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Sri Lanka closes some schools as heavy rains trigger floods and mudslides, killing 5
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka closed schools in its tea-growing mountainous regions on Tuesday (Aug 4) as heavy rains triggered floods and mudslides that left five people dead and three wounded, officials said.Heavy downpours over the last two days have wreaked havoc in many parts of the country, flooding homes, fields
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China: Dozens dead in Gansu flash floods
Chinese authorities will launch an investigation into the floods, amid warnings of further landslides as the rainy weather continues.
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Southern China faces torrential rain, floods after Typhoon Noul makes landfall
Flash floods are expected in parts of Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu and southeastern Xinjiang from Sunday evening through Monday evening.
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Sri Lanka warns of drought, floods from El Nino
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is heading for a severe drought followed by devastating floods due to the El Nino weather phenomenon, the environment minister warned on Thursday (Jul 23).Scientists say climate change is increasing the freq
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Germany’s Ahr Valley: Rebuilding better after deadly flood
New walls, redesigned bridges and restored floodplains: Towns in a small German valley are testing how they can survive the next extreme flood.
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Building back better after Germany’s deadly Ahr Valley flood
New walls, redesigned bridges and restored floodplains: towns in a small German valley are testing how they can survive the next extreme flood.
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The next flood doesn’t have to be a disaster
Five years after catastrophic floods tore through Germany’s Ahr Valley, Living Planet host Neil King reflects on the devastation he witnessed firsthand, while reporter Jonas Mayer returns to see what’s changed. Can communities really build back better – or is the next disaster only a matter of time?
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Death toll from landslide in northwest China rises to 21
Tuesday’s landslide occurred as intense storms and rains in southern and central China killed around 17 people and injured hundreds of others.
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China warns of risk of ‘extreme floods’ in desert regions
HONG KONG: China warned communities in its northwestern Xinjiang and nearby regions on Friday (Jun 12) to prepare for “extreme floods” this summer, driven by abnormally high temperatures, heavy rainfall and rapid glacier melt.Xinjiang’s Taklamakan Desert, China’s largest, experienced its first flood of the ye
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New Zealand capital flooded with faeces after wastewater failure
WELLINGTON: Homes in New Zealand’s capital were flooded with faeces and sanitary products on Friday (Jun 5) after an overnight storm blocked wastewater pipes, the city’s utilities company said.Wellington Water said the wastewater overflow in the picturesque suburb of Island Bay was the result of a blocked mai
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