environmental pollution Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/environmental-pollution/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 22 May 2018 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 environmental pollution Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/environmental-pollution/ 32 32 UN appeals for $80 million to mop up damage from cyclone in Horn of Africa https://jjcornish.com/2018/05/un-appeals-for-80-million-to-mop-up-damage-from-cyclone-in-horn-of-africa/ Tue, 22 May 2018 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2018/05/un-appeals-for-80-million-to-mop-up-damage-from-cyclone-in-horn-of-africa/ The United Nations has appealed for $80-million to help pay for the damage caused by a tropical cyclone in the Horn of Africa. At least 18 people have been killed by the storm and 40 fishermen in the Gulf of Aden remain unaccounted for. Even as residents of Somaliland and Puntland count the cost of […]

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]]> The United Nations has appealed for $80-million to help pay for the damage caused by a tropical cyclone in the Horn of Africa.

At least 18 people have been killed by the storm and 40 fishermen in the Gulf of Aden remain unaccounted for.

Even as residents of Somaliland and Puntland count the cost of tropical cyclone Sagar they are watching a new storm  building in the Gulf of Aden that’s likely to hit them this week.

Schools and community centers have been flooded.

Roads remain impassable.

Key infrastructure, including the central electrical compound in Djibouti City, remains under water.

Damage from the storm, which has affected at least 30 000 people, includes  the risk of environmental pollution.

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