Tag: Flood
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Pope Leo XIV Offers Prayers for Southeast Asia Flood Victims
Pope Leo XIV expresses his closeness and assures his prayers for the millions of people affected by heavy flooding in various parts of Southeast Asia in recent weeks. By Devin Watkins Over 1,500 people have been killed in recent days in several parts of Southeast Asia due to catastrophic floods and landslides. The current death…
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Indonesia Seeks Over $3 Billion for Sumatra Flood Recovery Efforts
Indonesia says more than $3 billion in recovery funds required after Sumatra floods Reuters How a cocktail of rogue storms and climate chaos unleashed deadly flooding across Asia CNN Pope Leo XIV prays for victims of floods in Southeast Asia Vatican News Indonesia Halts Agincourt, PTPN III Operations After Floods livemint.com Death toll from devastating Indonesia floods passes 900 BBC…
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Indonesia Faces Starvation Threat as Flood Death Toll Exceeds 900
Ruinous floods and landslides have killed more than 900 people on Indonesia’s island of Sumatra, the country’s disaster management agency said on Saturday, with fears that starvation could send the toll even higher. A chain of tropical storms and monsoonal rains has pummelled Southeast and South Asia, triggering landslides and flash floods from the Sumatran…
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Franklin Graham Commemorates Christmas by Dedicating 18 Homes to Kentucky Flood Survivors
Standing in the snow on an eastern Kentucky mountaintop Friday, Rev. Franklin Graham dedicated 18 newly constructed homes in Jesus’ name to families who lost everything in the region’s catastrophic 2022 floods, a moment survivors described as the first real breath of relief they’ve had in three years. “This is Franklin Graham,” he says in…