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14 hours ago
World news

Israel to close last remaining route from southern Gaza to the north as it continues offensive on Gaza City Middle East crisis live

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14 hours ago
World news

Israel to close last remaining route from southern Gaza to the north as it continues offensive on Gaza City Middle East crisis live

#wildfires
#gaza-city
Public health
fromwww.theguardian.com
17 hours ago

Will my baby be born in a tent? Will it have food?': what it's like to be pregnant in Gaza

A pregnant woman in Gaza faces severe malnutrition, a high-risk pregnancy, displacement, and lack of healthcare and food, fearing death or loss of her baby amid ongoing conflict.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 day ago

23 people displaced, 2 pets dead after fire at Toronto apartment building | CBC News

A late-night apartment fire displaced 23 residents, hospitalized five people, and killed two pets; investigators are determining the cause.
US news
fromBoston.com
3 days ago

Webster man indicted, arrested for allegedly setting Southbridge fire that displaced 12 families

Gerardo Cruz-Rivera, 34, was indicted and arrested for allegedly setting a Nov. 13 fire that destroyed two multi-family homes and displaced 12 families.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.aljazeera.com
5 days ago

Taking Back Our Homes

Tourism-driven conversion of housing into holiday lets has nearly doubled rents and displaced locals, creating a widespread housing and homelessness crisis in Spanish tourist hotspots.
Real estate
from48 hills
6 days ago

New study shows why Lurie's zoning plan will never make housing affordable - 48 hills

San Francisco built too much market-rate housing unaffordable to most residents and underproduced affordable housing, contributing to gentrification and displacement.
#gaza-conflict
Public health
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Pakistan floods spark cholera fears amid other rising health risks

Cholera risk is rising in Pakistan because catastrophic floods, displacement, and contaminated water strain sanitation and healthcare, demanding immediate clean water and hygiene interventions.
California
fromKqed
1 week ago

What California Can Learn From Germany's Holocaust Reparations Program | KQED

Russell City was bulldozed in the 1960s under eminent domain after services were denied, displacing over 1,000 predominantly Black, Latino, and poor white residents.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Northern Ireland at risk of race riot permacrisis', government files warn

Northern Ireland faces a permacrisis from recurring race riots and may need to use military bases to shelter people burnt out of their homes, government documents reveal. Officials fear the region faces prolonged instability and that a single incident, local or international, could spark widespread disorder. The stark warnings say some displaced families have gone off-grid for security and that authorities may struggle to provide safe emergency accommodation if renewed unrest erupts.
UK politics
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#boko-haram
#earthquake
NYC real estate
fromCity Limits
2 weeks ago

Opinion: The David vs. Goliath Battle Over Public Land in Chelsea

Related Companies plans to demolish Chelsea NYCHA campuses to build high-rises and majority market-rate units, displacing thousands of public housing residents.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Syria, Jordan, US unveil plan to restore security in Suwayda after violence

The roadmap for a solution in Suwayda includes holding accountable those who attacked civilians, continuing humanitarian and medical aid, compensating those affected, ensuring the return of displaced persons, restoring basic services, deploying local Interior Ministry forces to protect roads, uncovering the fate of missing persons and returning abductees, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani said in a news release on Tuesday after meeting with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi and US Syria's envoy Tom Barrack in Damascus.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Airstrikes, banditry, drones and a ban on girls' education: four teachers on educating students amid conflict

I had just started teaching at a school in the Bekaa valley when war broke out in September 2024. Within days, an Israeli bomb tore through my family home. One minute we were eating lunch, the next the walls were collapsing around us and on to my car outside. I had spent three years saving for that Honda Civic, so when I saw it destroyed, I broke down in tears.
Education
#sudan
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago
World news

Father reunited with family in Sudan after Al Jazeera news report

Shamoun Idris reunited with his wife Fatma and their children after months of separation caused by fighting in Khartoum and subsequent displacement.
fromwww.npr.org
4 weeks ago
US news

As many as 1,000 killed in Sudan landslide

A massive landslide in Jebel Marra, Darfur, destroyed Tarseen and killed up to 1,000 displaced, starving residents who had fled conflict and famine.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

India's Modi visits Manipur state two years after ethnic clashes

Manipur has suffered deadly Meitei–Kuki ethnic violence since May 2023, displacing tens of thousands and prompting central intervention, major development projects, and political change.
San Francisco
from48 hills
2 weeks ago

Planning Commission passes Lurie plan over strong community opposition - 48 hills

A proposed zoning change would increase density in San Francisco, provoking broad community opposition over displacement, infrastructure funding, labor standards, and privatization of public land.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Show of humiliation' as Israeli army lays siege to West Bank's Tulkarem

Israeli forces sealed Tulkarem, conducting mass arrests, home raids, and forced displacement amid settlement expansion and intensified military operations in the West Bank and Gaza.
fromLos Angeles Times
2 weeks ago

Pali High football: A team of wildfire nomads searches for normalcy

Twenty-four days after the worst wildfire in L.A. history burned their stadium, members of the Palisades Charter High School football team stretched and twisted on a middle school field in Santa Monica. To the north, a sickly orange haze hung along the horizon, a reminder of the inferno that had reduced parts of their school to a ragged tangle of charred masonry, metal and wood. About 10 players had lost their homes in the Palisades fire.
California
#lesnes-estate
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago
London politics

The Clockwork Orange estate residents staying put

Remaining Lesnes Estate residents resist Peabody-led redevelopment, refusing to relocate and accusing developers and council of displacing them.
fromwww.standard.co.uk
2 weeks ago
London

Pure evil': Residents resist eviction as iconic Thamesmead estate faces demolition

Remaining Lesnes Estate residents resist Peabody redevelopment, citing displacement, community loss, and mortgage insecurity while council-approved demolition proceeds.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

