Emergency
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Hurricane Max downgraded to tropical storm, moves inland over Mexico
The storm is expected to continue weakening dramatically as it moves inland over Southern Mexico, and it will likely be…
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Caribbean faces hard road to recovery after Irma's ravages
The prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, said Irma had wreaked "absolute devastation" on Barbuda, which he described…
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Florida governor requests major disaster declaration
There is a serious threat of significant storm surge flooding along the entire west coast of Florida and 15 feet…
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Hurricane Irma churns through Caribbean islands, possibly en route to Florida
Residents of Texas and Louisiana were still recovering from Harvey, which struck Texas as a Category 4 hurricane on Aug.…
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Beyonce, Clooney, Streisand to headline Harvey telethon September 12
Singer Beyonce and actor George Clooney will headline a telethon to raise funds for the victims of Hurricane Harvey, which…
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Thousands driven from homes, seven dead, as Harvey hammers Houston
The floods' path of destruction could destroy as much as $20 billion in uninsured property, making it one of the…
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Mudslide at Guinea rubbish dump kills at least eight
The disaster followed landslides in Sierra Leone and Democratic Republic of Congo in which hundreds of people have been killed…
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Workshops to Strengthen Disaster Risk Management in PNG
These workshops aim to improve disaster management systems in a country that is prone to natural disasters such as floods,…
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Quake hits Italian island, one dead, 25 injured
Image: A woman is helped out of debris and rubble after an earthquake hit the island of Ischia, off the…
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Nearly 500 dead pulled from Sierra Leone mudslide – coroner
One of Africa's worst flooding-related disasters in years occurred when the side of Mount Sugar Loaf collapsed on Monday after…
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