The Shiveluch volcano is one the largest and most active volcanoes on Russia's remote Kamchatka Peninsula, one of the most intense volcanic regions in the world.

Its latest eruption produced an ash column reaching nearly 9,000 metres (29,500 feet) above sea level, the local branch of Russia's Academy of Sciences wrote on Telegram, accompanied by a video.

An orange aviation alert -- one below the maximum red -- has been issued for the area near the volcano, the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT) said on Telegram.

With a height of 3,300 metres, Shiveluch is located some 450 kilometres (280 miles) north of the port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the peninsula's main city.

It's estimated to be between 60,000-70,000 years old.

The volcanoes of Kamchatka have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996, with the organisation calling the peninsula "one of the most outstanding volcanic regions in the world" where the "interplay of active volcanoes and glaciers forms a dynamic landscape of great beauty."

]]> Sat, 07 FEB 2026 10:20:34 AEST Antananarivo, Madagascar (AFP) Feb 2, 2026 - A tropical cyclone that hit Madagascar at the weekend killed seven people and forced more than 20,000 to leave their homes, authorities said Monday.

Cyclone Fytia, packing gusts of up to 210 kilometres (130 miles) per hour, hit the Indian Ocean island early on Saturday and left early Sunday.

One of the seven people confirmed dead was killed in the capital, Antananarivo, while another person was still missing after being swept away by a swollen river, the BNGRC disaster management agency said.

More than 20,000 people had to leave their homes, it said.

Fytia was the fifth tropical storm to hit Madagascar since September, according to the meteorological agency. The region's cyclone season typically ends in March or April.

The country is particularly exposed to extreme weather events such as storms and droughts which experts say are expected to worsen with climate change.

]]> Sat, 07 FEB 2026 10:20:34 AEST Geneva (AFP) Jan 30, 2026 - The United Nations warned Friday of severe overcrowding in temporary accommodation shelters hosting an estimated 100,000 people displaced by flooding in Mozambique, and appealed for more international support.

The southern African country's latest bout of flooding has claimed nearly 140 lives since October 1, according to the National Disasters Management Institute, while nearly 400,000 people have had to flee their homes.

"An estimated 100,000 people are now sheltering in around 100 temporary accommodation centres, including schools and public buildings. Overcrowding in these centres is severe," the UN refugee agency UNHCR, said in a statement.

"Many sites, particularly in remote areas, lack adequate privacy, lighting and basic services, creating dangerous conditions for the most vulnerable."

The UNHCR said women and girls were facing a heightened risk of violence, sexual exploitation and abuse. Many were distressed and needed support, it added.

Old people and those with disabilities struggled to get to help at sites "not designed to meet their needs", it said.

And as well as those in temporary shelters, many more remain stranded in the worst-affected areas, with access roads still under water and bridges washed away.

"This crisis underscores Mozambique's vulnerability," UNHCR said.

"With continued rainfall forecast and flood risks remaining high, further displacement is possible. Urgent international support is critical to scale up life-saving assistance and protection services."

UNHCR Mozambique is seeking $38.2 million in 2026.

The World Food Programme said it urgently needs $32 million for the next three months' operations, saying it was stepping up efforts to reach more than 450,000 people.

"The needs are skyrocketing in Mozambique," Ross Smith, WFP's emergency preparedness and response chief, told reporters in Geneva.

"We are currently very, very stretched for resources," he said, speaking from Rome.

"We're at 40 percent less funding than we were a year ago and that's really straining our ability to stand up a full scale response in places like Mozambique."

With roads badly damaged, WFP said it was using amphibious vehicles, boats, heavy-duty trucks, fixed-wing aircraft, and helicopters to try to reach communities hit by the floods.

]]> Sat, 07 FEB 2026 10:20:34 AEST Manhica, Mozambique (AFP) Jan 28, 2026 - Erica Raimundo Mimbir delivered her first baby on a school desk, the only dry place she found after days marooned in her flooded home in southern Mozambique.

"I wanted to die because of the labour pains and the conditions," the 17-year-old told AFP in a village in the province of Maputo.

Evacuated by boat the next day, Mimbir took shelter with relatives, among some 650,000 Mozambicans the United Nations says have been affected by torrential rains since December.

"I don't think I'll return home because I've never experienced anything like this," Mimbir said, recounting that the high waters meant she could not sleep lying down but leaning against a wall.

