Australia’s ‘Big Wet’ eases, but thousands still isolated
by Andrew LEESON WINDSOR, Australia (AFP) -- Rescue teams raced emergency supplies to flood-hit Australians Wednesday, as trapped residents waited…
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Fresh deluge worsens ‘one in 100 year’ Australia floods
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) Torrential rain lashed Australia's south east again Monday, worsening once-in-a-century flooding that has forced thousands of…
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Thousands ordered to evacuate as floods hit Sydney
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Thousands of people in Sydney's outer suburbs were ordered to evacuate Sunday, as Australia's east coast…
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Floods and volcanic ashfall affect thousands in Ecuador
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Floods and ashfall from rumbling volcano Sangay have destroyed around 60,000 hectares (150,000 acres) of…
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Indian rescuers try drilling from above into disaster tunnel
by Jalees ANDRABI Agence France-Presse INDIA (AFP) — Indian rescuers began drilling from above a debris-filled tunnel Thursday in a…
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‘Run!’: India glacier disaster survivors recount tunnel escape
by Jalees Andrabi and Aishwarya Kumar in Kochi Agence France-Presse TAPOVAN, India (AFP) — A whistle turned into a roar…
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Desperate search for survivors after India glacier disaster
by Jalees ANDRABI TAPOVAN, India (AFP) -- Indian rescue workers battled through tonnes of rock and mud Tuesday searching for…
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Batik dye causes blood-red flood in Indonesia
PEKALONGAN, Indonesia (AFP) -- An Indonesian village was inundated by crimson-coloured water after flooding hit a fabric dyeing centre in…
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14 dead, 170 missing after Indian glacier breaks off
by Jalees ANDRABI RISHIKESH, India (AFP) -- Fourteen people were confirmed dead on Monday and at least 170 others were…
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200 missing in India after burst glacier causes flash flooding
by Jalees ANDRABI RISHIKESH, India (AFP) -- At least 200 people are missing in northern India after a piece of…
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Three dead, 150 missing in India river torrent disaster caused by broken glacier
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- Three people were confirmed dead and at least 150 were missing in northern India after…
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Cyclone Eloise leaves hundreds homeless in Mozambique
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AFP) -- A tropical cyclone that hit central Mozambique on the weekend has displaced thousands of people and…
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