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It has been a a week since Cyclone Chido hit Mozambique and now country is struggling with rising death toll and widespread devastation.
The storm, which struck the country on December 15, has claimed at least 120 lives, a sharp increase from the initial estimate of 26. Additionally, nearly 900 people have been injured, with rescue and relief efforts still underway.
Cyclone Chido first made landfall on the French Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte on December 14, before moving toward mainland Africa. Mayotte, France’s poorest territory, experienced its most destructive cyclone in 90 years. The storm caused catastrophic damage to homes and infrastructure across the island.
In France, flags were flown at half-mast, and a minute’s silence was observed in tribute to the victims in Mayotte. The destruction has prompted widespread calls for increased support to the island as it begins a long recovery process.
Meanwhile, in Mozambique, communities remain submerged, and families are struggling to access basic necessities such as food, water, and medical supplies.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on 13 September with no tsunami threat, coming just weeks after the region endured a devastating 8.8-magnitude quake — the strongest since 1952.
Authorities in California have identified the dismembered body discovered in a Tesla registered to singer D4vd as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had been missing from Lake Elsinore since April 2024.
Escalating gang violence in Haiti has displaced 680,000 children, nearly twice as many as last year, as armed groups seize more territory and basic services collapse, UNICEF warned on Wednesday.
A 29-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a devastating wildfire that killed 12 people and destroyed thousands of homes in Los Angeles earlier this year.
The 7th Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan has concluded in Russia with participants issuing a joint statement heavily hinting at a joint opposition to any foreign military infrastructure in Afghanistan.
Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to criminal charges, and his lawyer said he would file a barrage of legal challenges to the first prosecution by the Justice Department against one of President Donald Trump's political enemies.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to attend a ministerial meeting in Paris on Thursday with representatives of Europe, the Arab world and other nations to discuss Gaza's post-conflict transition, according to three diplomatic sources.
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