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Cyclone Gabrielle has left thousands of homes flooded and without power on New Zealand's North Island, just weeks after flooding killed four people.
High winds and heavy rain lash New Zealand as the severe tropical storm Gabrielle swept away roads, inundated homes and left tens of thousands of residents without power. New Zealand has declared a national state of emergency and officials call it an "unprecedented weather event". IMAGES
The migrant crisis is surging once again in Italy. 31 thousand people have either been rescued or landed on Italy's shores since the start of the year. That's four times more than the same period last year and the year before. The government in Rome has just declared a six-month state of emergency. And like many Italian prime ministers before her, Georgia Meloni has been unable to convince the rest of the EU to help. FRANCE 24's Seema Gupta is in Southern Italy. She tells us more on why the Italian government declared the state of emergency now.
The US President issued an emergency declaration on Sunday, releasing funds for areas of Mississippi hardest hit by the deadly tornado.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declares a three-month state of emergency in 10 southeastern provinces hit by a major earthquake that has claimed at least 5,000 lives in Turkey and Syria. "We have decided to declare a state of emergency to ensure that our (rescue and recovery) work can be carried out quickly," Erdogan says in televised remarks.
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