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Trapped Mexican miners at risk as water levels rise
Attempts to rescue 10 men from a flooded mine in Mexico have been delayed after the water levels in three shafts rose suddenly on...
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Mumbai floods: India city on red alert for further rain
India's weather department has issued a red alert for Mumbai as heavy rains continue to lash the city and its neighbouring districts.The city is...
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Dumping solid waste into drains cause of floods – Minister warns
The Minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye has warned the general public to desist from depositing solid waste into the drains in the...
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Northern Floods: 35 lives lost in three years
Floods in Northern Ghana have claimed a total of 35 lives from 2018 to 2020, according to statistics from the National Disaster Management Organisation...
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2 boys survive in Apam drowning incident
2 out of scores of children survived a drowning incident that happened at the Apam beach on Sunday, March 6, 2021.Godfred Apretse, 14 years...
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Chief cries to government for support over ‘neglected’ flood victims
The heavy rains coupled with the spillage from the Bagre dam that led to the floods in the northern part of Ghana have left...
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Farmer drowns in River Lottor at Xavi
Godwin Agbenorku, a 20-year-old farmer from Lakpo- Agbakorpe in the South Tongu District of the Volta region over the weekend got drowned in the...
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Floods leave ‘nine million Sudanese in need of aid’
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation says more than nine million people in Sudan are in need of assistance because of flooding.The agency told...
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Rains submerge 522 Tamale households, displace 1,355
The Tamale Metro Director of NADMO, Abdul Rahaman Abdul Razak has disclosed that 522 households have been affected by floods as a result of...
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GRCS commissions 102 housing units for flood victims
The Ghana Red Cross Society (GRCS) in collaboration with the Swiss Red Cross has commissioned 102 units of two bedroom houses constructed for victims...