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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — At least 25 people in the New York region have died from flash flooding caused by rainfall brought by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, officials said Thursday. Twelve people have now lost their lives in New York City, including 11 who were trapped in the basements of their home, the NYPD said. Ten were known to have died in New Jersey, according to officials there and another three […]
by Peter HUTCHISON and Nicolas REVISE NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Flash flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida killed at least 41 people in the New York area overnight into Thursday, including several who perished in their basements during the “historic” weather event that officials blamed on climate change. Record rainfall, which prompted an unprecedented flash flood emergency warning for New York City, turned streets into rivers and shut down subway services […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency on Thursday as the remnants of storm Ida caused massive flooding in New York City and across the northeastern United States. “I am declaring a state of emergency to help New Yorkers affected by tonight’s storm,” Hochul tweeted, after Ida, which slammed into the southern United States as a Category 4 hurricane on Sunday, caused tornadoes and flooding as […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Hurricane Ida, which slammed into the US Gulf Coast at the weekend, could become the costliest weather disaster on record, the UN said Wednesday, hailing though that prevention measures had dramatically limited casualties. Louisiana and Mississippi are still taking stock of the disaster inflicted by the powerful Category 4 storm that hit exactly 16 years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall and devastated the area. Ida is known to have killed […]
by Daxia ROJAS NEW ORLEANS, United States (AFP) — Louisiana and Mississippi took stock Tuesday of the disaster inflicted by powerful Hurricane Ida, as receding floodwaters began to reveal the full extent of the damage along the US Gulf Coast and the death toll rose to four. New Orleans was still mostly without power nearly two days after Ida slammed into the Louisiana coast as a Category 4 storm, exactly 16 years after devastating Hurricane […]
by Daxia ROJAS NEW ORLEANS, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Ida battered southern Louisiana Sunday, 16 years to the day after deadly Hurricane Katrina devastated the southern US city of New Orleans. Ida slammed into the Louisiana coast as a Category 4 storm, and was downgraded to a Category 3 by evening — the same strength Katrina was when it came ashore in 2005. “Ida is a dangerous category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Residents evacuated high-risk areas and lined up to buy supplies Friday as Louisiana braced for Hurricane Ida, expected to strengthen to an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm when it hits the southern United States this weekend. The National Weather Service is now forecasting a “life-threatening storm surge” when the hurricane makes landfall along the coasts of Louisiana and Mississippi, warning of “catastrophic wind damage” and urging those in affected areas […]
by Amelie BARON LES CAYES, Haiti (AFP) — The death toll from a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti has risen to 1,941, the Caribbean nation’s civil protection agency said Tuesday, as a tropical storm brought torrential downpours on survivors already coping with catastrophe. More than 9,900 people were wounded when the quake struck the southwestern part of the Caribbean nation on Saturday, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) to the west of the capital Port-au-Prince, […]
by Christof STACHE Agence France Presse The death toll from devastating floods in Europe soared to at least 93 Friday, most of them in western Germany, where emergency responders were searching for hundreds of missing people. “I fear that we will only see the full extent of the disaster in the coming days,” Chancellor Angela Merkel said from Washington late Thursday, where she met with President Joe Biden. Catching residents of several regions unaware […]
by Deborah COLE Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Heavy rains and floods lashing western Germany have killed at least nine people and left around 50 missing, as rising waters led several houses to collapse, police said on Thursday. Four of the people reported dead were in the municipality of Schuld where a number houses were swept away by floods, a police spokesman in the city of Koblenz told AFP. Rhineland-Palatinate and North […]
(Eagle News) – Tropical cyclone “Dante” which exited the country early Friday, June 4, re-entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) , and is now affecting Batanes which is under signal number 1. Batanes will be experiencing “strong winds” during the passage of Dante, PAGASA said in its 5 p.m. bulletin. The center of Tropical Depression “DANTE” (CHOIWAN) was estimated based on all available data 210 kilometers West Northwest of Basco, Batanes or 185 […]
(Eagle News) – Tropical storm “Dante” (international name Choi-wan) has left the country, but could re-enter this afternoon before heading straight to Taiwan where it is forecast to landfall tonight In its latest advisory at 5 a.m., the country’s weather bureau PAGASA said that “Dante” as of 4 a.m. is already outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). It was estimated at 285 kilometers northwest of Laoag City, Ilocos Norte. The storm made its […]