"It was very painful," she said, holding her baby, Rosita, who was born on January 19 premature and weighing 1.5 kilogrammes (3.3 pounds).

The child was named after Rosita Salvador, whose mother gave birth in a tree that she climbed to escape devastating flooding in Mozambique in 2000.

Salvador, who died this month after a long illness, became a symbol of resilience in a disaster that killed 800 people.

The southern African country's latest bout of flooding has claimed nearly 140 lives since October 1, according to the National Disasters Management Institute.

Around 100,000 people are sheltering in one of 99 temporary accommodation centres, says the UN's humanitarian coordination office (OCHA).

- 'Heart not at peace' -

In the province's 3 de Fevereiro village in Manhica district, a low-slung school has been turned into one such emergency shelter.

About 500 people sleep on mats in its 11 classrooms, their clothes draped over blackboards and window bars as they take stock of what the floods swept away and how close many came to losing their lives.

Among them is Elsa Paulino, a 36-year-old mother of five who became cut off from her home after taking her two youngest children to a funeral outside her village.

By the time she returned, the road had vanished under rising water. "The car I was travelling in almost overturned because of the fury of the waters," she told AFP.

Her other three children were still at home. "I was desperate."

Paulino eventually managed to arrange for them to be evacuated by bus to relatives in neighbouring Gaza province, also badly affected by the floods.

But washed-out roads mean her children have still not been able to join her. "Right now I know my children are safe but my mother's heart isn't at peace," she said.

Across the region, floods have ripped through critical infrastructure -- roads, bridges, power lines and water systems. They have slowed aid deliveries and isolated entire communities.

The N1 highway linking Maputo to the north remains cut. About 325,000 head of livestock have died and 285,000 hectares (704,250 acres) of farmland have been damaged, according to OCHA.

The latest flooding is among the worst Mozambique has seen in years, with officials warning the death toll could rise as more heavy rains loom and a nationwide red?alert remains in force.

For Salvador Maengane, a 67?year?old farmer sheltering in 3 de Fevereiro, the losses are total.

"All my farmland was flooded," he said. He was due to harvest maize and vegetables in March and sugarcane in May.

"Everything was lost and I have nothing to sell. All my family's livelihood is gone," he said, his thin frame hunched with exhaustion.

Maengane, who farms five hectares in Xinavane, further north, said that in previous rainy seasons he could still salvage part of his crop.

"This is the first time I have seen a tragedy of this magnitude," he said.

]]> Sat, 07 FEB 2026 10:20:34 AEST Cape Town (AFP) Jan 22, 2026 - South Africa's iconic Kruger National Park suffered major damage to critical infrastructure in recent flooding, with the cost of repairs estimated to run over 30 million dollars, officials said Thursday.

Torrential rains and floods last week forced the world-famous safari destination, which is nearly the size of Wales, to halt day visits and airlift guests and staff to safety as swollen rivers swallowed large stretches of land.

While there had been no loss of life within the park, parts of it were still underwater a week later and 15 camps remained closed, SANParks CEO Hapiloe Sello told reporters.

More than 500 members of staff were "stuck" at camps within the reserve, waiting for the water to recede so they could leave, she told reporters.

"In the Kruger National Park alone, the damage to critical infrastructure is so widespread that SANParks' earliest estimates are that the damage will be in excess of half a billion rands ($30.6 million)," environment minister Willie Aucamp said at a media briefing.

SANParks is a public body that manages South Africa's 21 national parks.

Staff and tourist accommodation has been destroyed and there was "devastating" damage to bridges, roads and water and electrical infrastructure, he said.

The loss of tourism revenue from the flagship park could put "the sustainability of the entire network of parks at risk" because of the impact on SANParks' operating budget.

Kruger's fauna -- including the famed Big Five grouping of elephant, rhino, lion, leopard and buffalo -- had largely escaped the flooding because animals had sensed the danger and moved to higher lying areas.

"We have not seen one single carcass of any animal," Aucamp said.

The government has set up a fund to ensure the recovery of the site, which is in a region increasingly sensitive to climate change and natural disasters, he said, calling for local and international donations.

Dozens of people lost their lives and hundreds of thousands were displaced in northeastern South Africa and neighbouring Mozambique in the flooding, caused by weeks of intense storms and rains.

