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Record floods devastate eastern Australia
AFP, Published on 23/05/2025
» MAITLAND (AUSTRALIA) - Record floods cut a destructive path through eastern Australia on Friday, caking houses in silt, washing out roads and separating 50,000 people from help.
Deadly floods hit eastern Australia
AFP, Published on 26/02/2022
» Huge downpours unleashed decades-high floods in eastern Australia on Saturday, killing two people overnight as the rising waters inundated homes and roads, and swept away cars.
Record floods threaten southern China
AFP, Published on 23/06/2022
» BEIJING: Record floods were expected in parts of southern China Thursday as heavy rains pushed water levels in the Pearl River delta to their highest in almost a century.
Dozens feared dead in Japan floods
AFP, Published on 06/07/2020
» TOKYO: Rescue workers on Monday combed through the wreckage of houses shattered by deadly floods and landslides in a desperate search for survivors as the death toll rose and more torrential rain loomed.
Nearly 120,000 displaced in Myanmar floods
AFP, Published on 31/07/2018
» Nearly 120,000 people have been displaced after floods submerged a vast swathe of southeastern Myanmar, killing 11 people and sending panicked residents fleeing for dry ground with children perched on their shoulders and few belongings in tow.
'Heartbreaking' floods swamp Australia's cattle country
AFP, Published on 01/04/2025
» SYDNEY — Whole herds of cattle have drowned in vast inland floods seeping across the Australian outback, officials said Tuesday as the muddy tide drenched an area the size of France.
'Catastrophic' Australia floods prompt helicopter rescues
AFP, Published on 23/03/2021
» WINDSOR, Australia: Military helicopters, jet skis and rubber boats were deployed to rescue people stranded by "catastrophic" floods along Australia's populous east coast Tuesday, with thousands of homes damaged.
Deadly rains, floods hit eastern Australia
AFP, Published on 27/02/2022
» SYDNEY - Torrential downpours lashed eastern Australia on Saturday, raising deadly floodwaters to decades-long highs, swamping homes and sweeping away cars.
12,000 displaced by floods in Malaysia
AFP, Published on 27/02/2022
» About 12,000 people in Malaysia have been evacuated from their homes, officials said on Sunday, after heavy rains caused flooding in the country's northern states.
Thousands evacuate from 'dangerous' Sydney floods
AFP, Published on 04/07/2022
» SYDNEY: Rapidly rising rivers swamped swathes of rain-lashed Sydney on Monday, forcing thousands to flee "dangerous" floods as the city's largest dam spilled torrents of water.