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Greece declares emergency in flood-hit north

A swollen river in Greece bursts its banks, flooding homes and forcing authorities to declare a stat...

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Dam bursts in Bulgaria, 8 killed in floods

The dam on the Ivanovo Reservoir collapsed, flooding 700 houses in the village of Bisser, civil def...

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Flooding is biggest climate risk to UK

British summers are forecast to get hotter, while winters will get milder and wetter.

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Severe flooding, landslides kill 6 in Fiji

The permanent secretary of information said that heavy rain since last weekend has forced 3,500 peop...

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Thai floods death toll tops 800

The death toll from months of flooding in Thailand has risen above 800.

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Orissa floods: Centre sanctions Rs 918 cr

The Centre on Wednesday sanctioned Rs 918.30 crore as flood assistance to Orissa.

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Philippine floods death toll jumps to nearly 1,500

The death toll from flash floods that swept away entire villages in the southern Philippines climbed...

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1,000 missing in Philippine floods: Government

More than 1,000 people remain missing in the Philippines after devastating floods.

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Orissa attributes climate change for floods

Orissa government held that the climate change phenomenon as responsible for the back to back floo...

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Philippine floods: President visits disaster zone

Philippines President Benigno Aquino is visiting parts of the country which have been devastated by ...

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More than 700 dead in Philippine floods: Red Cross

The Philippine Red Cross raised the death toll to more than 700 as ravaged cities prepared for mas...

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Philippines mulls mass graves after typhoon deaths

Typhoon Washi slammed ashore in the Mindanao region of the Philippines while residents slept at the ...

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Philippine floods toll 652 dead with 808 missing

The death toll from mammoth floods unleashed in the southern Philippines by tropical storm Washi h...

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Eleven dead in Colombia landslide, floods

Eleven people were killed and four others reported missing in Colombia after heavy rains caused a ...

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Philippine floods: Death toll rises to 436

Many roads were cut off and there was no electricity, hampering relief efforts.

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Death toll from Thailand`s floods tops 600

The floods began in late July, fed by heavy monsoon rains and a series of tropical storms.

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Fears for ancient Thai temples as floods recede

The ruined temples of Ayutthaya have survived centuries of tropical heat and rain.

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More Bangkok residents advised to flee floodwaters

Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra said people should evacuate three neighbourhoods due to surging water...

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Flooding won`t devastate central Bangkok: Thai PM

Thai PM cites flood experts in saying water in the centre of the capital will not be deeper than 12 ...

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Thais celebrate water festival despite floods

Floodwaters born from months of intense monsoon rains have swept the country, engulfing whole cities...

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Thailand tries to help companies, as floods spread

The flooding has killed 533 people and caused billions of dollars in damage, closing hundreds of inu...

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Thai PM’s 3-layered strategy to deal with floods

Thailand government today laid out a three-pronged strategy to reconstruct the country following i...

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Floods threaten Bangkok trains; toll passes 500

Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra has ordered evacuations in 11 of the capital`s 50 districts.

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Death toll from Thailand`s worst floods rises to 506

Three months of intense rainfall have fueled Thailand`s worst flooding in half a century.

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Thai floods: Indian woman`s horrific experience

Ashu Khurana cannot forget the force with which flood waters swallowed almost all her belongings. ...

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Floodwaters close in on heart of Thai capital

Officials are warning that no major barriers are standing in the way to prevent the water from reach...

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Thai floods threaten underground rail stations

Thailand`s worst floods in decades reached the downtown of the capital Bangkok.

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Floods encroach deeper into Bangkok, risk subway

The water from Thailand`s worst flooding in more than half a century was filling Bangkok`s Lad Phrao...

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Thai floods: Toll hits 400, Bangkok on alert

Most supermarket shelves are stark and empty with people in a hoarding frenzy mode.

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Anger rises in flooded Bangkok as centre stays dry

Tensions were rising between Thai residents and authorities in flooded parts of Bangkok on Monday.

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Bangkok flood defenses hold amid high tides

Bangkok`s northern outskirts remained inundated along with much of the rest of the country.

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Tens of thousands flee Bangkok

The main concern is that Bangkok`s Chao Phraya River will burst its banks over the weekend.

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Thousands leave flood-surrounded Thai capital

Floodwaters bearing down on the metropolis of nine million people have killed 373 people nationwide ...

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Thailand calls holiday to allow escape from floods

The floods have killed at least 366 people since mid-July and disrupted the lives of nearly 2.5 mill...

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Thais tense as floods set to swamp more of capital

Thailand`s worst flooding in five decades has killed at least 356 people and affected nearly 2.5 mil...

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Myanmar flash floods kill 100: Official

Southeast Asia has been battered by particularly severe monsoon rains this year.

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Thailand says floods may ease early next month

The flooding is the worst to hit Thailand since 1942, and the crisis is proving a major test for Tha...

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Floods may last for 6 more weeks: Thai PM

Thailand`s PM called for all agencies to collaborate to protect Bangkok from a potential deluge of f...

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Floods threaten Bangkok, scores killed in Myanmar

The floods have also killed at least 247 in Cambodia and displaced tens of thousands of people.

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Orissa demands funds to carry restoration work

Orissa today demanded immediate release of Rs 1000 crore as advance assistance from the national d...

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Thai PM admits government overwhelmed by floods

Thailand`s new Premier pleaded for mercy from the media and solidarity from the country in battling ...

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China to send medical team to flood-hit Pak

The team will head to the country`s most devastated areas to assist Pakistan`s armed forces by provi...

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Bangkok governor issues urgent call for sandbags

The Thai capital needs 1.2 million sandbags to construct a 6-kilometre wall within 48 hours to kee...

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Floods claim 33 lives in Orissa each year

Floods in Orissa claim an average of 33 lives every year and destroy property worth Rs 322 crore d...

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Thai PM says floods costs to top USD 3.3bn

Thai government said floodwaters ravaging provinces just north of Bangkok had begun receding for the...

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Floods affect eight million in Asia: UN

At least 650 people have died due to floods and typhoons in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and th...

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Orissa Governor insists on probe into flood cause

Two rounds of floods last month killed 83 people and disrupted lives of 5.6 million residents in 21 ...

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Centre yet to release funds for flood-hit Orissa

The Centre is yet to release money to Orissa from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) for re...

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Defences bolstered as floods threaten Thai capital

The worst floods in half-a-century threatened Thailand`s capital after swamping entire villages in t...

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Bangkok will escape worst of floods: Thai PM

At least 289 people have been killed around Thailand by heavy monsoon rain, floods and mudslides sin...

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