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UNICEF calls for global efforts for up to 10M Pakistani children

Published on: January 9, 2023
16:28

By: Pavel López Lazo

United Nations, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) Some 10 million children need immediate assistance to save their lives in Pakistan, after over four months of a national state of emergency issued in Pakistan due to contaminated and stagnant flood waters, risking their survival and wellbeing, UNICEF warned on Monday.

Flood victims in the Philippines rise to 13

Published on: December 27, 2022
10:58

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Manila, Dec 27 (Prensa Latina) The death toll in the Philippines, as a result of the recent floods, rose to 13, authorities of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported.

Sudan is alarmed by unidentified fever outbreak

Published on: December 20, 2022
00:45

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Khartoum, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) The detection of a dozen cases of fever with no identified cause in the northern Sudanese state of the Red Sea is causing an alarm in the medical community and the population of that territory, local television reported recently.

Floods in Panama cause significant damages

Published on: November 12, 2022
10:46

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Panama City, Nov 12 (Prensa Latina) Floods caused by heavy rains and overflowing rivers caused damage to 1,250 people in Panama, government sources said.

Philippines: Death toll rises to 31 due to floods

Published on: October 28, 2022
14:30

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Manila, Oct 28 (Prensa Latina) At least 31 people were killed by floods caused by heavy rains during the last day in the province of Maguindanao, in the southern Philippines, local authorities reported on Friday.

Fighting and floods redouble sufferings of South Sudanese

Published on: October 26, 2022
10:19

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Juba, Oct 26 (Prensa Latina) Surrounded by huge masses of water from the swollen rivers and surrounded by conflicts between rival armed groups, residents of Upper Nile State and Fangak County live a double tragedy that threatens their lives.

Rains damage more than 40 schools in Honduras

Published on: September 30, 2022
10:52

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Tegucigalpa, Sep 30 (Prensa Latina) Authorities of the School Construction Directorate at the Ministry of Education in Honduras reported more than 40 schools with widespread damage to their infrastructure in the country's several departments, according to reports in Tegucigalpa on Friday.

Floods and blackouts in Philippines due to Typhoon Noru

Published on: September 26, 2022
11:01

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Manila, Sept 26 (Prensa Latina) The Philippines is recovering today from the damage caused by Typhoon Noru, which killed five people, caused floods and blackouts as it passed through the northern region, authorities reported on Monday.

Pakistan thanks Palestinian solidarity gesture

Published on: September 20, 2022
08:47

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Islamabad, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) Pakistan´s Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, expressed his gratitude to Palestina´s president, Mahmoud Abbas, for sending a Response & Rescue team to assist the people affected by the floods.

Search continues in Italy for missing people during floods

Published on: September 17, 2022
09:46

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Rome, Sep 17 (Prensa Latina) Rescue services continue the search for three missing people in the central Italian region of Marche where recent floods caused severe damage and the death of at least 10 people.

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