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Rescuers race against time as India mo1nsoon toll nears 600
Jun 22, 2013 (AFP)
Relief teams were racing against time Saturday to rescue tens of thousands of stranded people in rain-ravaged northern India as the death toll from flash floods...
Devastated French villagers recount flood trauma
Jun 21, 2013 (AFP)
"I watched my tank of heating oil rise up out of its concrete casing and just float away, like a boat." Paulette Peythieu has spent a large chunk of her 83 year...
100,000 flee flooding in Canada
Jun 21, 2013 (AFP)
Flooding forced the evacuation on Friday of some 100,000 people in the western city of Calgary and nearby towns in the heart of the Canadian oil patch. Schools ...
1,000 feared dead in Indian monsoon as army mobilizes
Jun 20, 2013 (AFP)
India's military battled on Thursday to reach villages and towns cut off by flash floods and landslides in the country's north as officials warned at least 1,00...
Tropical Storm Barry lashes Mexico, no one hurt
Jun 20, 2013 (AFP)
The second tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, Barry, made landfall Thursday in eastern Mexico, bringing heavy rains but causing no damage or casua...
Lourdes devastated as France counts cost of freak weather
Jun 20, 2013 (AFP)
France said Thursday it would declare a state of natural disaster in the southwest of the country after floods claimed three lives and devastated Lourdes. Fears...
Philippines needs $47mn more for typhoon victims
Jun 20, 2013 (AFP)
The Philippines needs an extra $47 million to help more than half a million displaced people recover from a killer typhoon last year and ongoing guerrilla activ...
India monsoon floods leave 120 dead
Jun 19, 2013 (AFP)
Military helicopters dropped emergency supplies Wednesday to thousands of tourists and pilgrims stranded by flash floods that tore through towns and temples in ...
Severe typhoon season expected
Jun 19, 2013 (XNA)
At least seven typhoons are expected to hit China this year, the Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said in May. Typhoon season runs ...
Eerie silence from quake zone close to Istanbul: study
Jun 18, 2013 (AFP)
German and Turkish scientists on Tuesday said they had pinpointed an extremely dangerous seismic zone less than 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the historic heart...
Lourdes closed, 200 evacuated after flash floods
Jun 18, 2013 (AFP)
French authorities Tuesday shut the grotto at Lourdes and evacuated about 200 people following flash floods at the Roman Catholic pilgrimage site. The preventiv...
US expects active hurricane season, Gulf region vulnerable
Jun 18, 2013 (XNA)
With this year's first named tropical storm Andrea sweeping across its east coast, the United States is likely to see a score more ahead, a few of which might m...
5.8-magnitude quake strikes central Mexico
Jun 16, 2013 (AFP)
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake shook central Mexico early Sunday, sparking panic in the capital and some power cuts but no major damage or casualties were reported....
Germany eyes 8bn-euro fund for flood victims: reports
Jun 13, 2013 (AFP)
Germany intends to set up a fund worth about eight billion euros ($11 billion) to help victims of record floods which forced thousands from their homes and left...
Seismic safety of light-frame steel construction being tested
Jun 13, 2013 (UPI)
The final phase of a three-year project to increase seismic safety of buildings using light-frame steel construction is under way, a U.S. university said. Funde...
Hungary president slams lagging EU flood aid
Jun 13, 2013 (AFP)
Hungarian President Janos Ader on Thursday accused the European Union of failing to provide immediate aid to countries recently hit by deadly floods that have w...
Merkel urges greater flood protection as tours region
Jun 12, 2013 (AFP)
Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday that Germany still had much to do in bolstering the country's flood defences as she toured a northern water-logged regio...
Germany begins to count cost as floods surge north
Jun 11, 2013 (AFP)
Deadly floods forging a path of devastation through central Europe for more than a week bore down on northern Germany Tuesday as new estimates emerged on the co...
Deadly floods bear down on northern Germany
Jun 11, 2013 (AFP)
Deadly floods forging a path of devastation through central Europe for more than a week bore down on northern Germany Tuesday as troops raced to bolster sodden ...
Hungary says catastrophe averted after Danube hits new record
Jun 10, 2013 (AFP)
Budapest averted the worst of the floods that caused devastation elsewhere in central Europe, as flood defences held firm, with the Danube starting to recede ea...
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