Australia orders 200,000 to flee floods
As wild storm front kills 13 Australia’s emergency services Thursday ordered 200,000 people to flee from the path of a ...
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Heavy rain triggers floods, landslides in western Japan
More than a million people were urged to seek shelter as torrential rain triggered floods and landslides in western Japan ...
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Monsoon floods leave thousands stranded in India
The Indian Navy and Air Force joined rescue efforts in the western state of Maharashtra on Friday after heavy monsoon ...
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Cities fail to adapt to climate change, millions at risk – CDP
PARIS—Hundreds of cities have no climate adaptation plans in place despite rising threats like floods, heatwaves and pollution, according to ...
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Severe tropical storm Rolly now inside PAR
State weather bureau Pagasa said severe tropical storm Goni has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility Thursday afternoon. The severe ...
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’Pepito’ dumps heavy rain, flooding areas across PH
Tropical depression “Pepito” on Tuesday developed into a tropical storm that threatened Aurora province. FLOODS ACROSS PH. A hut in ...
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Dozens killed as south China hit by floods and rainstorms
Floods and mudslides in south China have uprooted hundreds of thousands of people and left dozens dead or missing, state ...
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Torrential rain kills 21 Brazilians
Sao Paulo–At least 21 people have been killed in torrential rain that hit the Brazilian states of Sao Paulo and ...
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Residents sue over deadly disaster
Jakarta"•Jakarta’s governor has been hit with a lawsuit filed by residents of the sprawling city after torrential rain sparked floods ...
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Indonesia floods leave 23 dead, several missing
Jakarta"•Indonesia’s disaster agency warned Thursday of more deaths after torrential rain pounded the Jakarta region, triggering floods and landslides that ...
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