Floods kill at least 120 in Kinshasa | CNN
CNN — More than 120 people have died in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa after torrential rains caused severe flooding in the city, according to a government statement issued Wednesday.…
As countries convene at climate summit in Egypt, reports show the world is wildly off track. Here’s what to watch at COP27 | CNN
CNN — As global leaders converge in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for the UN’s annual climate summit, researchers, advocates and the United Nations itself are warning the world is still wildly…
Displaced by devastating floods, Nigerians are forced to use floodwater despite cholera risk | CNN
Bayelsa, Nigeria CNN — Nigeria’s southern Bayelsa state is officially nicknamed the ‘glory of all lands.’ But much of it is now a river that has driven entire communities away…
More than 600 killed in Nigeria’s worst flooding in a decade | CNN
CNN — The death toll from the worst flooding Nigeria has seen in a decade has passed 600 people, the country’s humanitarian affairs ministry tweeted on Sunday. According to the…
Hundreds killed in Nigeria floods, more than 1.4 million displaced | CNN
Abuja, Nigeria CNN — More than 1.4 million people have been displaced and about 500 people have died in some of the worst flooding Nigeria has seen in a decade,…
Floods are submerging whole houses in Nigeria. At least 80 have died trying to escape | CNN
Abuja, Nigeria CNN — Seventy-six people have died as their boat capsized while they tried to flee dangerously high floodwaters that have inundated swathes of southern Nigeria. The boat, carrying…
50 killed and many displaced in northern Nigeria flooding | CNN
CNN — At least 50 people have died and “many” displaced after recent torrential rains caused flooding in northern Nigeria, Sani Yusuf, executive secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency…