Dry Season
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| Initial release | France |
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| Directors | Mahamat-Saleh Haroun |
| Composers | Wasis Diop |
| Cinematography | Abraham Haile Biru |
| Cast | Youssouf Djaoro |
| Ali Bacha Barkaï | |
| Aziza Hisseine | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2219241 |
About Dry Season
A teenager, Atim, is sent to a city by his grandfather to murder a man, Nassara, who had killed Atim's father prior to Atim's birth. But Nassara, who runs a bakery, treats Atim like his own son.
Why Indonesia can't stop crocodile attacks
... Last year s prolonged Dry Season, driven by climate change, dried up the well in front of Sariah s house...
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... Forecasters warned at the time that " the risk of fires during this year s Dry Season is elevated"...
Niger coup: Captive President Bazoum defiant after takeover
... Western influence in the region is shrinking like a water pool in the Dry Season...
Thailand's extreme air pollution: 'I feel sorry for my daughter'
... Thailand s air pollution is an issue year each year in the Dry Season - which typically runs from November to March - mainly due to seasonal burning from farmers clearing their sugarcane and rice fields...
Tropical Storm Megi: Rescuers race to find survivors as death toll rises
... AFP also reported a Baybay official, Marissa Miguel Cano, a public information officer, saying: " It s supposed to be the Dry Season but maybe climate change has upended that...
Drought robs Amazon communities of 'life-giving' river
... " Historically, the Dry Season in the region runs from July to December...
Coronavirus: Thai elephants are threatened by starvation as tourism collapses
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We will 'fight to the death to save the Amazon rain forest
... after a disastrous Dry Season last year, in the fire large parts of the rainforest destroyed, a carbon storage is the key to slowing down the speed of global warming...
Tropical Storm Megi: Rescuers race to find survivors as death toll rises
At least 53 people have died So Far in the Philippines, buried in mudslides and floods after Tropical Storm Megi devastated The Nation .
Rescue crews were still seeking to find survivors in flooded villages on Wednesday, digging through mud and wading through chest-high water.
However the Death Toll from Sunday's Natural Disaster is only expected to climb, officials say.
Villages around Baybay city in the central Leyte province are worse hit.
There, hillside avalanches and overflowing rivers wiped out homes and buried many people alive. The City 's mayor Jose Carlos Cari told news outlet CNN that at least 47 people in the area had been killed.
In one village, Pilar, about 80% of the houses had been Washed Out to sea, a government official told news agency AFP.
Philippines national disaster agency has also reported deaths in the southern Davao Region , Mindanao and in the central Negros Orientals province.
More Than 100,000 people in southern and eastern Philippines islands have been affected by The Storm , authorities say.
Many fled their homes to shelters or Higher Ground on Sunday when The Storm , known locally as Agaton, hit the archipelago with winds of up to 65km (40 miles) per hour.
Pictures posted by the Philippines Coast Guard show rescuers carrying the injured on stretchers through chest-high water and ferrying survivors on rafts down flooded streets.
The Rescue effort has been hampered by constant rain, but conditions had eased somewhat on Tuesday.
It was The First such storm of the Year - the Philippines typically sees an average of 20 each Year .
It Comes about four months after Super Typhoon Rai devastated many of The Nation 's south-east islands in December - Killing at least 375 people and affecting about 500,000 people.
It was the worst storm to hit the Philippines that Year and experts said it had grown stronger far quicker than anticipated.
On Tuesday, a national disaster agency spokesman also said the landslide around Baybay city had extended to areas " outside the danger zone" reported the AFP news agency.
AFP also reported a Baybay official, Marissa Miguel Cano, a public information officer, saying: " It's supposed to be the Dry Season but maybe Climate Change has upended that. "
Scientists say human-caused Climate Change has led to a greater intensity and power in tropical storms. The Philippines has experienced some of its most deadly storms since 2006.
It's been ranked As One of the nations most vulnerable to climate disasters due to its geography.
Source of news: bbc.com
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