]]> Sat, 07 FEB 2026 10:20:34 AEST Tunis (AFP) Jan 21, 2026 - Flooding in Tunisia has killed five people, authorities said, as media reported four others missing on Wednesday after the country experienced its heaviest rainfall in over 70 years.

Four deaths occurred in the town of Moknine in the Monastir governorate, while a fifth death was reported in Nabeul town, civil defence spokesman Khalil Mechri told AFP.

The National Institute of Meteorology has told AFP that some Tunisian regions had not seen so much rain since 1950.

Tunisia's civil defence said some of the hardest hit regions were Monastir, Nabeul and greater Tunis.

Heavy rain began Monday night and continued until Tuesday night, with showers on Wednesday, leaving schools and businesses shut and transportation disrupted.

The four missing people are fishermen, local media reported, after a fifth was rescued in Teboulba, south of Monastir.

The civil defence told AFP that emergency services have rescued some 350 people trapped by floodwaters since the flooding started.

Mechri said while the bad weather was now less intense, "the level of alert remains high".

AFP footage and videos widely circulated on social media showed significant flooding to homes and roads, with cars stranded in water.

President Kais Saied visited several affected areas on Tuesday, including Moknine and Teboulba, local media said.

The rainfall has been record-breaking, but Tunisian streets often flood after heavy downpours, largely because of the state of the country's infrastructure.

Drainage and stormwater networks are often old and poorly maintained, particularly in rapidly expanding urban areas, with waste sometimes clogging the system.

Rapid urbanisation of some areas has also led to less rainwater being absorbed into the ground, increasing runoff.

The dramatic deluge comes as Tunisia grapples with a seven-year drought, worsened by climate change and marked by a sharp decline in water reserves at dams nationwide.

In neighbouring Algeria, several regions have also been hit by massive downpours and floods, with authorities reporting two deaths as of Wednesday in the country's western Relizane and Chlef areas.

]]> Sat, 07 FEB 2026 10:20:34 AEST Giyani, South Africa (AFP) Jan 16, 2026 - Authorities in South Africa on Friday recovered two more bodies from widespread flooding that has cut access to the famed Kruger National Park and put parts of neighbouring Mozambique under water.

Heavy rains have drenched northeastern South Africa since late last year, claiming at least 30 lives, and the region is on maximum alert for more rain in the coming days.

The recovery of two bodies in Limpopo province, around 300 kilometres (190 miles) north of Johannesburg, took the provincial death toll to 11 since December, Premier Phophi Ramathuba told reporters.

Neighbouring Mpumalanga has recorded 19 deaths since the punishing rains began in November, provincial officials said this week.

"The devastation inflicted upon our communities, our infrastructure and, tragically, the loss of lives cannot be overstated," Ramathuba said.

Hundreds of schools could not open for the new term and water and power infrastructure was severely damaged, she said.

The flooding has forced Kruger National Park, a world-famous safari destination, to halt day visits since Thursday and to airlift some guests and staff to safety.

"Only essential staff are allowed access into the parks," South African National Parks (SANParks) spokesman JP Louw told AFP.

At least two camps had been closed and evacuated, he added.

Dramatic SANParks footage showed wide stretches of the reserve swallowed by swirling brown water, with only trees jutting out, and knee?deep currents surging through buildings.

- Mozambique rescues -

In neighbouring Mozambique, which has also suffered from weeks of heavy rain, communities in low-lying areas near the capital Maputo were urged to evacuate to higher ground on Friday afternoon.

At least eight people have died in Mozambique since December 21, according to official data.

"We are rescuing people and providing food assistance," said Mozambican President Daniel Chapo, adding that the situation was still being assessed.

In the Boane district, 30 kilometres west of the capital Maputo, a resident, Lucas Carnosse, told an AFP team that he walked to work "despite the very high water level".

Traffic had had to be suspended, said Valentim Mateteo, who supports emergency teams on the ground.

"The water is very deep. The truck can't get through," he said.

One group of women who had come to stock up in Maputo decided to try crossing on makeshift boats. The 10-minute ride cost three dollars -- a small fortune for these vegetable vendors from Matola -- the sprawling twin city of the capital.

"This was the first and last time. I was very scared. The return trip was extremely difficult, and the current is very strong," said Sonia Andre.

