Latest news
Maryam Yasin
-
Storm Byron floods Gaza’s tents with rain and sewage
For families already displaced by war, a winter storm brought cold, flooding and new danger.
-
Sumatra’s floods leave hundreds of thousands without clean water
Floods and landslides tore through three provinces of Indonesia’s Sumatra island. In crowded shelters, clean water was hard to find.
-
Cyclone Ditwah: Sri Lanka’s worst disaster since the 2004 tsunami
Record rain triggered floods and landslides across Sri Lanka, cutting power and water and leaving hundreds dead.
-
A week of rain, a lifetime of loss: Vietnam’s historic floods
In parts of south-central Vietnam, more than 1,900mm of rain fell in a single week. Whole neighbourhoods disappeared.
-
Tehran is running out of water, and its president says the city may have to be evacuated
After five years of drought, the reservoirs serving Iran’s capital are at their lowest in decades.
-
Typhoon Kalmaegi turns Cebu’s streets into rivers
More rain fell on Cebu in a day than usually falls in a month. The floods that followed were the worst residents could remember.
-
Hurricane Melissa: Jamaica’s strongest storm leaves taps dry across the island
The Category 5 hurricane brought winds of 185 mph, destroyed homes and knocked out power and water for much of the island.
-
After the ceasefire, the slow work of bringing water back to Gaza
The guns fell quiet on 10 October. For Gaza’s families, the next fight is for clean water.
-
Floods sweep through Mexico’s villages after two storms collide
Torrential rain from two tropical storms sent rivers through whole villages in central and eastern Mexico, killing dozens.
-
The Nile floods Sudan, and a new dam takes the blame
A month after Ethiopia’s dam opened, record floodwater swamped villages around Khartoum, and Egypt and Ethiopia traded accusations.