Mozambique to forcibly evacuate 10,000 from floods
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Mozambique will forcibly evacuate 10,000 people who have defied calls to leave areas at risk of flooding, the government said on Sunday as an advancing tropical cyclone threatened to swell floodwaters.
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Floods in Mozambique have killed 29 people and wrecked thousands of homes after torrential rain and hurricanes swept through the country in the past two weeks, the government said on Wednesday.
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A state of emergency is declared in parts of Colombia where floods have killed at least 14 people, officials say.
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Heavy flooding kills six in Mozambique and leaves tens of thousands homeless
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Zimbabwe warns of floods from the aftermath of Cyclone Favio which injured at least 20 in central Mozambique.
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Mozambique says it has the use of only one UN helicopter to help thousands of people displaced by severe floods.
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Cyclone Favio hits central Mozambique after moving across the Indian Ocean for the past week.
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Paraguay declares a state of emergency to deal with dengue fever, which has killed 10 people this year.
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Cyclone Favio swept ashore Thursday in central Mozambique with sustained winds of 125 mph, bringing heavy rain and new misery to tens of thousands of people already forced from their homes by flooding. A second storm, Cyclone Gamede, churned in the Indian Ocean northeast of Madagascar and threatened to make landfall in the same area before dawn Friday, officials said.
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British forces are to carry out an evacuation of British nationals from the strife-torn west African state of Ivory Coast, it was announced today.
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Flooding in central Mozambique threatens some 285,000 people, an official has said, warning that the next three weeks would be critical as a UN agency made a plea for international aid.
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Mozambican marines rescued more than 1,700 people, including 900 children, from flooding in central Mozambique, officials said.
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More than 500,000 people  are ordered to evacuate areas being engulfed by wildfires in California.
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The United Nations said on Monday it would take urgent measures to help victims of deadly floods in central Mozambique that have driven thousands from their homes.
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LOS CABOS, Mexico  - At least 10,000 Mexicans will   be evacuated from their homes as Hurricane John headed for the   Baja California peninsula on Thursday and authorities have told   tourists to hole up in their hotels.
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Floods on the east coast of peninsula Malaysia kill 11 and force more than 10,000 to evacuate.
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A clear-up operation is due to begin after flash floods left people trapped in cars and their homes.