torrential rains

‘Water is flooding everywhere’ as torrential rains sweep through West and Central Africa

September 20, 2024

[ad_1] ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Houses swept away to the very last brick. Inmates frantically fleeing the city's main prison as its walls got washed away by water rising from...

6 die in a landslide caused by heavy rains in Mexico

September 17, 2024

[ad_1] MEXICO CITY (AP) — A landslide caused by heavy rains has killed six people near Mexico City, authorities said.The landslide on Monday night in Naucalpan, a community northwest of...

‘I thought I would die with my six children’ – dam collapse survivor

September 12, 2024

[ad_1] Fatima Yakubu cannot believe that she and her six children are still alive after a dam collapsed following torrential rains in north-eastern Nigeria.The family, who live south of the...