Widespread flash floods have left more than 40 dead and 100 others injured in recent days, battering a country already reeling from an economic crisis, terrorist attacks and other natural disasters.
Tag: Disasters and Emergencies
‘We Couldn’t Do Anything’: Family Drowns in Seoul Basement During Floods
Hundreds of thousands of poor people live in semi-underground homes around the city. The death of a family of three showed how vulnerable they are to flooding.
How Is Climate Change Affecting Floods?
Like other extreme weather disasters, flooding involves a number of competing factors that may affect its frequency and intensity.
Your Monday Briefing
Russia looks to Africa.
W.H.O. Declares Monkeypox Spread a Global Health Emergency
There have been more than 16,000 cases in 75 countries, overwhelmingly among men who have sex with men.
How the Government Is Failing Americans Uprooted by Natural Disaster
Climate change is creating a growing class of displaced Americans, and the federal government is struggling to decide how to help them.
In Remote Afghanistan, Scenes From a Deadly Earthquake
Officials said hopes of finding additional survivors were fading as they worked to bring aid to the injured in Paktika Province.
Fires, Then Floods: Risk of Deadly Climate Combination Rises
A new study found that the dangerous pairing of disasters may become more common in the American West as rains trigger runaway surges of mud and debris in areas damaged by wildfire.
What a Power Cutoff Could Mean for Chernobyl’s Nuclear Waste
With no working reactors, there is no risk of a meltdown. But the ruins from the 1986 disaster still pose considerable dangers.
Australia Flooding Declared a National Emergency
At least 20 people have died and tens of thousands have been ordered to evacuate as record rainfall continues to inundate the country’s eastern coast.