Thousands of rescuers head to flood-hit Japanese city

Joso City (Japan) (AFP) - Thousands of rescuers arrived in a deluged city north of Tokyo on Friday to help evacuate hundreds of trapped residents and search for 12 people missing after torrential rains triggered massive flooding.

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

14 Jun

DC breathes fire over house valuation in flood-hit area

Kahama District Commission Benson Mpesya has sent warning letters to all those who valuated houses for misleading President Jakaya Kikwete on the actual number of houses which were destroyed by floods in March this year.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Player dies after head hit by object

Cameroonian striker Albert Ebosse dies after being hit by an object thrown from the stands during a game in Algeria.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

14 Mar

LAKE ZONE: Kikwete: Govt will rebuild houses in flood-hit village

>The government will construct all 403 houses which were destroyed by a hailstorm at Mwakata Village in Kahama District recently, President Jakaya Kikwete has said. The flooding has rendered 649 families homeless.

 

5 years ago

Reuters

17 Mar

'D' word rears head as coronavirus-hit markets brace for recession

'D' word rears head as coronavirus-hit markets brace for recession  Reuters

 

11 years ago

BBC

Thousands flee South Sudan oil city

Thousands of people are fleeing the South Sudanese city of Bentiu amid fears of a government offensive to recapture the oil-rich area from rebels, a BBC reporter there says.

 

11 years ago

BBC

Nigerian city of Jos hit by blast

An explosion has shaken Jos in central Nigeria, days after a twin car bomb attack killed 118 people in the city.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Nigerian city hit by multiple blasts

At least 10 people die in Nigeria in three separate blasts in the key north-eastern city of Maiduguri, witnesses say.

 

11 years ago

BBC

North Nigerian city hit by blast

A blast hits the northern Nigerian city of Kano, in a street with many bars and night spots, police say.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Sight of rescuers 'led to capsize'

A shipwreck in which about 400 migrants are feared dead off Libya was caused by excitement at the arrival of rescue ship, survivors say.

 

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