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Floods devastate UK Lake District; much of Ireland

World
2009-11-21

RAGING floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District yesterday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes. Military...

Government: 91 dead in El Salvador flooding

World
2009-11-9

MUD and boulders loosened by heavy rains swept down a volcano and partly buried the town of Verapaz yesterday, swallowing up homes as flooding and landslides across El Salvador killed at least 91 people, authorities...

Mud and rain hamper rescue efforts in northern Philippines

World
2009-10-10

RESCUERS struggled through mud and pounding rain yesterday to clear mountain roads and retrieve more than 160 bodies from dozens of landslides that buried villages and cut off towns in the rain-soaked northern Philippines. ...

1 dead as floods hit Greek island

World
2009-9-12

AUTHORITIES in Greece say a police officer has died during flash floods that inundated homes and cut off roads on the island of Evia. Police say the officer's car was swept off a flooded road and into a nearby...

Dogs stay with owners till death in floods

National
2009-8-21

SWEEPING floods in Taiwan may be able to tear down buildings, challenge the governance, and plunge cities into chaos, but they have failed to break the bond between seven dogs and their owners. When the rescue team...

Severe drought lingers, threatens many crops

National
2009-8-18

A SEVERE drought has affected 11.33 million hectares of crops in China, the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said yesterday. Among the affected crops, 4.2 million hectares suffered serious...

Taiwan lifts death toll from Morakot to 500

National
2009-8-15

FLOODS and mudslides unleashed by Typhoon Morakot last weekend have killed about 500 people on the island, Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou said yesterday as he called on rescue crews to step up their efforts. Morakot...

Rain and floods kill 10

National
2009-7-18

FOUR days of torrential rain and floods had killed at least eight people in southwest China's Sichuan Province and two in Gansu Province in northwestern China by yesterday, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs...

Downpour leaves two missing, 100,000 evacuated in SW China

National
2009-7-12

AT least two people were missing and more than 100,000 others displaced after a rainstorm pelted part of Sichuan Province over the past three days, the local government said today. Two young men were flushed away...

144 dead, 26 missing as rain, floods continue on mainland

National
2009-7-8

FLOODS had caused 144 deaths, with 26 still missing, in China this year up to yesterday, figures from the country's Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters showed. The latest floods have...