Heavy Rains

Heavy rains leave more than 15 thousand people affected in Ecuador

Published on: March 18, 2023
12:19

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Quito, Mar 18 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador's National Secretary of Risk Management, Cristian Torres, informed that, up to date, heavy rains have left more than 15 thousand people affected in this country.

Most of Costa Rica on green alert for unusually heavy rains

Published on: March 15, 2023
11:30

By: Javier Arana Villasusa

San José, Mar 15 (Prensa Latina) A good part of Costa Rica is today on green alert due to unusually heavy rains in March, the rainiest in the last 25 years, according to the National Meteorological Institute (IMN).

Mourning and uncertainty in Malawi due to the Cyclone

Published on: March 15, 2023
10:59

By: Javier Arana Villasusa

Lilongwe, Mar 15 (Prensa Latina) Days after the most recent cyclone´s overwhelming passage through Malawi, the count of the human damage continues, with a provisional death toll of 200 people and material damages which extent remains unknown.

Victims and damage from Cyclone Freddy higher than expected

Published on: March 14, 2023
09:53

By: Javier Arana Villasusa

Lilongwe, Mar 14 (Prensa Latina) The President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera has declared that the south of this country is today under a state of disaster, due to the devastation caused by the second hurricane, Freddy.

Death toll of heavy rains in Sao Paulo reaches 65

Published on: February 27, 2023
11:08

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Brasilia, Feb 27 (Prensa Latina) The death toll reached 65 after rescuers found one last body of those missing due to the storm that on February 18 and 19 hit the northern coast of the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo.

Death toll rises to 44 due to rains in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Published on: February 21, 2023
14:22

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Brasilia, Feb 21 (Prensa Latina) The death toll from heavy rains that devastated the northern coast of Brazil's Sao Paulo state over the weekend on Tuesday rose to 44 people, of which 43 were injured, and 49 remain missing.

Alert issued for heavy rains in South Africa

Published on: February 9, 2023
10:51

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Johannesburg, South Africa, Feb 9 (Prensa Latina) The Emergency Services (SEM) of Johannesburg, in the central South African province of Gauteng, as well as those of the southern Eastern Cape, issued alerts due to heavy rains affecting these demarcations.

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.

More than 231,000 affected by rains in Yemen

Published on: September 28, 2022
08:59

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Aden, Yemen, Sep 28 (Prensa Latina) More than 231,000 people were affected by the heavy rains that hit Yemen in recent months, a country devastated by eight years of war, the UN warned.

Nearly 100 dead in Afghanistan due to heavy rains and floods

Published on: August 24, 2022
11:11

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Kabul, Aug 24 (Prensa Latina) The heavy downpours in a wide area of Afghanistan until this Wednesday killed some 95 people, hundreds of others were injured and swept away thousands of homes in the country's several provinces in the last 10 days.

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