by Alphonse Akouyu Cameroon is in mourning and this time around the cause is flooding as a result of heavy torrential rains in the country’s Southwest Region, specifically in the regional capital of Buea on March 18, 2023. Far away from Buea, Malawi is still in shock as to the devastation caused by floods in …
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Frequent floods are a deadly fact of life, writes Fariya Abubakari, 25, a Correspondent from Bawku, Ghana, who argues that better solid waste management could mitigate disaster. It was on Wednesday evening in June, 2015, that a heavy downpour of rain killed Mr. Boamah’s wife and children and displaced his property. His house gushed fire …
Floods and landslides brought enormous destruction to Sri Lanka, but they also brought community spirit and generosity that define the small nation, writes Navodinee Wickramanayake, 22, a Correspondent from Sri Lanka who urges continued positive response to the disaster. I guess the drought was not the very worst. After weeks of wishing for rains, rains we …
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