South Korean tourists onboard sank on the Danube river ...
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Motorists warned as floods block Mombasa-Lunga Lunga Road
By Otukho Jackson,
2120, May 23, 2019 (EAT)
The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has cautioned motorists in Mombasa to avoid the Mombasa - Lunga Lunga road near Mwangei which has been c...
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3 Killed in Missouri as Tornado Strikes State Capital
By VOA,
1934, May 23, 2019 (EAT)
A tornado caused heavy damage in Missouri's capital city as severe weather swept across the state overnight, causing at least three deaths and injurin...
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Two killed as rains continue to wreak havoc countrywide
By Citizen Team,
1218, May 9, 2019 (EAT)
A sombre mood has engulfed Ruiru village in Ndia Constituency, Kirinyaga County after a 6-year-old girl died as a result of heavy rains pounding the r...
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Photos: Rude shock for Ruaka tenants as wall caves in, cars sink
By Gikunga Kariuki,
1641, May 8, 2019 (EAT)
Tenants at an apartment in Ruaka woke up to a rude shock on Wednesday after they found their cars sunk inside a construction site. Part of the wall...
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Cyclone Idai mars Malawi election preparations
By VOA,
1222, May 8, 2019 (EAT)
As Malawi gears-up for elections this month, candidates and voters say flooding from March’s Cyclone Idai has already negatively impacted the vote. ...
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Rescuers rush to help as serious flooding starts in cyclone-hit Mozambique
By Reuters,
1221, April 28, 2019 (EAT)
Rescuers were moving in to help people trapped by rapidly rising floodwater in the northern Mozambique city of Pemba on Sunday, home to 200,000 people...
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Flooding starts in Mozambique after cyclone Kenneth, death toll rises to five
By Reuters,
1836, April 27, 2019 (EAT)
Mozambican officials on Saturday urged those living near two rivers in the country’s north to move to higher ground, as Cyclone Kenneth dumped heavy...
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Heavy rains threaten floods in cyclone-hit Mozambique
By Reuters,
1332, April 27, 2019 (EAT)
Heavy rains pounded northern Mozambique on Saturday, fuelling fears of flooding two days after a cyclone hit the coast, flattened buildings and knocke...
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Kenya Airways cancels flights to Moroni as Cyclone Kenneth hits
By Citizen Reporter,
1342, April 26, 2019 (EAT)
Kenya Airways on Friday cancelled flights to Moroni, the capital of Comoros citing severe weather. In a statement on Thursday, the national carrier...
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