Posts Tagged ‘flooding’
Guatemalan Mud Slides Cause Widespread Destruction
Tropical weather systems in both the Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico have left hillsides throughout Guatemala and southern Mexico saturated with water. The resulting torrential rains and landslides have left 44 dead including twelve who were killed when a bus was buried by a mudslide Saturday. The death toll is expected to rise as searchers scour [...]
Floods Devastate Pakistan: 3.5 Million Children At Risk Of Disease
After three weeks of monsoons in Pakistan flooding is worst ever with more rain predicted on the way. As many as 1600 people have been estimated killed and nearly 20 million others affected by the disaster in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh provinces. Angry mobs are blocking roads and protesting that the government is not doing enough. [...]
