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A woman stands near the corner of a house next to a flooded field.

In Idai’s wake, aid groups worry about ‘double tragedy’ of cholera

Climate Change

Weeks after Cyclone Idai devastated the coast of Mozambique, coastal cities are still struggling to recover. Disease and poverty have created increasingly dangerous circumstances to those who have lost their homes.

an aerial shot of the destruction of Idai

Tropical cyclone Idai: The storm that knew no boundaries

A man gestures as he tries to save a vehicle swept away by flood waters in Yemen's island of Socotra November 2, 2015.

The ‘Galapagos of the Arab World’ was just lashed with a cyclone. Now it’s headed for Yemen

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