Local authorities have not been able to meet the growing demand for transport and the evacuation of families trapped in flooded areas.

Many households remain isolated, with no safe way to leave high-risk zones, an AFP team observed.

The Boane district is already inaccessible by land, and water continues to rise at the nearby Pequenos Libombos dam.

The district administrator, Lazaro Bambamba, told AFP: "The situation in Boane is difficult. Land communications have been cut."

The authorities say schools have been identified to lodge displaced families.

]]> Sat, 07 FEB 2026 10:20:34 AEST Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 22, 2026 - A new seafloor study of the Japan Trench is shedding light on why the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami grew into one of Japan's deadliest modern disasters and how similar events might unfold in the future. An international team including Northern Arizona University geologist Christine Regalla reports that a narrow, clay-rich fault zone near the seafloor allowed the magnitude 9.1 megathrust earthquake to rupture all the way to the trench, driving extreme seafloor displacement.

The researchers focused on the plate boundary where the Pacific Plate dives beneath the overriding plate along the Japan Trench in the western Pacific Ocean. There they found that the main fault localizes into a thin, mechanically weak layer just beneath the seafloor, rather than remaining broad and deep within the crust as is more typical in many subduction zones. This configuration helped the 2011 rupture reach the shallowest part of the plate boundary and enabled the unusually large seafloor motion that powered the tsunami.

Regalla, an associate professor in NAU's School of Earth and Sustainability, explained that the amount of shallow slip during the Tohoku event was unprecedented in the modern instrumental record. At the trench, the fault slipped by an estimated 130 to 200 feet in only about six minutes, displacing huge portions of the seafloor. She compared that motion to moving the entire area between Los Angeles and San Francisco by the same distance in that short time interval and noted that existing models had not predicted that such behavior was possible.

In most large earthquakes, the rupturing parts of the plate interface lie much deeper below Earth's surface. As an example, the rupture that initiated the magnitude 6.8 Nisqually earthquake in the U.S. Pacific Northwest in 2001 began roughly 32 miles beneath the seafloor. In contrast, the Tohoku earthquake nucleated and propagated along a plate boundary that extended to only about 15 miles depth, which placed the most energetic slip close to the ocean bottom and set up conditions for an exceptionally powerful tsunami that killed nearly 20,000 people and caused more than 200 billion dollars in damage across Japan.

To probe the structure of the plate boundary, the team used the drilling vessel Chikyu to core into the ocean floor above the Japan Trench. The expedition drilled to a record-setting depth of about 26,000 feet below the seafloor, retrieving long sections of sediment and rock from the subduction plate boundary zone. That effort has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the deepest scientific ocean drilling achieved to date and provided the first direct physical samples of the shallow fault system involved in the 2011 rupture.

Analysis of the recovered material showed a roughly 100-foot-thick layer of pelagic clay at the plate boundary. This soft, slippery clay formed over millions of years from fine particles that slowly settled through the water column and accumulated on the seafloor before being carried into the trench. Mechanical contrasts between this weak clay and the stronger surrounding rocks appear to have created a natural tear line where strain could concentrate and rupture could propagate efficiently along a narrow surface.

Study co-author Patrick Fulton, an associate professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell University, said the geological layering at the Japan Trench effectively predetermines where the fault forms. He described the pelagic clay horizon as an extremely focused and extremely weak surface that makes it easier for ruptures to travel all the way updip to the seafloor. That behavior explains how the Tohoku earthquake generated such extreme shallow slip and helps distinguish this subduction segment from others that may be less prone to similar events.

Because the pelagic clay layer runs for hundreds of miles along the Japan Trench, the researchers conclude that this margin may be inherently more susceptible to shallow-slip earthquakes than many previous assessments suggested. Regalla noted that this kind of structural predisposition has implications far beyond Japan's immediate coastline. Tsunamis generated along the trench can cross the Pacific, affecting distant communities and ports and contributing to the global risk posed by major subduction earthquakes.

The work underscores how earthquakes in one region can drive destructive waves across ocean basins, threatening locations such as Hawaii whose largest historical tsunamis often originate from events in Japan and Alaska. Regalla emphasized that such disasters are truly global in scope because they can disrupt trade, infrastructure and coastal populations far from the source region. Improved understanding of which plate boundaries are configured to foster shallow slip can therefore inform risk assessments for countries around the Pacific Rim and beyond.

