Pope Francis prays for Nigeria, where devastating floods have killed over 600 people and displaced 1.4 million and have caused tremendous damage to property and critical infrastructure.
As the people of Bihar, India's third largest state, reel under the twin misfortunes of post COVID-19 instability and the onslaught of floods caused by heavy monsoons, the social action centers of the Archdiocese of Patna are on a mission of giving aid to the most affected.
The disasters, caused by two days of heavy rain due to the Seroja tropical cyclone, hit 12 cities and districts in the province on Easter Sunday, killing at least 128 people, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency.
Mental health aid should be included in all disaster response activities and plans. This was the call made by the general manager of Church-run Radio Veritas Asia in the wake of the series of disasters that displaced thousands of people in the northern part of the Philippines in recent weeks.
Nearly four million people in India’s northeastern state of Assam and neighboring Nepal have been displaced by heavy flooding from monsoon rains, with dozens missing as deaths rose to at least 189, government officials said on July 19.
