disaster

Pakistan declares emergency after floods

Published on: August 26, 2022
10:03

Islamabad, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) Pakistan officially declared a national emergency as a result of the floods in the country that caused more than 950 deaths, while millions of people were left stranded, the Pakistan Observer newspaper reported.

Floods in China cause 23 dead and eight missing

Published on: August 20, 2022
08:35

Beijing, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) Authorities in Qinghai, northwest China, confirmed that 23 people died and eight are still missing two days after flash floods in a mountainous county, previously affected by record downpours.

Remains of 14 people missing at Matanzas fire cannot be identified

Published on: August 18, 2022
07:29

Havana, Aug 18 (Prensa Latina) The remains of the 14 people missing in the fire at the Matanzas Supertanker Base cannot be identified, an official source reported.

Armenian entities call to avoid fake information on terrorist threat

Published on: August 15, 2022
08:46

Yerevan, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) The Armenian National Security Service urged the media and citizens not to spread unverified information about possible terrorist threats.

Cuba continues making effort to extinguish fire

Published on: August 11, 2022
07:29

Matanzas, Cuba, Aug 11 (Prensa Latina) While the firefighters on Thursday continue making efforts to definitively extinguish the outbreaks of the fire at the Matanzas Supertanker Base, the authorities are preparing to assess damages and search for the missing people.

Warning of threatening terrible humanitarian disaster in Ukraine

Published on: February 12, 2022
11:54

Washington, Feb 12 (Prensa Latina) A conventional armed conflict in Ukraine would be a terrible humanitarian disaster, said today the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Ira Helfand, in an analysis published in The Nation magazine.

China: 792 dead and over 94 million affected by natural disasters

Published on: October 10, 2021
10:14

Beijing, Oct 10 (Prensa Latina) A total of 792 people died and over 94 million were affected by a chain of natural disasters in China.

Cuba to implement project for disaster risk reduction

Published on: September 14, 2021
16:05

Havana Sep 14 (Prensa Latina) The European Union's Euroclimate program and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) signed today an agreement for the implementation in Cuba of a project to reduce risks from natural disasters.

Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister issues dramatic appeal

Published on: July 6, 2021
11:21

Beirut, Jul 6 (Prensa Latina) Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Tuesday issued an appeal to the international community to help prevent an announced disaster in this country.

Floods and mudslides claim 38 lives in Nepal

Published on: July 4, 2021
08:57

Kathmandu, Jul 4 (Prensa Latina) Flash floods and landslides caused by torrential rains in Nepal added another 38 deaths, including seven children, and fifty injured after the last three weeks.

NEWS