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Myanmar Flooding Death Toll Jumps To 226

The death toll from massive flooding in Myanmar in the wake of Typhoon Yagi has doubled to 226, state media reported, as the UN warned as many as 630,000 people could need help.

International Business Times

UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths to step down due to health reasons

Griffiths has worked as the UN’s under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs for three years.

Al Jazeera

Israeli strikes across Gaza kills dozens of Palestinians– including in refugee camps

ISRAELI forces bombarded cities, towns and refugee camps across Gaza overnight on Wednesday and into Thursday, killing dozens of people.

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Gaza’s largest hospital ‘no longer functioning’, says WHO

At Al-Shifa, two premature babies and 10 other patients have died, UN agency says

The Independent UK

UN agency says Myanmar has suspended international aid deliveries to cyclone-hit areas

A U.N. agency says Myanmar’s military government has rescinded its approval for international organizations to distribute food, shelter and medicines to thousands of residents in cyclone-hit areas in the country's west

The Independent UK

Official death toll in Myanmar cyclone rises to at least 54

India is sending more aid to Yangon, but communications remain difficult, hampering the disaster response.

Al Jazeera

Cyclone Mocha to make landfall along Myanmar-Bangladesh coast today: IMD

The extremely severe cyclonic storm "Mocha" is likely to cross between Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar and Myanmar's Kyaukpyu, close to Sittwe around Sunday noon, said Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). Read further on Dynamite News:

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Thousands evacuated as Cyclone Mocha nears Myanmar, Bangladesh

Fears for the safety of hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people in path of potentially devastating storm.

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Madagascar hit by cyclone Freddy, at least one person killed

Madagascar's government suspended schools and transport in the path of tropical cyclone Freddy, which made landfall in the southeast of the island on Tuesday evening, causing a storm surge, ripping roofs off houses and killing at least one person.

Reuters

Taliban working on guidelines for women NGO workers: UN says

UN aid chief Martin Griffiths met Taliban officials in a bid to push them to further relax the ban on women workers.

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Freezing temperatures kill 78 people in Afghanistan

At least 78 people have died of cold in Afghanistan during the country's worst winter in more than a decade, authorities said on Thursday.

Reuters

Violence in South Sudan's Upper Nile displaces 9,000 -U.N. agencies

Violence in South Sudan's Upper Nile state has killed an unknown number of people and displaced just over 9,000, some of whom are hiding in swamps, United Nations agencies said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Taliban's isolation makes Afghan earthquake response harder

A devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, which killed at least 1,000 people and flattened homes in remote villages close to the Pakistani border, poses the biggest challenge yet for the Taliban since they seized power nearly a year ago.

Reuters

More than 1 million people displaced in Myanmar: UN

Almost 700,000 people forced to flee their homes due to violence since February 2021 military coup.

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Number of displaced in Myanmar tops 1 million: UN

Post-coup violence has pushed the number of displaced people in Myanmar over one million for the first time, the UN has said, warning of "dire" conditions as the monsoon approaches and fighting rages. Almost 700,000 people have been forced to flee their homes since the toppling of Aung San Suu…

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