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Floods, landslides kill more than 800 people across South Asia
Image: People carry packets of snacks after receiving them from civil defence volunteers in a flooded neighbourhood after heavy rains in…
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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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Sierra Leone buries 461 mudslide victims, more still missing
Image: Displaced victims of a flash flood, which came after the mudslide, are seen sharing vegetable oil at a World Food…
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Monsoon floods kill more than 200 people across South Asia
Image: A school is submerged at the flood affected area in Saptari District, Nepal August 14, 2017. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar By Gopal…
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Elephants help rescue hundreds from flooded Nepali safari park
Nearly 90 percent of Assam's Kaziranga national park, home to the world's largest population of the endangered one-horned rhinoceros, was…
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Wildfire near Athens damages homes and forces residents to flee
Image: A firefighter tries to extinguish a wildfire burning near the village of Kalamos, north of Athens, Greece, August 13, 2017.…
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More than 200 killed in Sierra Leone as mudslide sweeps away homes
Image: Residents save belongings in floodwaters after a mudslide in the mountain town of Regent, Sierra Leone August 14, 2017. REUTERS/Ernest…
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Death toll in Nepal floods, landslides rises to 49
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Torrential rain battered Nepal on Sunday, causing widespread flooding and landslides and raising the death toll from…
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Two girl scouts, three other people die in storms in Poland
Image: A roof destroyed by a storm hangs from an apartment building in Bydgoszcz, Poland August 12, 2017. Agencja Gazeta/Grazyna Marks…
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Storms disrupt Beijing flights, authorities warn of flash floods, landslides
Image: Tourists hold umbrellas as they visit Tiananmen Square during a rainstorm in Beijing, China August 12, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer By Josephine…
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