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The Microsoft outage is still heavily impacting Delta Airlines, leading to hundreds more cancellations each day and numerous delays. Check out the full, updated article on YNH Travel here.
On another note, at least 229 people are dead after two deadly landslides in Ethiopia recently, and the death toll could rise further.
The first landslide struck on Monday morning on a hillside above a village in southern Ethiopia's Gofa Zone following heavy rains, and as people rushed to help, another one hit an hour later. The initial death toll was found to be around 50, but that number quickly rose past 150 and now 229 as search and rescue crews found more bodies. Not too many people were killed in the first landslide, which collapsed onto multiple homes, but the second one was deadly due to the large number of people and rescuers who had gathered to investigate the situation and start searching for possible survivors. It also happened extremely quickly and with no early warning signs, and only around 20 people were able to escape safely. The landslides were also quite deadly, as only 10 victims managed to survive being hit by the massive cascade of mud and rock.
Aid has been sent by the World Health Organization, according to leader Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who is Ethiopian as well, to help out survivors in critical condition. Rescue crews are digging on to find any more bodies or survivors, and more forces have been sent to the area by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Unfortunately, the efforts have been hindered by more rains, and since the area is so remote, no heavy machinery can be brought to help out-- forcing everyone to dig by hand.
Ethiopia and most of East Africa is one of the regions of the world that is most at risk from the effects of climate change, and more natural disasters are occurring there every year. They range from droughts to extreme rains, as East Africa is heavily affected by La Niña and El Niño, which bring drier, arid conditions and much wetter conditions, respectively. The region is also strongly affected by the Indian Ocean Dipole, which brings warmer, wetter conditions to East Africa during its positive phase and drought during the negative phase. Scientists currently do not know whether climate change has any impact on El Niño, but they have discovered that the IOD is weakening as a human-imposed effect. Currently, Earth is in a neutral phase for both weather patterns, but La Niña is expected to develop further in the coming months.
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