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Africa
5/1/2024 8:04:19 PM
Nearly 100 tourists are among people stranded after a river overflowed in Kenya's famed Maasai Mara wildlife reserve following a heavy downpour, a local administrator said Wednesday.
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5/1/2024 2:10:21 PM
Saudi Arabian authorities shuttered schools in several regions on Wednesday as flash floods inundated roads, the latest instance of heavy rains disrupting life in the desert Gulf.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
5/1/2024 10:30:00 AM
The pro-Palestinian demonstration that flooded Columbia University ended in dramatic fashion late Tuesday, with police carrying riot shields swarming the Ivy League campus, bursting into an administration building protesters took over the previous night and making dozens of arrests.
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4/30/2024 1:14:10 PM
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World
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Africa
4/29/2024 2:01:01 PM
At least 42 people died when a dam burst its banks near a town in Kenya's Rift Valley, the local governor told AFP on Monday, as heavy rains and floods battered the country.
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World
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Africa
4/29/2024 10:59:15 AM
Kenya said Monday that it would postpone the reopening of schools by one week due to "ongoing heavy rains" that have triggered deadly floods in the East African nation.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
4/27/2024 9:13:38 PM
Palestinians in Rafah told AFP Saturday they were living in "constant terror" as Israel vows to push ahead with its planned assault on the south Gaza city flooded with displaced civilians.
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World
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Africa
4/25/2024 4:50:27 PM
At least 155 people have died in Tanzania as torrential rains linked to El Nino triggered flooding and landslides, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said Thursday.
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International
4/24/2024 11:06:42 AM
Victims of severe floods in southern China raced on Wednesday to salvage property from the muddy waters, as authorities warned of more heavy rains to come.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
4/23/2024 9:04:20 PM
Unprecedented flooding in the UAE and Oman has claimed lives and wreaked havoc.
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World
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International
4/17/2024 12:40:05 PM
At least 65 people have died in storm-related incidents including lightning in Pakistan, officials said, with rain so far in April falling at nearly twice the historical average rate.
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4/17/2024 11:16:22 AM
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4/17/2024 10:09:25 AM
Dubai's giant highways were clogged by flooding and airport passengers were urged to stay away on Wednesday as the glitzy financial centre reeled from record rains.
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Region
4/16/2024 9:07:00 PM
Dubai's major international airport began diverting all incoming flights on Tuesday as heavy rains lashed the city, causing widespread flooding.
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World
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Region
4/16/2024 4:30:00 PM
Heavy rains lashed the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, flooding out portions of major highways and leaving vehicles abandoned on roadways across Dubai. Meanwhile, the death toll in separate heavy flooding in neighbouring Oman rose to 18 with others still missing as the sultanate prepared for the storm.
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World
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Region
4/15/2024 5:54:38 PM
Flooding in Oman has killed at least 16 people, many of them schoolchildren, authorities said following the discovery of the bodies of a child and three adults on Monday.
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World
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International
4/15/2024 4:04:51 PM
Russia warned Monday that icy waters would likely rise in flood-hit central regions of the country, as authorities announced new evacuations and rushed to contain damage caused by the deluge.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
4/10/2024 2:14:29 PM
US President Joe Biden called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the war in Gaza a mistake and called for his government to flood the beleaguered territory with aid, ramping up pressure on Israel to reach a ceasefire and widening a rift between the two staunch allies.
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World
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International
4/9/2024 5:58:21 PM
Water levels in overflowing rivers were still rising on Tuesday in swathes of Russia and Kazakhstan that have been hit by massive floods, with Russia's city of Orenburg and western Siberia bracing for a new peak.
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World
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International
4/8/2024 2:48:40 PM
The Russian city of Orenburg, near the Kazakh border, braced on Monday for flooding not seen in decades, as officials evacuated locals to escape rising rivers in the Urals and western Siberia.
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