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Flooding, havoc in Japan as Typhoon Neoguri batters mainland
AFP, Published on 10/07/2014
» Typhoon Neoguri slammed into the Japanese mainland Thursday bringing widespread flooding, ripping trees from their roots and leaving houses half-buried under mud, as tens of thousands were urged to seek shelter.
Typhoon Neoguri makes landfall on Japan's southern main island
AFP, Published on 10/07/2014
» TOKYO - Typhoon Neoguri slammed into Japan's southern main island early Thursday after lashing the Okinawa island chain, with three people killed as powerful winds and torrential rains battered the country.
Obama leaves for Asia tour
AFP, Published on 23/04/2014
» President Barack Obama departed Washington Tuesday for a weeklong tour of Asia in what the White House has called a "rebalancing" eastward of US foreign policy.
US mudslide death toll to increase 'substantially'
AFP, Published on 28/03/2014
» Emergency managers said they were close to announcing a "substantially" higher death toll from the monster US landslide that killed at least 16 and left 90 missing.
Up to 18 missing in US landslide
AFP, Published on 24/03/2014
» Up to 18 people were unaccounted for more than 24 hours after a massive landslide slammed into a mountainside community killing four in the northwestern United States, officials said.
At least 44 dead in Brazil's flooding and landslides
AFP, Published on 27/12/2013
» At least 44 people have died and more than 60,000 have been left homeless following torrential rain in southeast Brazil over the past few weeks, officials said Thursday.
Dozens flee Japan mudslide island to beat new typhoon
AFP, Published on 23/10/2013
» More than 50 people were evacuated from a storm-battered Japanese island Wednesday, where mudslides left 45 dead or missing last week, ahead of another typhoon expected to strike this weekend.
THAI, Air Asia cancel flights to Hong Kong, Macau
Published on 22/09/2013
» Thai Airways International (THAI) and Air Asia on Sunday cancelled or postponed a number of flights to Hong Kong due to the impact of Typhoon Usagi.
Flight chaos as typhoon lashes southern China, killing three
AFP, Published on 20/09/2013
» Severe Typhoon Usagi killed at least three people as it smashed into southern China Sunday, shutting down one of the world's busiest sea ports in nearby Hong Kong and throwing flight schedules into disarray.
More than 100 killed in Mexico landslides, flooding
AFP, Published on 20/09/2013
» More than 100 people have been killed and scores are missing in landslides and flooding caused by heavy rain in Mexico, a senior government official said late Friday.