Frantic hunt for hundreds missing in Uganda mudslide Inquirer | BUDUDA—Rescuers clawed through mud in driving rain Wednesday in a desperate bid to find survivors from a huge landslide feared to have killed hundreds in villages in eastern Uganda. | At least 80 bodies have already been found on the slopes of Mount Elgon and at least 300 people are missing in the...
Ugandan landslide kills 80, many missing The Times Of India KAMPALA: A landslide in eastern Uganda has killed at least 80 people and villagers are digging with bare hands and simple tools in the hope of finding survivors, a government minister and Ugandan media said on Tuesday. | Ugandan media said the landslide engulfed a village in the eastern Bududa distr...
Mobile Phones, Weather Stations To Shield Kenya's Farmers redOrbit Posted on: Friday, 5 March 2010, 08:30 CST | Syngenta Foundation, Pan-African Insurer UAP and Safaricom offer thousands of farmers low-cost farm insurance to reduce risk from drought and extreme weather | As East Africa recovers from the worst drough...
Red Cross appeals for aid after Uganda landslide BBC News | Uganda's Red Cross has launched an appeal to help survivors of mudslides which swept away three villages near the eastern town of Bududa. | More than 80 bodies have been recovered from the mud which engulfed villages on the slopes of Mount Elgon. |...
Frantic hunt for hundreds missing in Uganda mudslide Inquirer | BUDUDA—Rescuers clawed through mud in driving rain Wednesday in a desperate bid to find survivors from a huge landslide feared to have killed hundreds in villages in eastern Uganda. | At least 80 bodies have already been found on the slopes of Moun...
3 more die in Egyptian desert flooding Denver Post | RAFAH, Egypt—Three more Egyptians died in flooding in the southern Sinai Desert Wednesday, bringing the toll for three days of unseasonably heavy rains to 10, said a health...
Ethiopian plane from Lebanon crashes, 90 on board The Boston Globe | BEIRUT-An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 people crashed into the Mediterranean Sea early Monday just minutes after takeoff from Beirut, Lebanon's transportation minister said. | The cause was not immediately known. But police ruled out terror...
Rain is here for a few days - weather bureau Independent online | Continuous rain and heavy storms over most of the country will continue until late next week, the South African Weather Services said on Thursday. | Forecaster Jan Vermeulen said the cause of the wet weather was a low pressure system over northern ...
Frantic hunt for hundreds missing in Uganda mudslide Inquirer | BUDUDA—Rescuers clawed through mud in driving rain Wednesday in a desperate bid to find survivors from a huge landslide feared to have killed hundreds in villages in eastern Uganda. | At least 80 bodies have already been found on the slopes of Mount Elgon and at least 300 people are missing in the villages but hopes were fading of finding anybody...
