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In July 2023, Afghanistan experienced severe flooding resulting from heavy seasonal rainfall, leading to the loss of lives and dozens of missing persons over a three-day period. The flash floods were triggered by intense rains affecting seven provinces in the country, causing significant damage to residential houses and hundreds of acres of ...
The deal would provide nearly $100 billion to help Americans trying to recover from multiple natural disasters in 2023 and 2024. ... This is a change to current practice, in which Congress takes ...
The current tally for billion-dollar extreme weather disasters in the US is hovering around 23 or 24 so far this year, according to Adam Smith, a climatologist with NOAA who helps compile the ...
This fire-to-flood disaster was just one varietal of dozens of such disasters this year. All told, there have been at least 45 flood-related major disaster declarations this year, according to FEMA .
On August 22, a fire started in Beauregard Parish, before spreading to numerous areas of the Parish. [20] Power outages occurred in Singer, Louisiana, and a main water line north of Singer burned due to the fires, forcing the Beauregard Parish Police Jury to shut off water from the connecting water lines, including water lines to Merryville.
(CNN International) Disasters and accidents. 2023 Hawaii wildfires. The death toll from the wildfires in Maui, Hawaii, United States, increases to 89, making it the deadliest wildfire in the state's history. (The Independent) 2023 Pacific typhoon season. Hurricane Dora, which partially caused the wildfires in Hawaii, becomes a Pacific typhoon.
A video released by the sheriff's office on X, formerly Twitter, showed suburban streets transformed into rivers, with vehicles, homes and street signs sticking out above from several feet of water.
Disasters and accidents 2023 Lasbela bus crash At least 41 people are killed and two others are injured when a bus falls off a bridge and catches fire in Lasbela District , Balochistan , Pakistan .