California faces “life threatening” floods

California faces “life threatening” floods

The US state of California is facing heavy rain and snowfall, with authorities issuing flood warnings authorities are describing as "life-threatening". Around 94% of the population - 37 million people - are now under flood alerts, while some communities have been told to evacuate. Nancy Ward is California's Director of Emergency Service.

February 5, 2024 28

Africa

DR Congo capital in tumult as river bursts banks

Burst riverbanks are causing turmoil in DR Congo's capital Kinshasa, with dark and foul-smelling water pouring into homes across working-class neighborhoods in the central African megacity. The impoverished metropolis of some 15 million people sits on the Congo River -- the second largest in Africa after the Nile -- which has swollen to near-record levels over the past several weeks. Kinshasa is crisscrossed with small rivers and waterways, which often […]

January 12, 2024 27

World

China Earthquake: Cold weather challenges search for survivors

In China, cold weather is hampering the search for survivors of an earthquake. The 6.2 magnitude shock struck a poor mountainous area about seven hundred miles or eleven hundred kilometres west of Beijing on Monday.

December 20, 2023 18

World

Survivors brave freezing cold after China quake kills 131

By Sébastien RICCI Survivors of China's deadliest earthquake in years huddled in makeshift aid tents despite freezing temperatures on Wednesday, too scared to return to homes made dangerous by the disaster. State broadcaster CCTV said at least 131 people were killed in northwestern Gansu province and neighbouring Qinghai after a shallow tremor on Monday night damaged thousands of buildings. Almost 1,000 were injured across the two provinces, according to […]

December 20, 2023 6

World

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake kills hundred in China

Reports say an earthquake has killed at least one hundred and eleven people in a mountainous part of China. Seismologists say it registered a magnitude of six-point-two, and there were at least nine aftershocks of magnitude three or above. Here's Andrew Wood in Hong Kong.

December 19, 2023 15

Africa

Zambia yet to retrieve trapped miners days later

Zambian officials have been unable to locate dozens of illegal miners believed to be trapped after a mudslide at an open cast copper mine on Friday. According to the BBC, the accident in Zambia's northern Copperbelt province occurred after heavy rains. Rescue teams have been pumping water from the underground pits at the Sesili mine in Chingola but have not made contact with the miners.

December 4, 2023 4