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MALAWI: Planning for a disaster

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81508

Saturday, November 22, 2008

LILONGWE Monday, November 17, 2008 (IRIN) - The state of preparedness for a natural disaster in Malawi's flood-prone areas as well as other locales...

SOMALIA: Crops destroyed, families displaced as Shabelle bursts banks

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81546

Saturday, November 22, 2008

NAIROBI Wednesday, November 19, 2008 (IRIN) - At least 8,000 hectares of farmland in southern Somalia's Lower Shabelle region have been destroyed...

CAPE VERDE: Clandestine housing squeezes cities

Saturday, November 08, 2008

Illegal housing precariously built on the volcanic archipelago of Cape Verde threatens to increase erosion, land disputes, disease, flooding, and...

KENYA: Floods hit thousands, including IDP camps

Friday, April 04, 2008

At least 6,000 people have been affected by flooding following heavy rains in the southern coastal district of Taveta, the Kenya Red Cross Society...

NIGERIA: Flooding, rainstorms force people from homes in the north

IRIN

Monday, September 03, 2007

Flooding and rainstorms in two northern Nigerian states have left thousands more people displaced and killed many livestock, local officials said. ...