Climate & Environment
Maiduguri floods
Food and shelter remain the biggest challenge, amid claims authorities have been slow to provide aid.
Typhoon Yagi
A swathe of northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar have been battling floods and landslides in the wake of Typhoon Yagi, which dumped a colossal…
Greece drought
Dry winters and scorching summers have left much of the country struggling to cope.
Nigeria’s floods and displacement
Maiduguri is the capital of Borno state, and home to more than 2 million, many of them IDPs fleeing armed groups in the region such…
Zinder flooding
The country’s southern region of Zinder, neighbouring Nigeria, has been the hardest hit.
Typhoon Gaemi
The deaths were the first in China that appear linked to Typhoon Gaemi, which weakened to a tropical storm after making landfall on Thursday.
Sudan floods
Above-normal rainfall for most of the Greater Horn of Africa is forecast this summer, potentially a disaster for Sudan’s already flood-prone areas.