The researchers hope that their findings will help scientists better anticipate where large-magnitude earthquakes and tsunami-generating ruptures are most likely to occur. By mapping weak layers and fault-localizing horizons in other subduction zones, geologists may be able to refine scenarios for extreme events and provide more realistic inputs to tsunami models and hazard maps. Regalla stressed that the goal is to move toward forecasting frameworks that identify not only whether a region is seismically active but also which parts of the plate interface are capable of producing the most damaging shallow ruptures.

Policy makers and planners could apply such scientific insights to strengthen building codes, design more earthquake- and tsunami-resilient infrastructure and update evacuation strategies in vulnerable coastal zones. Even in a country like Japan, widely regarded as a world leader in preparing for earthquakes and tsunamis, the scale of the 2011 catastrophe exceeded prior expectations. Regalla said that societies everywhere need to deepen their understanding of where similar events might occur so that emergency plans keep pace with the full range of plausible geologic behavior.

The study, which Regalla co-authored with more than a dozen collaborators from institutions around the world, appeared in the journal Science in December. The paper, titled "Extreme plate boundary localization promotes shallow earthquake slip at the Japan Trench," details how the localized clay-rich fault zone structure helped drive the shallow rupture and documents the mechanical properties of the materials that hosted slip. The authors present their work as a framework for evaluating shallow slip potential in other subduction settings.

Research Report:Extreme plate boundary localization promotes shallow earthquake slip at the Japan Trench

]]> Sat, 07 FEB 2026 10:20:34 AEST Jakarta (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 - Indonesia stripped more than two dozen permits from forestry, mining and hydroelectric companies in Sumatra Tuesday, a government minister said, just weeks after deadly floods devastated parts of the island.

Environmentalists, experts and the government said deforestation played a role in last year's disaster that killed more than 1,000 people across three provinces on the island, according to a National Disaster Mitigation Agency tally.

A task force audited companies in the three provinces and presented its findings to President Prabowo Subianto during a teleconference on Monday, State Secretariat Minister Prasetyo Hadi told reporters the day after.

"Based on the report, the president has decided to revoke the permit of 28 companies that were proven to commit violations," Prasetyo said during the Tuesday briefing.

He did not specify what type of violations the firms had allegedly committed or which permits were revoked.

The companies affected include 22 forestry firms covering a combined area of more than one million hectares, Prasetyo said.

Six other companies include a mining firm and a hydroelectric power plant developer, he added, saying that the government is committed to ensuring that natural resources-based businesses comply with the prevailing regulation.

More than 240,000 hectares of primary forest were lost in 2024, according to analysis by conservation start-up The TreeMap's Nusantara Atlas project.

Forests help absorb rainfall and stabilise the ground held by their roots, and their absence makes areas more prone to flash flooding and landslides, founder of The TreeMap David Gaveau told AFP in December.

Indonesia is regularly among the countries in the world with the largest annual forest loss, NGOs have said, adding that mining, plantations, and fires have caused the clearance of large tracts of the country's lush rainforest over recent decades.

Last week, the government filed multiple lawsuits seeking more than $200 million in damages against six other firms accused of unspecified environmental damage.

