Environment Learning to live with natural disasters — Cutting-edge data applications to the fore 2022 was not a peaceful year. As a consequence of climate change, extreme weathe...

2023-05-05T13:01+0200taiwannews (en)

2022 was not a peaceful year. As a consequence of climate change, extreme weather events occurred in rapid succession, and news of natural disasters arrived from every continent. Hurricane Ian battered the US and Brazil, causing more than US$100 billion of damage. Summer heatwaves hit Europe, leading to droughts and wildfires.

Hit by multiple crises, tens of thousands of Somalis flock to refugee camps in Kenya

2023-05-04T15:42+0200wfp (en)

Somali refugee Jamilla Hassan at Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp. She hopes some of her children can now go to school. Photo: WFP/Martin Karimi. Jamilla Hassan’s family once lived off rich farmland in the Lower Juba region of south-west Somalia. But a severe drought from five poor rainy seasons left....

Hit by multiple crises, tens of thousands of Somalis flock to refugee camps in Kenya

2023-05-04T14:59+0200garoweonline (en)

Jamilla Hassan’s family once lived off rich farmland in the Lower Juba region of southwest Somalia. But a severe drought from five poor rainy seasons left them staring at empty grain stores and dusty fields littered with carcasses of livestock, once their source of meat and milk.

Kenya: Hit By Multiple Crises, Tens of Thousands of Somalis Flock to Refugee Camps in Kenya

2023-05-04T14:43+0200allafrica (en)

WFP and other humanitarian agencies struggle to assist an influx of refugees reeling from conflict, climate and high prices. Jamilla Hassan's family once lived off rich farmland in the Lower Juba region of south-west Somalia. But a severe drought from five poor rainy seasons left them staring at....

Hit by multiple crises, tens of thousands of Somalis flock to refugee camps in Kenya

2023-05-04T12:44+0200reliefWeb (en)

WFP and other humanitarian agencies struggle to assist an influx of refugees reeling from conflict, climate and high prices. 4 May 2023, Martin Karimi. Jamilla Hassan’s family once lived off rich farmland in the Lower Juba region of south-west Somalia.

Tens of Thousands of Somalis Flock to Kenyan Refugee Camps Amid Crises

2023-05-04T12:01+0200miragenews (en)

The climate factor. While heavy rains have finally arrived in Somalia and other countries in the Horn of Africa, the damage has been done. The region’s worst drought in more than four decades has killed millions of livestock and tens of thousands of people – and left an estimated 22 million others facing severe hunger.