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☆ Kenya floods: Maasai Mara visitors stranded as death toll nears 200
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Larry Madowo | Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Staff and visitors have been left stranded and buildings submerged at Kenya’s famous Maasai Mara nature reserve, as the death toll in catastrophic flooding in the country’s southwest rose to at least 188 people. Local authorities ordered some tourist facilities in the National Reserve to close after River Talek, one of the tributaries of the Mara River, burst its banks and swept through more than a dozen riverside tourist lodges and camps. In Maasai Mara, camp owners were told to leave the affected properties and “move to higher ground further away from River Talek,” governor of Narok county Patrick Ole Ntutu said on Wednesday. Parts of Maasai Mara National Reserve were left submerged by the flooding. Authorities said they had deployed two helicopters to rescue stranded tourists and local staff around the national reserve after receiving distress calls.

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Rescue teams are digging through the mud and debris trying to find survivors near Mai Mahiu, in Kenya’s Nakuru County, Gov. In Mai Mahiu, Kihika said a serious situation was unfolding as floodwaters swept away people and homes. Access to Mai Mahiu, 20 miles north of the capital Nairobi, had been difficult as part of the road had been cut off from recent heavy rains, Kihika said. Other video shows vast flooding around the Tana River, with large parts of the surrounding area underwater. Heavy rains in East Africa have also affected Tanzania and Burundi.

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The quake killed at least 36,187 in southern Turkey, while authorities in neighbouring Syria have reported 5,800 deaths - a figure that has changed little in days. While several people were found alive in Turkey on Wednesday, the number of rescues has dwindled significantly. Neither Turkey nor Syria have said how many people are still missing. More than 4,000 fatalities have been reported in the rebel-held northwest, but rescuers say nobody has been found alive there since Feb. 9. Deliveries from Turkey were severed completely in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake, when a route used by the United Nations was temporarily blocked.

☆ The world is 'dangerously unprepared' to handle the next pandemic, the Red Cross says in a scathing report
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The world is "dangerously unprepared" for future pandemics, the Red Cross warned in a report. The Red Cross' secretary general said the COVID-19 pandemic "should be a wake-up call." The humanitarian aid organization said in its World Disasters Report released Monday that "many countries" were not prepared for COVID-19 and that "all countries remain dangerously unprepared for future outbreaks." Pandemic preparedness plans, the report says, "should include concrete measures to strengthen equity, trust, and local action." By 2024, according to the report, all countries should adopt a new treaty and revised International Health Regulations.

☆ All countries 'dangerously unprepared' for future pandemics, says IFRC
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

GENEVA, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The world is "dangerously unprepared" for future pandemics, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) say in a report published on Monday, calling on countries to update their preparedness plans by year-end. In its World Disasters Report 2022, the IFRC said "all countries remain dangerously unprepared for future outbreaks" despite COVID-19 killing more people than any earthquake, drought or hurricane in history. said Jagan Chapagain, secretary general of the IFRC, the world's largest disaster response network. "There will be no excuse for a continued lack of preparedness after having gone through three terrible years." "The important thing is there has to be a political will to commit to that," he said.

☆ A îmbrățișat un migrant și i-a dat să bea apă; În schimb a primit mesaje pline de ură pe paginile de socializare
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-23 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +4 min

Tânăra de 20 de ani, Luna Reyes, a văzut că bărbatul era epuizat după ce a ieșit din mare pe o plajă din Ceuta și i-a dat să bea apă. Când a întins mână spre el, migrantul a îmbrățișat-o și a izbucnit în plâns. ”Nu suntem pregătiți să vedem așa ceva…Mi-a vorbit în franceză și a numărat pe degetele mâinii. Ochii lui erau foarte roșii” a povestit Luna, presei spaniole. Nu știe numele bărbatului, dar a văzut că era epuizat și i-a dat apă.

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☆ Inundaţiile, furtunile şi valurile de căldură au dus la peste 410.000 de decese din 2010
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-17 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Astfel de dezastre, care includ inundaţii, furtuni şi valuri de căldură, au dus la peste 410.000 de decese din 2010, a declarat marţi la Geneva Federaţia Internaţională a Societăţilor de Cruce Roşie şi Semilună Roşie (IFRC).Grupul de ajutor umanitar estimează că vieţile a 1,7 miliarde de persoane au fost perturbate după ce şi-au pierdut membrii familiei, casele, animalele, terenurile agricole şi mijloacele de trai în urma acestor dezastre.Din anii 1990, numărul dezastrelor legate de climă şi de condiţiile meteorologice a crescut cu aproape 35% în fiecare deceniu, potrivit IFRC. "Prima noastră responsabilitate este de a proteja comunităţile cele mai expuse şi mai vulnerabile la riscurile climatice", a precizat secretarul general al IFRC Jagan Chapagain într-o declaraţie. "Cu toate acestea, cercetarea noastră demonstrează că lumea eşuează la nivel colectiv să facă acest lucru", a adăugat el.Organizaţia sa a criticat faptul că ţările care se confruntă cu cele mai multe calamităţi naturale obţin o pondere insuficientă din fondurile cheltuite pentru adaptarea la schimbările climatice.Somalia, afectată de secete, inundaţii, cicloane şi boli legate de climă, se află în fruntea listei ţărilor cele mai ameninţate de schimbările climatice realizată de Crucea Roşie.Cu toate acestea, această ţară africană ocupă doar locul 71 în ceea ce priveşte cheltuielile pe persoană pentru măsurile de adaptare la schimbările climatice. "Investirea în capacitatea de adaptare în cele mai vulnerabile locuri este mai rentabilă decât acceptarea unor creşteri continue ale costului răspunsului umanitar", a precizat Chapagain.

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