At least 100 people have been killed in flooding in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. There have been landslides across the city of 15 million, destroying homes and roads. Al Jazeera’s @AlexBaird has more. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #DRCongo #floods
Thousands of people have been ordered to leave their homes in the Australian city of Sydney because of flooding. Torrential rain and damaging winds have been pounding the east coast. Al Jazeera’s Barbara Angopa reports. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News
Flooding in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province has killed dozens of people. It follows heavy rain on Monday that has swept away roads, submerged homes and forced many people from their houses. Several others are missing and mudslides are hampering rescue work. The government has deployed the army to help emergency teams. Al Jazeera’s Fahmida Miller reports. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #SouthAfrica
A massive fire tore through the main market in the city of Hargeisa in northern Somalia’s breakaway region on Saturday night, injuring about two dozen people and destroying hundreds of businesses. @Al Jazeera English
Landslides and flash floods have killed dozens of people in Brazil. This is the scene of the disaster in the Petropolis region just north of Rio de Janeiro, where the search for survivors continues. The area north of Rio de Janeiro was hardest hit – and the death toll is expected to rise. Al Jazeera’s Katia Lopez-Hodoyan reports. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Brazil
A tsunami has hit the Pacific nation of Tonga after an undersea volcano erupted. The extent of the damage is still unclear as many phone lines are down. Warnings remain in place for Samoa, Fiji, Vanuatu and parts of Australia. Al Jazeera’s @Andrew Chappelle has more. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Tonga #VolcanicEruption
At least 375 people in the Philippines have died after Typhoon Rai struck, hitting 195 km/h at its peak. It left at least 500 injured and more than 55 people are missing. Dinagat Islands were one of the worst-hit places and survivors there are desperate for drinking water and food. Al Jazeera’s @Jamela Alindogan reports from Dinagat province, in the southern Philippines @Al Jazeera English – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Philippines #TyphoonRai #OdettePH
The Philippines is counting the cost of Typhoon Rai, which killed at least 12 people and left a trail of destruction. Winds blowing at 195kmph (121 miles/hour) downed power lines and destroyed homes, forcing hundreds of thousands to seek safety. Al Jazeera’s @Jamela Alindogan reports from Manila, Philippines. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Philippines #TyphoonRai
The volcano on La Palma in the Canary Islands is showing signs of intensifying eruptions, after two more fissures opened on Friday. So far, it has emitted more than double the molten rock of the last eruption in the 1970s. Al Jazeera’s Jonah Hull reports from La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #LaPalma #Volcano
More than 6,000 people have now been forced from their homes in La Palma, one of the Spanish Canary Islands. Parts of the area have been engulfed in lava from a volcano which erupted on Sunday. Many people lost their homes, and there is anger after a minister appeared to encourage so-called disaster tourists to visit. Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports from La Palma, Spain. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #CanaryIslands #Volcano
