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India monsoon death toll climbs to 127, dozens still missing
Jul 25, 2021 (AFP)
The country's western coast has been inundated by torrential rains since Thursday, with the India Meteorological Department warning of further downpours over th...
India monsoon death toll climbs to 159, dozens still missing
Jul 25, 2021 (AFP)
The country's western coast has been inundated by torrential rains since Thursday, with the India Meteorological Department warning of further downpours over th...
Health fears as killer DR Congo volcano spouts ash
Jul 25, 2021 (AFP)
The volcano in the far east of the vast central African country first erupted on May 22, claiming 32 lives and destroying hundreds of homes. "The ash is the res...
Typhoon In-Fa drenches eastern China
Jul 25, 2021 (AFP)
Sea, air and rail traffic had been shut down across a swathe of the coast centered on the major shipping port of Ningbo, where the weakening typhoon rumbled ash...
London roads flood as storms roll in
Jul 25, 2021 (AFP)
Emergency services were battling "significant flooding across London", Mayor Sadiq Khan tweeted, adding that all public transport services were affected and adv...
Villagers flee fresh floods in central China as typhoon approaches
Jul 23, 2021 (AFP)
Millions have been affected by the floods in Henan province, which have trapped people for days without fresh food or water, and pulverised roads as they breach...
Monsoon floods leave thousands stranded in India
Jul 23, 2021 (AFP)
Water levels rose to 3.5 metres (12 feet) in areas of Chiplun, a city 250 kilometres (160 miles) from Mumbai, following 24 hours of uninterrupted rain that caus...
German floods death toll hits 180, with 150 still missing
Jul 23, 2021 (AFP)
With more rain forecast this weekend, German meteorological services called for vigilance. In the Rhineland-Palatinate region, which was the worst hit by the st...
Frontrunner to succeed Merkel on back foot after floods
Jul 23, 2021 (AFP)
As the death toll from the flooding has risen to more than 170 in Germany, Laschet's response has revived a longstanding debate over his suitability to fill fel...
Chinese city picks through the debris after record rains kill 33
Jul 22, 2021 (AFP)
An unprecedented downpour dumped a year's rain in just three days on the city of Zhengzhou, weather officials said, instantly overwhelming drains and sending to...
'Utterly ruined': the debris-strewn aftermath of China's record rains
Jul 22, 2021 (AFP)
Devastated locals surveyed the damage as the rains finally subsided, treading carefully on smashed paving through tangles of collapsed electricity poles and wir...
Horror on 'Line 5' as Chinese subway floods
Jul 21, 2021 (AFP)
At least twelve died and five others were injured in the subway flood, according to city authorities, as water coursed below ground on Tuesday evening in Zhengz...
Why is China facing record floods
Jul 21, 2021 (AFP)
Beijing has touted its massive dam network as a remedy for its devastating annual floods, but deluges in recent years have killed hundreds of people and submerg...
Record rains kill 25 in central China
Jul 21, 2021 (AFP)
As river embankments were breached in record downpours across Henan province, President Xi Jinping described the situation as "extremely severe" with flood cont...
Belgium mourns as death toll from Europe floods hits 200
Jul 20, 2021 (AFP)
Heavy rains last week sent floodwaters sweeping through towns and villages, mostly in Belgium and Germany, where Chancellor Angela Merkel visited victims in one...
Belgium holds day of mourning after deadly European floods
Jul 20, 2021 (AFP)
Heavy rains last week sent torrents of floodwaters sweeping through towns and villages, mostly in Germany and Belgium in the worst deluge in living memory. At l...
Satellites map floods in western Europe
Jul 19, 2021 (ESA)
The German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia were among the worst hit by the torrential rainfall, with water levels rising in the Rhine ...
Flood death toll rises to 165 in Germany
Jul 19, 2021 (AFP)
A deluge of rain fell over western Germany over two days last week, sending torrents of water rushing down streets, sweeping away trees, cars and sheds, and des...
At least 34 killed in landslide, wall collapse in India monsoon rains
Jul 18, 2021 (AFP)
Rainwater also inundated a water purification complex, disrupting supply "in most of the parts of Mumbai", a megacity of 20 million people, civic authorities sa...
Flood death toll in Belgium rises to 31
Jul 18, 2021 (AFP)
"There is no longer an immediate danger in the affected areas," the country's crisis centre said late Sunday, adding that "rescue operations are over but search...
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