Flash floods kill 17 as Turkey reels from multiple disasters
by Dmitry ZAKS ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) -- Turkish rescuers distributed food and relocated thousands of people into student dormitories Thursday…
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Turkish hospital, villagers evacuated in flash floods
ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) -- Turkish rescuers evacuated a regional hospital on Wednesday and plucked stranded villagers off rooftops as flash…
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Floods in Sudan damage thousands of homes
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) -- Thousands of homes have been damaged in Sudan after torrential rains caused heavy flooding, with many…
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Thousands evacuated as floods hit North Korea: state TV
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- More than a thousand homes were damaged and about 5,000 people evacuated in North Korea…
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Sixteen more killed, dozens rescued in India’s monsoon deluge
KOLKATA, India (AFP) -- At least 16 people have been killed and a quarter of a million people displaced from…
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Death toll in central China floods rises to 302, dozens still missing
by Beiyi SEOW BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The death toll from floods in central China last month is at least…
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20 dead, 300,000 stranded in flood-hit Bangladesh region
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AFP) -- Monsoon floods and landslides have cut off more than 300,000 people in villages across southeast…
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20 dead, 300,000 stranded in flood-hit Bangladesh region
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AFP) -- Monsoon floods and landslides have cut off more than 300,000 people in villages across…
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Flood-hit Belgians struggle to get over ‘nightmares’
by Anne-Laure MONDESERT TROOZ, Belgium It has been two weeks since the torrents of water trapped Nadia Neqrat on the…
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Death toll from Henan floods rises to 71 as China braces for more rain
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The death toll from floods in central China's Henan province rose to 71 on Tuesday as…
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India begins landslide, flood clean-up as deadly monsoon rains ease
MUMBAI, India (AFP) -- Rescuers waded through waist-deep mud in western India Monday to reach injured residents and start a…
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Villagers flee fresh floods in central China as typhoon approaches
by Laurie Chen with Ludovic Ehret in Xinxiang ZHENGZHOU, China (AFP) -- Villagers were evacuated over makeshift bridges Friday as…
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