Aid arrives as Libya copes with flooding aftermath
A week after a wall of water rushed through the Libyan city of Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths, the ...
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Death toll from Libya floods rises to 11,300 in Derna: UN
The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Libya's eastern city of Derna has climbed to 11,300, the United Nations said ...
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At least 2,300 dead in Libya floods ‘calamity’, thousands missing
Benghazi, Libya - At least 2,300 people were killed in Libya and thousands more were reported missing after catastrophic flash ...
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Rushing rivers
People are rescued and evacuated Tuesday by boat during flooding in Kucukcekmece district in Istanbul, a major port and largest ...
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Typhoon ‘Hanna’, monsoon keep Luzon inundated
STILL INUNDATED. Portions of Araneta Avenue in Barangay Tatalon, Quezon City remain submerged in waist-deep floods after a heavy downpour ...
Read moreTremor jolts town as ‘Hilary’ bears down on California
LOS ANGELES, United States—Heavy rains lashed California on Sunday (Monday in Manila) as Tropical Storm Hilary raced in from Mexico, ...
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Managing a 12-km traffic jam
“The motoring public are paying good money to the freeway concessioners and certainly deserve better service” The flooding on both ...
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SMC says Bulacan floods long-time problem, not caused by airport project
SAN Miguel Corp. on Wednesday dismissed allegations that its Bulacan Airport Project is the cause of flooding in the province. ...
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Bonoan: Most gov’t flood projects started last year will completed on time
Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan assured the public that most of the government’s flood control projects implemented last year will ...
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Senator Grace Poe wants investigation into NLEX flooding issue
Commuters heading north were subjected to hours of traffic for only a few meters of flooding. Sen. Grace Poe has ...
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