Blantyre, Malawi – Mozambique and Malawi were on Monday counting the cost of tropical storm Freddy, which ripped through southern Africa for the second time in a month over the weekend, leaving a trail of destruction and killing at least 17 people. Freddy is one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the southern hemisphere and…
UNITED NATIONS (AP) The United Nations chief warned Tuesday that global sea levels have risen faster since 1900 and their relentless increase puts countries like Bangladesh, China, India and the Netherlands at risk and acutely endangers nearly 900 million people living in low-lying coastal areas. In a grim speech to the Security Council’s first-ever…