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May 7, 2019

Aid workers struggle to reunite kids, families after Mozambique cyclones

Agiro Cavanda and his wife, Agera, wade through floodwaters outside their home in Pemba, Mozambique, April 29, 2019, in the aftermath of Cyclone Kenneth.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Helping children who lost their parents when a pair of cyclones hit Mozambique is among the most difficult work in the aftermath, an aid worker said.

Published in International
May 6, 2019

Early evacuation in India spares more than 1 million from deadly cyclone

People walk past damaged trees May 4, 2019, following Cyclone Fani in Puri, India. The powerful cyclone ripped through eastern India and sideswiped Bangladesh, May 3, leaving a trail of destruction and more than 30 deaths.

NEW DELHI - A powerful cyclone ripped through eastern India and sideswiped Bangladesh, leaving a trail of destruction and more than 30 deaths.

Published in International
March 31, 2019

African floods ‘wiped out entire villages’

A man carries his children through floodwaters in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai in Beira, Mozambique, March 23. More than two million people in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi have been affected by a cyclone that has killed more than 700 people, with hundreds still missing in Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

NAIROBI, KENYA - More than two million people in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi have been affected by a cyclone that has killed more than 700 people, with hundreds still missing in Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

Published in International
November 20, 2018

More than 40 killed, hundreds displaced as Cyclone Gaja hits southern India

A damaged statue of Jesus Christ is seen Nov. 16 in Velankanni, India, after Cyclone Gaja hit the region that same day. More than 40 people were killed and some 82,000 displaced in state-run relief camps.
NEW DELHI – A cyclone killed more than 40 people and displaced hundreds of others in southern India, severely damaging farmland and buildings, including the region's most revered Marian shrine.
Published in International