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Tokyo braces for torrential rain as major typhoon moves in
Associated Press, Published on 11/10/2019
» TOKYO: A powerful typhoon is forecast to bring about 60 centimetres of rain and destructive winds to the Tokyo area this weekend, with the government warning people to stockpile supplies or evacuate before it gets too dangerous.
Bahamas devastated by Hurricane Dorian
Associated Press, Published on 04/09/2019
» FREEPORT, Bahamas: Jet skis and a huge bulldozer were being used to rescue victims of Hurricane Dorian as the US Coast Guard, Britain's Royal Navy and a handful of aid groups tried to get food and medicine to survivors and take the most desperate people to safety.
Tsunami hits without warning in Indonesia, killing over 220
Associated Press, Published on 24/12/2018
» CARITA BEACH, Indonesia: Witnesses say a deadly tsunami that killed at least 222 people along Indonesia's Sunda Strait came with no warning.
Strengthening Hurricane Florence takes aim at US Southeast
Associated Press, Published on 10/09/2018
» A rapidly strengthening Hurricane Florence churned across the Atlantic on Sunday toward a possible direct hit on the U.S. Southeast late this week, triggering warnings to people up and down the coast to get their emergency kits ready, map out escape routes and fill sandbags.
Floods and landslides kill 7, leave 12 missing in Vietnam
Associated Press, Published on 25/06/2018
» HANOI: Flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 7 people and left 12 others missing in northern Vietnam.
With a roar, flash flood smashes into a Maryland community
Associated Press, Published on 28/05/2018
» ELLICOTT CITY, Md: Roaring flash floods struck a Maryland city Sunday that had been wracked by similar devastation two years ago, its main street turned into a raging river that reached the first floor of some buildings and swept away parked cars, authorities and witnesses say.
At least 41 killed as dam bursts in Kenya
Associated Press, Published on 10/05/2018
» NAIROBI, Kenya: A dam burst its banks in Kenya's Rift Valley, killing at least 41 people and forcing hundreds from their homes, officials said Thursday. At least 20 of the dead were children, police said.
Shallow Indonesia quake kills 3, damages hundreds of homes
Associated Press, Published on 19/04/2018
» JAKARTA: A shallow earthquake in central Indonesia has killed three people and damaged more than 300 homes, disaster officials said Thursday as they declared a two-week emergency for the affected areas.
Lightning kills 16 Rwanda churchgoers
Associated Press, Published on 12/03/2018
» KIGALI, Rwanda: At least 16 people were killed in Rwanda and 140 others injured when lightning struck a Seventh Day Adventist church in the country's south during services, said a provincial governor.
US Senate passes bill to reopen government
Associated Press, Published on 09/02/2018
» WASHINGTON: The Senate voted early Friday to reopen the government and pass a $400-billion budget deal, handing the measure off to the House for a pre-dawn debate where success is not assured.