Death toll rises to 65 in Kenya flooding over weekend
Death toll rises to 65 in Kenya flooding over weekend
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Heavy rains in Kenya unleashed a deluge that killed five people overnight in the Rift Valley, raising the death toll from weekend flooding to 65, officials said Monday. The five were returning home after attending a wedding in Tanzania when their car was washed away, said Daudi Loronyokwe, a police chief in Kajiado Central community. The five were returning home after attending a wedding in Tanzania when their car was washed away, said Daudi Loronyokwe, a police chief in Kajiado Central community.
MANILA (Reuters) - The death toll from a typhoon that hit provinces south of the Philippine capital rose to 10 , disaster agencies said on Wednesday, pointing to precautions and compulsory evacuations as key in preventing more casualties. Typhoon Kammuri, the 20th to enter the Philippines this year
The death toll from a typhoon that hit provinces south of the Philippine capital rose to 10 , disaster agencies said on Wednesday, pointing to Typhoon Kammuri, the 20th to enter the Philippines this year, hit land on Monday night, prompting forced evacuation of thousands of residents and
MANILA (Reuters) - The death toll from a typhoon that hit provinces south of the Philippine capital rose to 10, disaster agencies said on Wednesday, pointing to precautions and compulsory evacuations as key in preventing more casualties.
© Reuters/STRINGER A man walks past electric poles lying on the main highway after Typhoon Kammuri hit Camalig town Typhoon Kammuri, the 20th to enter the Philippines this year, hit land on Monday night, prompting forced evacuation of thousands of residents and cancellation of hundreds of flights. It also disrupted the schedule for some events in the Southeast Asian Games, which the Philippines is hosting until Dec. 11.
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The death toll from a typhoon that hit provinces south of the Philippine capital rose to 10 , disaster agencies said on Wednesday, pointing to Typhoon Kammuri, the 20th to enter the Philippines this year, hit land on Monday night, prompting forced evacuation of thousands of residents and
MANILA (Reuters) - The death toll from a typhoon that hit provinces south of the Philippine capital rose to 10 , disaster agencies said on Wednesday, pointing to precautions and compulsory evacuations as key in preventing more casualties. Typhoon Kammuri, the 20th to enter the Philippines this year
Five people died in the central Bicol region, including three who drowned, a local disaster agency said in a report. Five more were killed in a region south of the capital.
Around 345,000 people are still in evacuation centers, awaiting authorities' clearance for them to return home, disaster agency spokesman Mark Timbal told broadcaster ANC.
"The storm left the usual damage of major storms such as fallen trees, ruined roofs of houses and some government facilities," Timbal said. Officials said forced evacuations and preparations prevented greater loss of life.
© Reuters/PATRICK JOSH VALISNO Typhoon Kammuri hits Gloria, in Oriental Mindor Sustained winds of Kammuri weakened to 100 kilometers per hour (67 miles per hour), with gusts of up to 125 kph (78 mph) as it heads toward the South China Sea. It is set to leave the Philippines on Wednesday night, the state weather bureau said.
An average of 20 typhoons annually hit the Philippines, an archipelago of more than 7,000 islands.
(Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales and Karen Lema. Editing by Lincoln Feast.)
Death toll in aircraft carrier fire in Russia rises to 2 .
MOSCOW (AP) — A crew member who went missing during a fire on Russia's only aircraft carrier was found dead Friday, raising the death toll from the blaze to two, the nation's military officials said Friday. © Provided by Associated Press In this handout photo provided by an anonymous source, smoke billows from the Admiral Kuznetsov carrier during a fire in Murmansk, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. A fire on Russia's only aircraft carrier injured two service members, Russian military officials said Thursday.
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