]]> Sat, 07 FEB 2026 10:20:34 AEST Manhica, Mozambique Jan 20, 2026 - Rescuers in Mozambique clawed through thick mud and waded into waterlogged homes on Tuesday, racing to find survivors still unaccounted for after one of the country's worst floods in decades. At least 114 people have died since the rainy season began in early October, including 51 since Christmas Eve, when downpours intensified and sent torrents of river water crashing through several villages. The United Nations says the surging waters have spiralled into a rapidly escalating emergency. In the southern Maputo province, emergency crews flew over swathes of land swallowed by floodwaters, scanning for stranded residents and assessing the damage. Footage shared by the National Disasters Management Institute (INGD) captured a helicopter hovering above an inundated house in neighbouring Gaza province, lifting residents from the roof still visible above the floodwaters. In another clip released by UNICEF, vast stretches of land in the same province had disappeared beneath a sheet of murky water, with a section of tarmac road torn away. Six people remain missing in the country, according to INGD, although Maputo governor Manuel Tule warned the number could change as assessments continue. "We do not have conclusive data but we estimate that more than 36,000 people are affected in the province and about 13,000 are in accommodation centres," he said. "We still do not know exactly how many people need assistance." More than half a million people had been affected in the country of about 35 million, the UN said on Tuesday. "The numbers keep rising as extensive flooding continues and dams keep releasing water to avoid bursting," said Paola Emerson, head of Mozambique operations at the UN humanitarian agency OCHA. Nearly 5,000 kilometres of road had been damaged across nine provinces, including the main artery linking Maputo to the rest of the country, she said. The damage to roads and infrastructure was making it hard for aid agencies to reach those most affected, she added. - 'Deadly threat' - More than 50,000 people are sheltering in over 50 temporary accommodation centres across the country. Tule appealed for urgent reinforcements at those centres, saying they were running short of treated water and fuel for boats. The government was facing a significant funding shortfall of more than $100 million for humanitarian operations, spokesman Inocencio Impissa told reporters. The strain is compounding an already fragile humanitarian landscape, the UN said. Children's agency UNICEF said January's exceptionally heavy rains had "triggered a rapidly escalating emergency across vast swathes of Mozambique, particularly in the south". "The flooding that we're seeing is not just destroying homes, schools, health centres and roads," said UNICEF spokesman Guy Taylor. "It's really turning unsafe water, disease outbreaks and malnutrition into a deadly threat for children. "The fact that Mozambique is now entering into its annual cyclone season creates the risk of a double crisis." Taylor said disruption to food supplies and health services "threatens to push the most vulnerable children into a dangerous spiral". "What happens in the coming days will really determine not only how many survive this emergency but how many can recover, how many can return to school and rebuild their futures," he said. The latest deluge is already among the worst Mozambique has seen in years, and officials fear the toll could climb further with more heavy rain forecast. A countrywide red?alert warning, the highest level, has been issued over the weather. In 2000, devastating floods brought on by Cyclone Eline killed around 800 people and displaced hundreds of thousands. Mozambique floods causing spiralling emergency: UN
Geneva (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 - Severe flooding in Mozambique has triggered a rapidly escalating emergency that is already affecting more than half a million people, the United Nations warned on Tuesday.

"The numbers keep rising as extensive flooding continues and dams keep releasing water to avoid bursting," said Paola Emerson, head of Mozambique operations at the UN humanitarian agency OCHA.

Heavy rains and storms have battered Mozambique and neighbouring South Africa for weeks, claiming at least 150 lives, authorities in those countries have said.

"The situation remains fluid and dangerous," Emerson told a press conference in Geneva.

The damage to roads and infrastructure is making it hard for aid agencies to reach the worst-affected people, she said.

She was speaking from the city of Xai-Xai, around 200 kilometres (125 miles) northeast of the capital Maputo and in the Limpopo River basin.

Nearly 5,000 kilometres of roads had been damaged across nine provinces, including the main artery linking Maputo to the rest of the country, she said.

More than 50,000 people are sheltering in over 50 temporary accommodation centres.

The agency called for additional funding.

"This flooding emergency comes on top of massive conflict-related displacement in northern Mozambique that has depleted stocks," Emerson explained.

"This latest disaster is a stark reminder of Mozambique's vulnerability to the convergence of multiple shocks -- including conflict, drought, cyclones in recent years and now severe flooding."

- Crocodile threat -

Several rivers have burst their banks and swallowed entire neighbourhoods, raising risk of crocodiles entering communities, notably in Xai-Xai.

"The crocodiles that are in the Limpopo river, in this case, are able to get into... urban or populated areas that are now submerged under water," she said.

UN children's agency UNICEF said January's exceptionally heavy rains had "triggered a rapidly escalating emergency across vast swathes of Mozambique, particularly in the south".

"The flooding that we're seeing is not just destroying homes, schools, health centres and roads," said UNICEF spokesman Guy Taylor.

"It's really turning unsafe water, disease outbreaks and malnutrition into a deadly threat for children.

"The fact that Mozambique is now entering into its annual cyclone season creates the risk of a double crisis."

Taylor said disruption to food supplies and health services "threatens to push the most vulnerable children into a dangerous spiral".

"What happens in the coming days will really determine not only how many survive this emergency but how many can recover, how many can return to school and rebuild their futures," he said.

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