Climate change, population threaten ‘staggering’ US flood losses by 2050
by Kelly MACNAMARA Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) - Climate change is on track to ramp up the annual cost of…
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Deadly storm Ana strands tens of thousands in southern Africa
by Jack McBrams with Aunicio DA SILVA in Nampula Agence France-Presse LILONGWE, Malawi (AFP) - Torrential rains from deadly Tropical…
4 years ago
Malaysian floods caused $1.4 bn in losses: government
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Devastating floods that hit Malaysia in recent weeks caused about $1.4 billion in losses,…
4 years ago
Workers in Peru race to reopen Machu Picchu after floods
PERU (AFP) - Teams of workers raced Wednesday to clear mud and debris from the only transport access to the…
4 years ago
Eight killed in southern Iran floods: state media
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- At least eight people have been killed in flash flooding in Iran's south due to heavy…
4 years ago
24,000 evacuated, two dead in Indonesian floods
LHOK, SUKON, Indonesia (AFP) -- About 24,000 people have been evacuated and two children killed in floods on Indonesia's Sumatra…
4 years ago
Death toll from Brazil flooding rises to 20
ITAPETINGA, Brazil (AFP) -- The death toll from heavy rain and flooding that has plagued the northeastern Brazilian state of…
4 years ago
Brazil flooding death toll mounts, thousands more displaced
SALVADOR, Brazil (AFP) - The death toll from heavy rains that have battered the Brazilian state of Bahia since November…
4 years ago
Malaysia floods death toll rises to 27
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- The death toll from Malaysia's worst floods in years rose to 27 on Wednesday,…
5 years ago
Floods claim second victim in Spain
MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- The body of a man was pulled from a van trapped in floodwaters in northern Spain…
5 years ago
Australia fights bushfires in west, floods in east
MAGARET RIVER, Australia (AFP) -- Australia battled twin natural disasters Friday, with bushfires cutting through a picturesque west coast region,…
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Rising seas blamed as flooding hits Pacific islands
MAJURO, Marshall Islands (AFP) -- Island nations in the South Pacific were cleaning up Wednesday after storms and tidal surges…
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