Two dead as Japan orders 870,000 to flee heavy rains
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Two people were confirmed dead on Wednesday as heavy rains pounded southwest Japan, prompting flood and…
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Japan orders 240,000 to evacuate over flood, landslide fears
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japanese authorities on Wednesday issued a rare evacuation order for 240,000 people in the country's…
7 years ago
9 killed, scores missing after SW China hit by mudslides
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Nine people have died and 35 are still missing after a series of mudslides in…
7 years ago
Fresh flood alert in southern India, 209 dead
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India issued Wednesday a fresh flood alert for parts of the southern state of…
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Crocodiles hunt in flooded Indian city
VADODARA, India (AFP) -- Crocodiles hunted dogs in the flooded streets of the Indian city of Vadodara after it was…
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12 killed as flooding paralyses Pakistan’s Karachi
KARACHI, Pakistan (AFP) -- At least 12 people were killed as monsoon rains lashed Pakistan's port city of Karachi, officials…
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Bangladesh flood death toll surpasses 100
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- The death toll from monsoon storms in Bangladesh rose above 100 Friday with flood levels…
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Monsoon toll tops 650 as rains unleash flood fury in South Asia
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- Severe floods and lightning have claimed the lives of more than 650 people across India,…
7 years ago
Monsoon rains wreaking flood havoc across South Asia
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- Torrential monsoon rains swept away homes and triggered landslides across South Asia, affecting millions of…
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Fourteen killed in building collapse as monsoon batters South Asia
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- Fourteen people were killed when a building collapsed in northern India following heavy monsoon rains…
7 years ago
At least 50 dead in Nepal’s monsoon
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) -- Floods and landslides caused by torrential monsoon rains have killed at least 50 people across Nepal…
7 years ago
Paraguay floodwaters force thousands to evacuate homes
by Hugo OLAZAR NANAWA, Paraguay (AFP) -- Like 70,000 people living close to the broken banks of the Paraguay River,…
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