At least four people have been killed by tropical cyclone Enawo in Madagascar, the prime minister said Wednesday, as the storm tracked towards the capital Antananarivo threatening severe flooding....
Australia endured a summer of record-breaking extremes, scientists said on Wednesday, with climate change tipped to increase the frequency and severity of such phenomena. Intense heatwaves, bushfires...
The Member of Parliament for Klottey Korley Constituency, Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has appealed to the Speaker of Parliament to constitute a joint committee of the House to tour the capital...
Tropical cyclone Enawo struck Madagascar on Tuesday, buffeting the island with powerful winds, heavy rain and high seas and threatening to cause chaos in the capital, the country's weather agency...
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ledzokuku Constituency, Dr. Oko Boye, has said that collective effort is needed to deal with the perennial flooding problems in the...
Madagascan authorities on Monday issued a warning of severe floods and storm damage as tropical cyclone Enawo bore down on the island's northeast coast. With the cyclone due to hit land on Tuesday...
Zimbabwe has appealed for $100m (£82m) to help people affected by floods that have killed 246 and left nearly 2,000 people homeless since December. After suffering a crippling drought last year that...
The Zimbabwean government has launched an international humanitarian appeal to help combat floods that have affected all of the country’s provinces. The country is seeking in excess of $100m to...
Minister for Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea has said that contractors who engage in shoddy work would be blacklisted by government. According to him, in order to deal with the perennial...
Dredge Masters, the company contracted to desilt the Odaw River in Accra, has advised city authorities to eject persons who live along the banks of the River to avert any future occurrence of...
Minister for Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea, has assured the public that he will work to end perennial flooding in Accra during the rainy season. Touring some flood-prone areas barely 24-hours...
The heavy rainfall experienced in Southern Ghana, and parts of the country’s middle sector last night, does not indicate the beginning of the rainy season. Southern Ghana is presently in what is...
Works and Housing Minister Samuel Atta Akyea says he would require $700 million to permanently fix the flooding menace in Accra. Although the raining season is some two months away, Sunday's downpour...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea, has said it will cost the country over $700 million to effectively and permanently deal with the perennial flooding in the Greater Accra Region...
Rainstorms and landslides in Chile have contaminated a major river forcing the authorities to cut off drinking water to at least four million people in the capital, Santiago. Officials said the water...
The Odaw river overflowed as a result of the heavy rains Heavy rains over the weekend left portions of Kwame Nkrumah Circle flooded. The Odaw river was overflowing as a result of the heavy rains,...
Rainstorms and landslides in Chile have contaminated a major river forcing the authorities to cut off drinking water to four million people in the capital, Santiago. Officials said the water supply...
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has released a list of safe havens for residents in flood prone areas. The statement said, the safe...
It urged the public to support the assembly by keeping the environment and drains clean The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has put in place preventive and rapid response measures to minimise the...
Accra could be on the verge of another flooding disaster similar to the June 3 tragedy, if the activities of garbage collectors in the Odaw River continue without check. In 2015, government carried...
