Death toll in Chesegon mudslide hits 15, 22 other people still missing

By Evans Chumo,

The death toll in Chesegon, Elgeyo Marakwet county has hit 15 with 22 people still missing. According to Rift Valley Regional Commissioner George N...

chesegon mudslide

Four killed, 23 missing after mudslide in Elgeyo Marakwet-West Pokot border

By Citizen Reporter,

Four people, among them a police officer, died following heavy rains that triggered a mudslide at Chesogon trading center on the border of West Pokot ...

Elgeyo Marakwet , George Natembeya , mudslide , West Pokot

Uganda floods: Death toll hits 36, thousands left homeless

By Imani Mitchelle,

Heavy rains experienced in Eastern Uganda have left 36 people dead after heavy rains swept across a mountainous region. Rescue teams in Bundibugyo ...

floods

Two killed, several families displaced after Makueni landslide

By Michael Mutinda,

Two people were killed and several families displaced after a Makueni landslide in Kilungu area. Makueni Police Commander Joseph Ole Napeiyan confi...

Makueni landslide

CS Matiang’i chopper forced to land in Eldoret due to bad weather

By Ian Omondi,

A government chopper ferrying Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang’i, his Devolution counterpart Eugene Wamalwa and Inspector General of Poli...

CS Eugene Wamalwa , CS Fred Matiang’i , Landslides , West Pokot

More floods to hit northern Kenya as U.N. sounds alarm over emergency food aid

By Paul Ombati,

More floods are expected to hit the country this week with the government being urged to support those displaced from their homes in northern Kenya. ...

floods , Wajir

More than 60 dead in South Africa after heavy rains

By VOA,

At least 60 people have been killed and more than 1,000 have fled their homes after heavy rains caused flooding and mudslides along South Africa's eas...

E. Africa, recovering from Cyclone Idai, braces for new storm

By VOA,

The government of Comoros shut down schools, airports and public offices Wednesday as Tropical Cyclone Kenneth passed over the island nation, with win...

Cyclone Idai

51 people killed in South Africa floods

By CNN,

Fifty-one people have died in floods that ravaged parts of the coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa's southeast, local authorities said. ...

AFRICAN UNION , floods , KwaZulu-Natal , President Cyril Ramaphosa , south africa

More than 50 dead in South Africa after heavy rains

By Reuters,

More than 50 people were killed in southern and eastern parts of South Africa after heavy rains caused flooding and mudslides, authorities said on Wed...

floods south africa

Floods drench Eastern Zimbabwe, water shortages parch Harare

By VOA,

As eastern Zimbabwe struggles with the aftermath of floods that have killed nearly 270 people and destroyed homes and roads, other parts of Zimbabwe a...

floods , Zimbabwe

In Mozambique, parents yearn for children torn away by cyclone

By Reuters,

It has been more than a week since Virginia Samuel last saw two of her children. Her family was marooned for four days in the stands of a basketball ...

Cyclone Idai , Mozambique

Cholera cases reported as hunger, disease stalk African cyclone survivors

By Reuters,

Cholera cases were reported on Friday in the Mozambican city of Beira, adding a risk of deadly illnesses for hundreds of thousands of people who are s...

africa , cholera , Cyclone

Death toll in Mozambique cyclone, floods could surpass 1,000: president

By Reuters,

The number of people killed in the Mozambique cyclone could exceed 1,000, the president said on Monday, putting the potential death toll greatly more ...

Mozambique cyclone

At least 89 dead in Zimbabwe as Cyclone Idai leaves trail of destruction

By Reuters,

At least 89 people have died in Zimbabwe after Cyclone Idai tore across the eastern and southern parts of the country, a government official said on M...

Cyclone Idai , Nick Mangwana , Zimbabwe

Monster mudslides, water rescues as storm punishes California

By Reuters,

Motorists swam for their lives and residents were rescued from homes sliding downhill as the wettest winter storm of the year triggered floods and mud...

California , Storm

Death toll rises to 58 as hope dims after Brazil dam collapse

By Reuters,

Brazilian rescuers searched into the night on Sunday for hundreds of people missing after a burst mining dam triggered a deadly mudslide, as the death...

58 , Brazil , dam , Death Toll

Nearly 24,000 ordered to evacuate after Brazil dam burst, 250 missing

By Reuters,

Firefighters on Sunday called for the evacuation of some 24,000 people from the Brazilian town hit by a deadly mudslide from a ruptured mining dam as ...

Brazil

At least 168 killed when tsunami hits beaches in Indonesia

By CNN,

A tsunami that hit Pandeglang, Serang and South Lampung, Indonesia, Saturday night, killed at least 168 people and injured at least 745, Sutopo Purwo ...

Tsunami

Mudslide risk in Southern California wildfire zones prompts evacuation of thousands

By Reuters,

Heavy rains and the threat of mudslides in Southern California forced the closure of a key coastal highway near Malibu on Thursday and prompted author...

Malibu , Southern California , Tony Imbrenda