News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 215
'The First City Completely Devastated by Climate Change' Tries to Rebuild after Cyclone Idai
- Inter Press Service
MAPUTO, Mar 29 (IPS) - The city of Dondo, about 30 kilometres from Beira, central Mozambique, didn't escape the strong winds of Cyclone Idai. It is estimated that more than 17,000 families were displaced and more than a dozen schools were destroyed in the city.
Cyclone Idai: A Time to Reassess Disaster Management
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Mar 28 (IPS) - It was one of the worst tropical cyclones hit Southern Africa in recent times. Cyclone Idai, which has been characterised by heavy rains and flooding including mudslides in some parts of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi, has left more than 750 dead, with thousands marooned in remote rural areas, whilst others are still unaccounted for. More than 1,5 million people are affected by the cyclone in the region.
“Don’t Tell My Husband I Have Leprosy”: Social Stigma Silences Marshall Islands’ Women
- Inter Press Service
MAJURO, Mar 28 (IPS) - Meretha Pierson has been a nurse for the past seven years, working in the government-run leprosy clinic in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands. Her patients come in all ages, from different economic backgrounds and different professions. But, aside from their diagnosis, they all have something else in common: everyone wants to keep their illness a secret.
World’s Best Teacher Prize and One Million Dollars Awarded to Kenyan Teacher from Impoverished Community
- Inter Press Service
DUBAI, Mar 25 (IPS) - A maths and physical science teacher from an impoverished school in Kenya's Rift Valley, Peter Tabichi, has won the one million dollar Global Teacher Prize, becoming the first teacher from Africa to clinch the prize established to honour the profession.
A New Window for Delhi’s Migrant Women & Girls
- Inter Press Service
TORONTO, Mar 22 (IPS) - Marites Sison is Communications Officer at the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC)
When the most devastating flood in Bihar's history came in 1987, Renu Devi recalled that the rampaging waters and landslides had swept away people who were sleeping, along with their beds.
South Florida's Underserved Refugee Communities
- Inter Press Service
MIAMI, Mar 22 (IPS) - South Florida has long been known as a haven for refugees and migrants. Widely referred to as the "gateway to Latin America", 1 in every 5 Florida residents is an immigrant. Significantly, the "sunshine state" welcomes 1,000 new settlers every day.
Myanmar and China’s Bride Trafficking Problem
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 22 (IPS) - This is part of a series of features from across the globe on human trafficking. IPS coverage is supported by the Riana Group.Women and girls from Myanmar are increasingly being trafficked as "brides" to China, a human rights group found.
How One Kenyan Teacher is Lifting His Students Out of Poverty With Science
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Mar 20 (IPS) - Keriko Mixed Day Secondary School in Nakuru County, situated in a remote, semi-arid part of Kenya's Rift Valley, could pass for an ordinary secondary school in any part of Africa. But ordinary it is not.
Climate Change: a Threat to Agriculture Undermining UN’s Goal to Eradicate Hunger
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 19 (IPS) - The United Nations has vowed to eradicate extreme hunger and malnutrition on a self-imposed deadline of 2030.
But it is facing a harsh realty where human-induced climate change – including flash floods, droughts, heatwaves, typhoons and landslides-- is increasingly threatening agriculture, which also provides livelihoods for over 40 per cent of the global population.
Helping St. Vincent’s Fishers Maintain an Essential Industry in a Changing Climate
- Inter Press Service
KINGSTOWN, Mar 14 (IPS) - From an influx of sargassum in near-shore waters, to fish venturing further out to sea to find cooler, more oxygenated water, fishers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines are battling the vagaries of climate change. The country is doing what it can to respond.
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