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More than two dozen reported dead after Julia lashes Central America
… after the weather system known as Julia left much of the region buried in mud or covered in floods in early October. Five members of the armed forces of El Salvador are part of 28 reported … in El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico, however, reported widespread mudslides, flash floods, overflowed rivers and thousands in shelters awaiting the system to dissipate as it …
Church officials in Ghana help residents flooded out by dam overspill
… News Service … The Archdiocese of Accra is appealing for support for Ghanaians affected by floods in the southern part of the city after heavy rains caused spillage from the Weija dam. … decided to leave the area, even though they had resided there for years. "In fact due to the flood, most of my gadgets are damaged. I am thinking of relocating. Thankful to the Catholic …
Ojibwe author writes about Indigenous peoples, Christians 'Becoming Kin'
… terrible and want to take action, want to do something about it. What I did was when my inbox flooded with messages about, "I feel terrible. What can I do?" was I gave people reading lists. …
Catholic Relief Services campaign aims to engage US Catholics on climate change
… by rivers and streams has become a region stricken by increasing and severe droughts and floods that wash away nutrient-rich soil, and with it a critical lifeline for the agrarian … for the international Green Climate Fund — as well as fundraise for communities facing floods, heat waves and droughts right now. It is also asking dioceses to encourage people to take … of 2022 has seen a wave of extreme weather, from severe drought in East Africa, historic flooding in Pakistan, relentless heat waves and wildfires in Europe and the U.S., and massive …
Head of Miami Catholic Charities helps coordinate statewide response to Ian
… as Sanibel and Pine Island and all the way south to Naples, all within the Diocese of Venice. Flooding and coastal surge also were reported in the Lower Florida Keys in the Archdiocese of … laundry services made possible through mobile units that have been deployed following similar floods and tropical storms around the country. …
Vatican marks ecology saint's feast day with film premiere, climate accords
… for speculation, skepticism and denial, and certainly for irresponsible populism. Apocalyptic floods, mega droughts, disastrous heat waves, catastrophic cyclones and hurricanes have become …
Laudato Si' documentary puts a human face on climate change, director says
… document as a subject for a documentary? … Brown: The idea was to do kind of a "Before the Flood" but with the pope instead of Leonardo DiCaprio. That was the idea. And initially when I …
Florida continues with rescue efforts as Hurricane Ian heads north
… its Facebook page. Ian hit close to 2:30 p.m. local time Sept. 30 as at Category 1 hurricane, flooding historic Charleston, with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph. The storm was later …
Hurricane Ian leaves catastrophe in Florida, millions without power
… mementos of its might in the form of cars battered by winds and water, left floating in flooded city streets next to uprooted trees and parts of roofs torn from buildings in the cities … were conducting water rescues but still struggling to make their way amid debris and remaining flooding and wind. Catholic Charities USA said in a statement that its disaster response teams … Pinar del Rio's regional TV station, posted on social media photos of collapsed walls, flooding, trees and debris left in the hurricane's wake. Pinar del Rio Diocese showed damage to …
Churches escape Fiona, but some Canadian farmers, fishers will suffer
… the loss of so many dairy cows, destruction of barns and wharves, devastation of the orchards, flooding of the potato land and flattening of the grain. Our farmers and fishers are going to …
Vietnam braces for Typhoon Noru as Caritas appeals for aid in Philippines
… said the parish also offered food, bottled water and blankets to evacuees whose houses were flooded by heavy downpours before the typhoon made landfall. Anna Truong Thi Tuoi, who lives … house, said volunteers used a boat to move her to the church. Her house has been engulfed in flood water from a nearby river. "I feel safe here as I am scared stiff of storms that can cause …