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At least 155 people have died in floods and landslides in Tanzania following heavy rains caused by El Niño, the prime minister has said. Kassim Majaliwa warned that the rains might continue into ...
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) -The death toll from floods in Tanzania following torrential rains this weekend has risen to 57, its president said on Monday, adding to hundreds of other deaths caused by ...
EVELYNE MUSAMBI. April 25, 2024 at 9:21 AM. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Flooding in Tanzania caused by weeks of heavy rain has killed 155 people and affected more than 200,000 others, the prime ...
The 2023 Hpakant jade mine disaster occurred on August 13, 2023, when the Hpakant Jade Mines experienced the third documented landslide in the area. [1] The landslide killed 32 people when tailings (mining waste) swept the miners into a nearby lake. [2] Hpakant is located in Kachin, Myanmar. Myanmar is considered the sodium alumina silicate ...
2020 East Africa floods. The 2020 East Africa floods were a natural disaster in Rwanda, Kenya, Somalia, Burundi, Ethiopia, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti and Tanzania, affecting at least 700,000 people. They began when excessive rains began falling in March, leading to massive flooding and landslides.
Accumulated rainfall, floods and landslides in Uganda between April 30 and May 16. At least 23 people were killed, including five from a landslide, three were injured and three were left missing by floods in Uganda. Many houses were damaged or destroyed in the country. Zimbabwe
At least 47 people are dead and 85 others injured following heavy flooding and landslides in northern Tanzania, authorities said Monday. The government has deployed the military to help rescue ...
An increase in temperature by 2 °C - 4 °C is likely to alter the distribution of Tanzania's seven agro-ecological zones. Areas that used to grow perennial crops would be suitable for annual crops. Climate change would tend to accelerate plant growth and reduce the length of growing seasons. [5] Vulnerability in the agricultural sector is ...