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Updated Nov. 8, 2023 at 12 p.m. One of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded, Typhoon Haiyan devastated parts of southeast Asia in 2013 and mainly landed in the Philippines, killing more than 6,000 people. Why was Haiyan so devastating? It is the second deadliest typhoon– after 1881’s Haiphong claimed around 20,000 lives – […]
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After Typhoon Haiyan, the scale of misery in the Philippines is hard to measure. For one mother and father in the hardest hit city, it is infinite.
RISING DEATH TOLL IN SOUTH SUDAN Between 400 and 500 people have died in the past three-plus days of clashes between opposing army factions in South Sudan, the BBC reports, citing UN officials. This comes as former vice-president and opposition leader-in-exile Riek Machar told the Paris-based Sudan Tribunethat he didn’t orchestrate a coup attempt, instead […]