Canada rail, road links cut by floods, mudslides reestablished
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- Vital road and rail links between Vancouver and the rest of Canada that were severed by…
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Military joins rescue efforts in flood-devastated western Canada
by with Michel COMTE in Ottawa / Philip MCLACHLAN ABBOTSFORD, Canada (AFP) -- Canada's military on Thursday joined rescue efforts…
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Canada death toll set to rise as floods ravage Pacific coast
by Don MacKinnon with Michel Comte in Ottawa ABBOTSFORD, Canada (AFP) -- Canada is sending the military to help evacuate…
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Canada sends military to flood-ravaged Pacific coast
by Michel COMTE OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- Canada is sending the military to help evacuate and support communities hit by…
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One dead in mudslides that cut off Vancouver from rest of Canada
by Michel COMTE OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- Police said Tuesday at least one person has died in torrential rains that…
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Landslides, floods kill at least 25 in southwest India
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India (AFP) -- At least 25 people have died in landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains in southwestern…
5 years ago
Death toll in Philippines storm rises to 19
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) -- The death toll from a storm that triggered landslides and flash floods across the Philippines has…
5 years ago
15 dead after heavy rain, floods in China coal region
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- At least 15 people have died during unseasonably heavy rain and flooding in north China's Shanxi…
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Thouands evacuated and coal mines shuttered as floods hit north China
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- More than 120,000 people have been evacuated, coal mines shut and crops destroyed after unseasonably heavy…
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Fires, floods, flying insects: 10 recent climate-fuelled disasters
by Natalie HANDEL PARIS, France (AFP) -- From a summer of fire and record floods, to freak frosts and locusts…
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Thai flood victims ‘start from zero’ after killer storm
LOPBURI, Thailand (AFP) -- Watching his fridge float across the kitchen and bed disappear underwater was not how Samran Buachumsuk…
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Bangkok on alert as 70,000 homes flooded in Thailand
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Thai authorities on Tuesday rushed to protect parts of Bangkok from floodwaters that have already inundated…
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