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Heavy rain flooded roads and caused travel delays in the United Arab Emirates. In Oman, at least 18 people died due to downpours in recent days. Photo: AFP/Getty Images
Heavy rain flooded roads and caused travel delays in the United Arab Emirates. In Oman, at least 18 people died due to downpours in recent days. Photo: AFP/Getty Images
Eruptions at a remote Indonesian volcano forced more than half a dozen airports to close with ash spreading as far as Malaysia, officials said Wednesday, while authorities rushed to evacuate thousands due to tsunami fears.Mount Ruang erupted three times on Tuesday, spewing lava and ash more than five kilometres (three miles) into the sky and forcing authorities to issue evacuation orders for 12,000 locals.
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An expressway disintegrated, sending cars plummeting down a hill in Guangdong province in southern China. CNN’s Kristie Lu Stout has the details
Dozens of people have died after a section of a road collapsed in southern China, according to officials. Rescuers are at the scene in Guangdong province after a 60-ft stretch of the road in the city of Meizhou disappeared into a hole, killing 36 people. Officials have not confirmed the cause of the collapse, but the mountainous area has experienced heavy rain and storms in recent days.
Satellite imagery captured the eruption of Mount Ruang in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi region on Tuesday morning, April 30.This timelapse video, which shows ash spewing from the volcano, depicts an 11-hour period between 2 am and 1 pm.The video was released by the Colorado-based Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere. Credit: CSU/CIRA & JMA/JAXA via Storyful
STORY: Video from state media showed that a task force was deployed to retrieve vehicles and help with rescue efforts.The collapse, triggered by heavy rain, occurred at around 2:10 a.m. on Wednesday on the Meizhou-Dabu Expressway, Xinhua news agency reported. The collapsed section was 17.9 metres in length and caused 23 vehicles to plunge, it added.Meizhou is one of the areas in Guangdong that has been badly hit by heavy rain and hail since late April which set off dangerous mudslides, inundated homes and destroyed bridges.
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The southern province of Guangdong has been reeling from days of wild weather before the incident.
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Fourth-grader Ella Araza sat on a tiny plastic box in her Manila slum home, trying to finish her homework before the afternoon sun sent temperatures soaring to unbearable levels.Several doors down, sixth-grader Jalian Mangampo and her younger brother Sherwin lie on their shared single bed and try to finish their schoolwork on mobile phones.
STORY: The National Centre of Meteorology said unstable weather would affect parts of the country between Thursday and Friday (May 3).Dubai International Airport confirmed that due to unsettled weather conditions, five inbound flights were diverted overnight, and nine arrivals and four outbound flights were cancelled.The Gulf’s country's rainy weather is the first since the record-breaking storm on April 16 which brought much of the country to a standstill and disrupted air traffic in Dubai, with floods trapping residents in traffic, offices and homes.Researchers anticipate that climate change will lead to heightened temperatures, increased humidity and a greater risk of flooding in parts of the Gulf region. The problem can be worsened in countries like the UAE where there is a lack of drainage infrastructure to cope with heavy rains.
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Rescue crews in Kenya were searching for trapped tourists after 48 people died on Monday, April 29, due to flooding following several days of heavy rain, the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) said.The Kenya Red Cross reported ongoing rescue operations on Wednesday for tourists trapped by floodwaters across 14 camps in the Talek area, a result of the Talek River overflowing, they said.“We have rescued 36 people by air and another 25 through an aqua rescue team,” the Kenya Red Cross said. Credit: Kenya Red Cross via Storyful
Kenya and Tanzania were bracing Thursday for a cyclone on the heels of torrential rains that have devastated East Africa, killing more than 350 people and forcing tens of thousands from their homes.In addition to claiming 188 lives in Kenya since March, the floods have displaced 165,000 people, with 90 reported missing, the interior ministry said, as the government warned citizens to remain on alert."Crucially, the coastal region is likely to experience Cyclone Hidaya, which will result in heavy rainfall, large waves and strong winds that could affect marine activities in the Indian Ocean," the office of Kenyan President William Ruto said.Neighbouring Tanzania, where at least 155 people have been killed in flooding and landslides, is also expected to feel the force of Hidaya."The presence of Hidaya Cyclone... is expected to dominate and affect the weather patterns in the country including heavy rain and strong winds in some Regions near Indian Ocean," Tanzania Red Cross Society said on X, formerly Twitter. Kenya's capital Nairobi is among the areas expected to suffer heavy rains over the next two days, the Kenya Meteorological Department said on X.The heavier than usual rains have also cost at least 29 lives in Burundi, with 175 people injured, and tens of thousands displaced since September last year, the United Nations said.- Stranded tourists -Earlier this week Ruto announced he was deploying Kenya's military to evacuate everyone living in flood-prone areas.In a bulletin released Thursday evening, the interior ministry ordered anyone living close to major rivers or near 178 "filled up or near filled up dams or water reservoirs" to vacate the area within 24 hours, warning that they would otherwise face "mandatory evacuation for their safety."The devastation has also affected Kenya's tourism sector -- a key economic driver -- with some 100 tourists marooned in the famed Maasai Mara wildlife reserve on Wednesday after a river overflowed, flooding lodges and safari camps.Rescuers later managed to evacuate 90 people by ground and air, the interior ministry said. The area is currently inaccessible with bridges washed away, Narok West sub-county administrator Stephen Nakola told AFP, adding that about 50 camps in the reserve have been affected, putting more than 500 locals temporarily out of work.There are no fatalities but communities living around the area have been forced to move away."Accessing the Mara is now a nightmare and the people stuck there are really worried, they don't have an exit route," Nakola said, adding that waterborne diseases were likely to emerge. "I am worried that the situation could get worse because the rains are still on."In the deadliest single incident in Kenya, dozens of villagers were killed when a dam burst on Monday near Mai Mahiu in the Rift Valley, about 60 kilometres (40 miles) north of Nairobi.The interior ministry said 52 bodies had been recovered and 51 people were still missing after the dam disaster.- Travel warnings -Opposition politicians and lobby groups have accused Ruto's government of being unprepared and slow to respond to the crisis despite weather warnings."Kenya's government has a human rights obligation to prevent foreseeable harm from climate change and extreme weather events and to protect people when a disaster strikes," Human Rights Watch said Thursday.The United States and Britain have issued travel warnings for Kenya, urging their nationals to be cautious amid the extreme weather.The devastation has sparked an outpouring of condolences and pledges of solidarity from all over the world, including from Pope Francis and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.The rains have been amplified by the El Nino weather pattern -- a naturally occurring climate phenomenon typically associated with increased heat worldwide, leading to drought in some parts of the world and heavy downpours elsewhere.ho-keo/amu/spb
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