#floods
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Persistent Brazil floods raise specter of climate migration
Devastating and ongoing flooding in southern Brazil is forcing some of the half million displaced residents to consider uprooting...
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Brazil’s Lula seeks spending waiver for rain-ravaged Southern state where 85 have died
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva asked Congress on Monday to recognize a state of public calamity for...
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228 dead in Kenyan floods
The number of people killed by flooding and other impacts of the heavy rains battering Kenya has risen to...
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Rains in southern Brazil kill at least 39, some 70 still missing
Heavy rains battering Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul have killed 39 people, local authorities said on...
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Death toll from rains in southern Brazil climbs to 29, Lula visits region
The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul rose to 29, local...
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Kenya postpones start of school term due to heavy floods
Kenya's education ministry on Monday postponed the start of a new school term by one week due to heavy...
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Floods swamp southern China, spark extreme weather fears
Floods swamped a handful of cities in southern China's densely populated Pearl River Delta following record-breaking rains, sparking worries...
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Russia’s Gazprom shut dozens of gas wells in Orenburg region before floods
A local unit of Russian energy giant Gazprom GAZP.MM had to shut down more than two dozen natural gas...
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Russian villagers build homemade dam to keep out floods [PHOTOS]
As floods engulfed large parts of central Russia, residents of one village defied advice to flee their homes and...
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UAE reels for a third day after record-breaking storm
The United Arab Emirates was still grappling on Thursday with the aftermath of a record-breaking storm this week that...
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Water levels in Russia’s Kurgan cross ‘dangerous’ levels
The water level in the Tobol River around the city of Kurgan in Russia's southern Urals has exceeded the...
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At least one dead after heavy rains set off flash floods in UAE
Authorities and communities across the United Arab Emirates were clearing debris on Wednesday after a torrential downpour killed at...
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Hundreds of houses, plots flooded in Russia’s Kurgan region
Water levels in rivers in swathes of Russia's Ural and southwestern Siberian regions continued to rise rapidly, officials said...
