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In Yemen, 20 million people are at risk of famine as fighting continues
The world’s worst humanitarian crisis spiraled in Yemen after a Saudi-led coalition launched an offensive to support the government against Iran-aligned Houthi rebels in March 2015. Around 20 million Yemenis are food insecure, UN agencies said on Saturday, adding the conflict ravaging the impoverished country was the key driver behind rising hunger levels. “As many…
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Tsunami warning for Vanuatu and New Caledonia after 7.6 magnitude earthquake
Authorities order the ‘immediate evacuation’ of people to refuge areas, saying tsunami waves could reach up to three metres The quake struck at a shallow 10km deep Photograph: Theo Rouby/AP A tsunami warning has been issued for the Pacific island of New Caledonia, after a shallow 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the country’s coast, prompting warnings…
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Yemen sterilizes Sanaa water supplies as cholera outbreak picks up again
A nurse checks a boy at a cholera treatment centre at the al-Sabeen hospital in Sanaa, Yemen October 3, 2018. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah SANAA (Reuters) – Authorities in the Houthi-held Yemeni capital Sanaa are sterilizing water supplies at wells, distribution networks and houses to help stem the world’s worst outbreak of cholera. Nearly four years of…
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Alaska earthquake claimed no lives, officials say, but infrastructure damage is another story
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the state of Alaska on Friday morning, churning up roads and sending office workers running to the streets in scenes locals described as pure “anarchy.” The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake was centered about five miles north of Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city. Republican Rep. Donald Young said at a…
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Lice, hepatitis, TB, chicken pox, scabies plague a third of the caravan migrants – and now there’s rain
As I write this from San Diego, the rain is pouring outside my window, a rare winter rain brought on by an offshore tropical storm blowing in from the west. It’s heavy, dripping, dropping rain, and it’s getting the entire region good. Normally, rain is a cause for rejoicing in these parts, because drought is the norm, and…
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New tick species capable of transmitting deadly disease is spreading in the U.S.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning about a new tick species in the U.S. that it says is capable of spreading diseases dangerous to humans and other animals. A CDC weekly report released Thursday states that the Asian longhorned tick, an arachnid native to Korea and other parts of east Asia, has been found in…
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Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo now 2nd worst in history
The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s volatile east is now the second largest in recorded history, with 426 confirmed and probable cases thus far, resulting in 245 deaths since Aug. 1, according to the country’s health ministry. The number of Ebola cases announced Thursday surpassed those of the 2000 Ebola outbreak in…
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Magnitude 6.1 earthquake hits western Taiwan
Taipei, Nov. 26 (CNA) A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck western Taiwan at 7:57 a.m. Monday, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB). The earthquake’s epicenter was located at sea about 101.9 kilometers west of Penghu County Hall, at a depth of 20.5 km, the bureau’s Seismology Center said. The earthquake’s highest intensity, which gauges the…
