Tropical cyclone threatens to worsen humanitarian crisis in flooded East Africa
Voice of America
A woman reacts as members of the Kenya Defense Forces search for the bodies of missing people after flash floods wiped out several homes following heavy rains in Kamuchiri village of Mai Mahiu, Kenya, on May 1, 2024. Schoolchildren are stranded on a damaged River Zingiziwa bridge in Dar Esalaam, Tanzania, on April 25, 2024. Flooding in Tanzania caused by weeks of heavy rain has killed at least 150 people as of May 4, 2024, and affected hundreds of thousands more.
The World Meteorological Organization warns that Tropical Cyclone Hidaya, which is projected to make landfall in Tanzania and Kenya this weekend, threatens to worsen the humanitarian crisis triggered by torrential rains in these and other heavily flooded countries in East Africa.
A visitor walks along on a beach equipped with anti-landing barricades, with the Chinese city of Xiamen seen in the background, in the Taiwan-controlled Kinmen islands, in Kinmen on May 17, 2024. Tourists pose for photos as they visit a scenic spot on Pingtan island, the closest point in China to Taiwan’s main island, in Fujian province on May 18, 2024.