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Three missing, 4,000 evacuated in heavy Japan rains

  TOKYO, July 26, 2024 (AFP) - At least three people were missing in Japan on Friday after heavy rains…

18 Filipino seafarers saved after abandoning ship in stormy South African waters

JOHANNESBURG, July 9, 2024 (AFP) - Strong winds and heavy rains have damaged buildings and left thousands of people homeless…

Parts of northern Europe clean up after floods

By Iris Maria Maurer, with Sam Reeves in Frankfurt KLEINBLITTERSDORF, May 18, 2024 (AFP) - German emergency workers on Saturday…

Thousands flee flooding in Russian Urals region of Orenburg

ORENBURG, Russia, April 13, 2024 (AFP) - Russian emergency services on Saturday said they had evacuated thousands of people from…

Kremlin warns floods may worsen as Kazakhstan, Russia evacuate 100,000

Water levels on rivers in Russia and Kazakhstan continued to rise and flood whole villages and cities on Wednesday, with…

Kazakhstan and Russia battle huge floods

ASTANA, Kazakhstan, April 9, 2024 (AFP) - Water levels in overflowing rivers were still rising on Tuesday in swathes of…

Russia evacuates almost 4,500 people after dam burst

MOSCOW, April 6, 2024 (AFP) - Russia on Saturday said it had evacuated almost 4,500 people in the Orenburg region…

Dozens injured in Seychelles blast at explosives depot

MAHE ISLAND, Seychelles, Dec 7, 2023 (AFP) - A huge blast at an explosives depot in Seychelles on Thursday injured…

Rescuers recover last body from flooded S. Korean tunnel

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Rescue workers recovered the last body and ended search operations at a flooded underpass in…

Three dead, thousands displaced following Cuba storms

HAVANA, June 13, 2023 (AFP) -- Three people have died and thousands have been evacuated after heavy rains pummeled eastern…

More than 500 people evacuated after Ecuador floods

ESMERALDAS, Ecuador, June 5, 2023 (AFP) -- More than 500 people were evacuated from their homes in northern Ecuador on…

Italy floods kill at least two

CESENA, Italy, May 17, 2023 (AFP) - Floods caused by heavy rains in Italy's northern Emilia Romagna region have killed…

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