Floods

Floods force evacuations on New Zealand’s South Island

WELLINGTON, Sept 22, 2023 (AFP) - New Zealand emergency officials have ordered about 100 people to evacuate in the tourist…

Floods wiped out quarter of Greek farm produce: experts

ATHENS, Sept 15, 2023 (AFP) - A quarter of Greece's annual agricultural production was wiped out in last week's deadly…

Devastation unleashed: Libya’s Derna counts the dead as flood toll climbs

DERNA, Libya, Sept 13, 2023 (AFP) - Libya's devastated eastern city of Derna was counting its dead on Wednesday with…

10,000 missing in Libya storm floods, death toll ‘huge’: Red Cross

GENEVA, Sept 12, 2023 (AFP) - The death toll from freak floods in eastern Libya is expected to soar dramatically,…

Rescues underway in flood-hit Greek towns as toll rises to 11

PALAMAS KARDITSA, Greece, Sept 9, 2023 (AFP) - Firefighters backed by the army were rescuing hundreds of people Saturday in…

Two dead, three missing as torrential rains lash Spain

MADRID, Sept 4, 2023 (AFP) - Two people died and three were missing on Monday after heavy rains lashed drought-hit…

Saudi storm brings lightning, fierce winds to Mecca

RIYADH, Aug 23, 2023 (AFP) - Fierce storms closed schools Wednesday in Saudi Arabia's Mecca region, home to Islam's the…

Around 100,000 people evacuated due to floods in Pakistan

KASUR, Pakistan, Aug 23, 2023 (AFP) - Families waded through water and cattle were loaded onto boats in a mass…

Tropical storm Hilary unleashes chaos; heavy rains and 5.1 magnitude quake shake southern California

LOS ANGELES, Aug 21, 2023 (AFP) - Heavy rains lashed California on Sunday as Tropical Storm Hilary raced in from…

Death toll from heavy rain in north India rises to almost 60

DEHRADUN, India, Aug 14, 2023 (AFP) - At least 58 people were killed, nine of them in a temple collapse,…

Three killed as floods, landslides caused by heavy rains hit Slovenia

LJUBLJANA, Aug 4, 2023 (AFP) - Three people have died after floods and landslides caused by heavy rains cut off…

Death toll rises to 30 in northern China floods

BEIJING, Aug 5, 2023 (AFP) - At least 10 people were killed in floods in a city near Beijing, officials…

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