VerifiedMayotte14 December 2024
Cyclone Chido, Mayotte, 2024
The strongest cyclone to hit Mayotte in 90 years flattened informal settlements across France's poorest territory.
- Tropical storm
- Tropical storm, LIC
- Informal settlement
Edition
9 August 2026
1 card published, 2 brought back from the library
Published in this edition
1 card
Brought back from the library
2 cards
Quiet news days are filled from the archive rather than padded with weak examples, so these are older library cards rather than news from 9 August 2026.
VerifiedLesothoLibraryResurfaced
The Lesotho Highlands Water Project
A huge water transfer scheme selling highland Lesotho's water to South Africa's cities, bringing royalties, power and displacement.
- Water management
VerifiedUnited KingdomLibraryResurfaced
Stratford and the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
The 2012 Games rebuilt polluted industrial land in east London into a park, homes and jobs, though not everyone gained.
- Urban regeneration
- Major UK city
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