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The dead and two survivors were evacuated from two landslide-hit villages in Tana Toraja district, South Sulawesi province on Saturday evening, local disaster agency head Sulaiman Malia said.

Four deaths were in South Makale and 15 in Makale villages located in a remote, hilly area.

The people were affected by floods due to heavy rainfall that started on March 10.

Ramu nico assisted with food and other necessities.

Bags of rice, bottled water, canned fish, and cartons of biscuits were given to people living along Banu Breach in Usino Bundi District on Friday 15th March. Plastic canvases and tents were distributed for makeshift shelters as rain continued to pour. Medical officers from the KBK mine clinic were also deployed to the disaster location to assist locals who urgently needed medical help.

To address the issue, the youth in Noau have taken the initiative to clear the debris and make the road passable for vehicles. Furthermore, the Hargy Oil Palm Excavator has been dispatched to clear debris in Ubili.

In addition, Lake Hargy Hydro has been flooded, leading to a shortage of electricity supply. The Hoskins Koimumu road has also been affected by the floods with erosion due to sea level rise and continuous downpours. Consequently, traffic between Kimbe and Bialla has come to a standstill.

Operator of Papua LNG, Total Energies has launched a ‘Disaster Relief Mission’ to assist villages in its area of influence with food rations and medicine.

In coordination with the Gulf Provincial Authority, the Project will also be providing relief efforts in the form of medical supplies to communities outside the area of influence.

The mission began on November 2 at Apiope village at the mouth of the Purari with Project staff distributing food rations and handing over medical supplies to a Community Health Worker based at the aid post/health centre in the village.

On Saturday, October 7^th, the Busu Bridge collapsed while portions of the Wain-Erap roads had landslips and flooding.

Up at Nabak Highway, parts of the road from Bumburum Bridge were cut off by flooded waters.

Nawaeb MP, Theo Pelgen, immediately sent the Nawaeb district technical team and National Works & Highways engineers to assess the situation.

“This week we intend to gather assessment reports and work towards a plan to mobilise machinery to carry out repair work and upgrade of access roads.”

City Manager, Ravu Frank and the NCDC engineers, made a quick catchment analysis for the possible causes of the flood and several reasons was found to be the cause of the flooding.

The meeting also included the consultancy of a Papua New Guinean hydrology expert based in Brisbane, he advised that the downpour occurred over two hours in high intensity, therefore the impact was massive and unprecedented.

The police commanders from the three zones in NCD reported no major incidents this week due to police presence in hotspot areas within the city.

According to NCD Metropolitan Superintendent Silva Sika, the city was quiet on Wednesday 25th January 2023, during the heavy downpour, where there were reports of flood along the road.

He said Erima, Waigani, Hohola were flooded and police officers were present and kept opportunists away from the traveling public.

The Cuban weather service said the downpours would last until Saturday afternoon, bringing more than 20cm (8in) of rain to some places.

Western and central areas of the country, including Havana, are the worst affected.

Hurricane Agatha hit Mexico last Monday, killing nine people.

Nearly 2,000 people have evacuated their homes in Havana, and around 50,000 people in and around the city are without electricity.

Evacuation centres have been prepared to shelter people from the rain, the state-affiliated Cuban News Agency reported.

Conditions were rapidly deteriorating by mid-afternoon on Wednesday as the effects of an east-coast low, which caused deadly floods in Queensland and northern NSW, hit the state's capital.

The Bureau of Meteorology's Dean Narramore said catchments already drenched by weeks of consistent rain were being bombarded with 50 to 100mm of fresh downpours, and it was expected to continue into the morning.

"A dangerous situation is evolving," he warned.

The dangerous weather left tourists stranded, including several who canceled wedding plans, and some of the islands' most iconic beaches barren as the threat of dangerous flash floods, landslides and crashing tree limbs persisted. It also brought as much as 8 inches of snow atop some of the state's highest summits. The conditions forced Gov. David Ige to issue a state of emergency for all of the state’s islands Monday night.