Fierce heatwave hits Japan flood recovery
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A blistering heatwave smothered swathes of flood-hit western Japan Monday, hampering clean-up efforts as survivors and…
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Japan rains disaster toll rises to 199: government
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- The toll in record rains that have devastated parts of Japan rose Thursday to 199, with dozens…
8 years ago
Japan PM to meet stranded evacuees in flood disaster zone; death toll rises to 179
by Hiroshi Hiyama Agence France-Presse KURASHIKI, Japan (AFP) - Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe headed Wednesday to one of the…
8 years ago
UPDATED: Japan rescuers go house to house as flood toll hits 156
by Hiroshi Hiyama Agence France-Presse KURASHIKI, Japan (AFP) -- Rescue workers carried out house-to-house searches Tuesday in the increasingly unlikely…
8 years ago
Landslide warnings as Japan digs through rain devastation
by Hiroshi Hiyama Agence France-Presse Desperate relatives braced for bad news Monday as rescuers dug through landslides in the wake…
8 years ago
Official death toll from record Japan rains rises to 75
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- The toll in record rains that have devastated parts of Japan rose to 75 on Monday,…
8 years ago
Mobile app on traffic, flood reports in Metro Manila to be developed soon; target launch this December, says MMDA
By Phoebe Salvador Eagle News Service (Eagle News) -- A mobile application on traffic reports, flood alerts, and disaster and…
8 years ago
Search for survivors as Kenya burst dam toll reaches 44
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) -- The search for survivors after a dam burst its banks in central Kenya resumed Friday with…
8 years ago
At least 32 dead as Kenya dam bursts after torrential rains
by Fran Blandy Agence France Presse NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) -- At least 32 people died after a dam burst in…
8 years ago
Search for Taiwan quake victims ends as toll rises to 17
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) -- Rescuers Sunday ended their search of a Taiwan building partially toppled by a 6.4-magnitude earthquake as…
8 years ago
Search for Taiwan quake victims ends as toll rises to 17
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) -- Rescuers Sunday ended their search of a Taiwan building partially toppled by a 6.4-magnitude earthquake as…
8 years ago
‘Youngest and brightest’ lost in Pacific ferry disaster
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- Many children and teenagers are among those missing after a ferry sank in the remote…
8 years ago
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