Cyclones

Maxwell Hwayo, 52, shops at a grocery store in Harare, Zimbabwe, March 17, 2022. Picture taken March 17, 2022. REUTERS-Philimon Bulawayo

Ukraine war fuels food crisis in distant Africa

May 10, 2022

File photo - Mozambique is bracing for a cyclone. Debajyoti Chakraborty-NurPhoto via Getty Images

President: Seven dead as Cyclone Gombe hits Mozambique

March 11, 2022

President Cyril Ramaphosa chairing the 31st virtual Session the APRM Forum of Heads of States and Governments [GCIS]

President Ramaphosa: Africa is not responsible for climate change but bears the brunt of it

February 6, 2022

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Death toll rises to at least 12 after tropical storm Ana sweeps through Mozambique, Malawi

January 26, 2022

The Philippine death toll from Typhoon Rai has crossed the 400 mark, Ricardo Jalad, chief of the national disaster agency said on Friday.

Typhoon Rai kills over 400 in The Philippines

December 31, 2021

The death toll from the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year surpassed 200 on Monday, as desperate survivors pleaded for urgent supplies of drinking water and food.

Death toll passes 200 after Philippines typhoon

December 20, 2021

A rescue worker helps a girl wade through flooding caused by Typhoon Rai in Cagayan de Oro City, the Philippines, on December 16.

Philippines typhoon death toll tops 30, dozens missing

December 18, 2021

This handout picture courtesy of Dave Lucas shows a flooded parking structure in Southwest Hoboken, New Jersey, after a night of high winds and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 2, 2021 – The remnants of Hurricane Ida triggered spectacular flash flooding and a rare state of emergency in New York City overnight into Thursday, killing at least 14 people in what was called a historic weather event. (Photo by Dave LUCAS / AFP)

At least 44 dead as flash floods hit US northeast

September 3, 2021

This general view shows homes surrounded by floodwaters in the village of Haitimuk in East Flores on April 4, 2021, after flash floods and landslides swept eastern Indonesia and neighbouring East Timor. (Photo by Joy Christian / AFP)

Nearly 90 dead in Indonesia, East Timor floods, dozens missing

April 5, 2021

A swarm of desert locusts flies over a ranch near the town of Nanyuki in Laikipia county, Kenya, February 21, 2020. REUTERS-Baz Ratner-File Photo

FAO: Favourable weather prolongs locust menace in Horn of Africa

January 27, 2021

A flooded area of Buzi, central Mozambique, on March 20, 2019, after the passage of cyclone Idai. Adrien BARBIER AFP-File

Report: 480,000 killed by extreme weather this century

January 25, 2021

The world is falling short of promises made under the Paris climate deal to help the most vulnerable nations deal with the increasingly devastating impacts of climate change, according to the United Nations.

UN: Nations failing to fund climate adaptation

January 17, 2021

Rohingya prepare to board as they are moved to Bhasan Char [Mohammad Ponir Hossain-Reuters]

Bangladesh moves nearly 2,000 Rohingya refugees to remote island

December 29, 2020

FILE PHOTO - Buffaloes are seen on the island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh February 14, 2018. REUTERS-Stringer

Bangladesh to ship new group of Rohingya refugees to remote island

December 28, 2020

UNHCR staff unload aid from an aircraft in Mogadishu for distribution to families affected by flooding in central Somalia’s Hiran region, November 2019. UNHCR-William Ejalu

UN steps up aid for Somalis displaced by Cyclone Gati

December 19, 2020