Annual climate summary 2023
The report discusses the climate condition over Indian region during the year 2023. Notably, global temperatures soared to exceptionally high levels during this period (WMO.No.1347). The India Meteorological
Cyclones
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Zimbabwe: High-Level Cyclone Taskforce Set Up
A high-level Cyclone Idai reconstruction and resettlement taskforce has been put together to facilitate the effective resolution of challenges faced by the disaster management teams in the affected areas.
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Idai: Cholera cases spike to 517, first death reported in Mozambique
Cases of cholera in Mozambique soared to 517 people in Sofala province, the government of Mozambique said Sunday, while announcing that a first cholera fatality is now reported in the hard-hit port city
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Cyclone Idai: Total death toll at 746, over 2,390 injured, 2.9m impacted
Hundreds of thousands of people are in need of food, water and shelter after Cyclone Idai battered Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. As of Saturday, at least 746 people had been reported killed by the
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Cholera cases increase to 271 in Mozambique's cyclone-hit Beira
The number of confirmed cases of cholera in Mozambique’s cyclone-hit port city of Beira has nearly doubled to 271 in the last 48 hours, the southern African nation’s government said on Saturday. Government
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Mayor in Mozambique says negligence led to cyclone deaths
The Mozambican government failed to warn people in the areas worst hit by Cyclone Idai despite a “red alert” being issued two days before it struck, the mayor of the city of Beira has said. The southern
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Zimbabwe: Manicaland Faces Food Deficit After Drought, Cyclone Idai
Manicaland Province has sent out an SOS for food assistance for its people following a poor cropping season which was exacerbated by Cyclone Idai-induced rains that destroyed the remaining crop. The
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Zimbabwe gov't releases 100 mln USD for disaster relief after cyclone Idai
The Zimbabwe government has so far released 100 million U.S. dollars to assist victims of Cyclone Idai which hit the country in mid-March. The government initially disbursed 50 million for relief and
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Amid ruined lives, Mozambique's cyclone survivors face cholera, diarrhoea
Dozens of fragile patients poured into a clinic in the wrecked Mozambican port city of Beira on Wednesday, as the government said it had confirmed the first five cases of cholera in the wake of deadly
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'The water kept rising': How Mozambicans were caught in path of deadly cyclone
For two days before Cyclone Idai hit, a government official drove down the bumpy roads of Buzi in central Mozambique, warning people through a megaphone that a big storm was coming. He told them to find
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First cyclone, then slavery: risks abound for Mozambique children
Thousands of children who survived a cyclone in southeast Africa face fresh risks in its aftermath - being sold into slavery by human traffickers or forced into early marriage by families struggling to