The Colombian coastal village reinventing itself as seas rise

Buenaventura is the most important port on Colombia's Pacific coast, handling about 40% of the country's foreign trade and acting as the gateway to the Uramba Bahia Malaga national natural park. Every year, tens of thousands of tourists arrive there, heading to the village of Juanchaco or the beaches of Ladrilleros and La Barra. But the coast around Juanchaco, in the Valle del Cauca department, is experiencing accelerated erosion that has already left damaged streets, collapsed homes and a local economy exposed to the elements.
Environment
from48 hills
3 weeks ago

Opposition grows to Lurie's zoning plan that would transform San Francisco - 48 hills

we will not leave rent-controlled units and small businesses behind.
Real estate
New York City
fromTime Out New York
3 weeks ago

Long Island City rezoning plans could mean 4,000+ affordable new homes in the neighborhood

OneLIC would add nearly 15,000 apartments including about 4,300 income-restricted units, plus commercial space and jobs, while critics fear displacement and insufficient affordability.
fromIrish Independent
3 weeks ago

Israeli military's evacuation order sparks panic in Gaza City, as they threaten 'mighty hurricane' unless Hamas returns hostages

Residents of the city of one million Palestinians have been expecting an onslaught for weeks, since the Israeli government devised a plan to deal Hamas a fatal blow in what it says are the militant group's last remaining strongholds. "I say to the residents of Gaza, take this opportunity and listen to me carefully: you have been warned - get out of there!" Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago

Iraq's rivers are drying: A nation faces water collapse

Farmers and experts warn Iraq's historic rivers are vanishing, threatening survival, identity and stability. Iraq, once known as Mesopotamia, the Land of the Two Rivers, is facing its worst water crisis in living memory. The Tigris and Euphrates lifelines of agriculture and civilisation for millennia are running dry. Climate change, upstream dams and decades of mismanagement have turned fertile land into dust, forcing families from their homes and threatening national stability.
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fromwww.npr.org
3 weeks ago

Israel is blasting through Gaza City neighborhoods, but people have nowhere to go

Israeli forces claim operational control of 40% of Gaza City, intensifying a large-scale offensive and calling up 60,000 reservists to occupy the urban center.
#afghanistan-earthquake
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago

In besieged Sudan city, civilians face death if they try to escape

RSF siege and atrocities in North Darfur force civilians to pay extortion, face detention, killings and sexual violence, and prompt residents to take up arms.
SF music
fromKqed
4 weeks ago

'Postcard Memories' Reminds Us That Home Is a Feeling | KQED

DIY artist Window merges mixed-media art, prop design, and music, using a handmade papier-mâché head and postcards as a metaphor for home and displacement.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 weeks ago

If they had killed me, it would have been better'

Islam's* life was changed forever by an air strike in November 2023. The young woman from el-Geneina, Sudan, had been preparing for her exams when a strike landed directly on her family's home. Now, sitting in one of the countless straw structures in a sprawling refugee camp in Adre just over the border in eastern Chad, Islam, 22, sobs as she recalls what happened to her.
World news
#hurricane-katrina
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1 month ago
California

Katrina Survivors in Bay Area Reflect on Loss, Resilience 20 Years Later | KQED

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1 month ago
California

Katrina Survivors in Bay Area Reflect on Loss, Resilience 20 Years Later | KQED

fromSFGATE
4 weeks ago

Pennsylvania's Data Boom: 5 Key Takeaways Homeowners Should Know

Pennsylvania is positioning itself as a hub for data centers, attracting billions in investments and creating job opportunities in AI and advanced manufacturing sectors. The state's favorable conditions for data centers, such as cheap energy and a skilled workforce, are drawing tech projects like Project Gravity to the area. Pennsylvania's zoning laws have hindered the development of data centers and residential housing, contributing to rising home prices and rents.
Real estate
Washington DC
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

They're Some of the Country's Most Vulnerable Citizens-and Trump's Newest Target

Federalization of D.C. police and National Guard deployment forced encampment clearances, displaced at least 20 people, and caused fear and uncertainty among people experiencing homelessness.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Two million impacted as Pakistan's Punjab faces worst floods in its history

Residents in eastern Punjab have also experienced abnormal amounts of rain, as well as cross-border flooding after India released water from swollen rivers and its overflowing dams into Pakistan's low-lying regions. This is the biggest flood in the history of the Punjab. The flood has affected two million people. It's the first time that the three rivers Sutlej, Chenab, and Ravi have carried such high levels of water, the senior minister for the province, Marriyum Aurangzeb, told a press conference on Sunday.
World news
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Pakistan's Punjab evacuates half a million people stranded by floods

Heavy monsoon rains swelled three rivers in Punjab, displacing about 481,000 people, affecting over 1.5 million, and triggering the province's largest-ever rescue operation.
Environment
fromwww.nature.com
1 month ago

These Giant Cracks Are Swallowing CitiesAnd No One's Stopping Them

Gigantic gullies are expanding across African cities, displacing hundreds of thousands due to sandy soils, inadequate drainage, heavy rains, and human factors.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

United Nations says children make up 50 percent of gang members in Haiti

Children now make up about half of Haiti's gang members, with child recruitment and grave violations rising sharply amid expanding gang control.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Behind Pakistan's repeated floods: Melting glaciers, depleted forests

Deforestation and glacial melting are the two leading causes compounding the climate crisis in the north of Pakistan. It was a routine day, and 26-year-old Muntazer Mehdi had performed his mid-afternoon prayers. Then, after lunch, the mountains started growling. The tailor, who lived in Chogogrung village at the foothills of the Siachen glacier the world's second-largest non-polar glacier knew what he had to do: Run.
Environment
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