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6/1/2022 5:51:52 PM
Hurricane Agatha left at least 11 people dead and 33 missing in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca, where it set off flooding and landslides, Gov. Alejandro Murat said Wednesday.
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5/31/2022 8:18:15 PM
Flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rain have now killed at least 100 people in northeastern Brazil, officials said Tuesday as emergency workers searched for bodies and survivors.
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5/30/2022 8:42:03 PM
Authorities in northeastern Brazil's Pernambuco state said Monday that 91 deaths have been confirmed from flooding over the weekend, with more two dozen people still missing.
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Africa
4/12/2022 6:45:24 PM
Prolonged rains and flooding in the Durban area of South Africa have claimed the lives of at least 45 people, damaging the port, major highways and surrounding areas in KwaZulu-Natal province, according to local officials.
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3/1/2022 1:37:51 PM
Tens of thousands of people had been ordered to evacuate their homes by Tuesday and many more had been told to prepare to flee as parts of Australia's southeast coast are inundated by the worst flooding in more than a decade that has claimed at least 10 lives.
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2/27/2022 12:20:12 PM
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.
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1/15/2022 7:02:09 PM
Tsunami warnings were issued Saturday for the entire US West Coast after a massive volcanic eruption across the Pacific Ocean in Tonga, with tsunami waves triggering low-level flooding in Hawaii.
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Africa
1/9/2022 2:13:18 PM
At least five people, including a diver, have been killed in flash flooding from torrential heavy rains in South Africa's Eastern Cape province, a senior regional official said Sunday.
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Region
1/2/2022 5:41:54 PM
Authorities in several Gulf countries renewed weather warnings on Sunday as several days of heavy rains batter the usually arid region.
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Africa
12/23/2021 3:33:59 PM
An estimated 22 million Ethiopians will require humanitarian assistance in 2022, according to a United Nations report.
Ethiopia's already high humanitarian needs are expected to rise in the coming year due to the ongoing conflict, drought, flooding, disease outbreaks and locust infestation, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs stated.
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12/19/2021 10:36:04 AM
Over 22,000 people were evacuated throughout Malaysia Sunday as the country faces some of its worst flooding in years.
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Egypt
11/17/2021 2:09:00 PM
A state of emergency has been announced in Aswan and surrounding areas following severe flooding.
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World
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11/1/2021 8:16:59 PM
President Joe Biden told a UN summit on Monday that actions taken this decade to contain climate change would be decisive in preventing future generations from suffering, declaring that ``none of us can escape the worst that is yet to come if we fail to seize this moment.''
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World
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10/24/2021 9:38:02 PM
A powerful storm roared ashore Sunday in Northern California, flooding highways, toppling trees and causing mud flows in areas burned bare by recent fires as forecasters predict record-breaking rainfall.
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10/23/2021 1:16:45 PM
Facebook held back from doing all it could to stop users from being radicalized and US election misinformation from flooding the social network, according to media reports Friday.
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10/11/2021 3:40:16 PM
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Africa
10/7/2021 6:18:21 PM
Severe flooding since August has affected at least 623,000 people in South Sudan, forcing many to flee their homes with the situation further exacerbated by ongoing violence, the UN's emergency-response agency said Thursday.
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Africa
9/21/2021 2:43:31 PM
Heavy flooding has affected and displaced about 426,000 people in South Sudan, including 185,000 children, as overflowing rivers deluged homes and farms in the impoverished country
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
9/12/2021 12:24:06 PM
Small ponds were formed along the Nile s banks, with tens of juvenile fish seen swimming in groups on the piers overlooking the Nile, according to local media reports
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9/6/2021 7:20:51 PM
An existing emergency declaration issued last week enabled state, county and local governments to get reimbursed for disaster spending, Murphy said
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