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International
5/12/2024 5:36:40 PM
At least 34 people were killed, 18 injured, and 16 more were missing in western Indonesia after flash floods and cold lava flow from one of the archipelago's most active volcanos damaged homes, roads, and mosques, local officials said Sunday.
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International
5/11/2024 8:38:00 PM
Flash floods from unusually heavy seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed more than 300 people and destroyed over 1,000 houses, the U.N. food agency said Saturday.
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International
5/11/2024 12:20:14 PM
Flash floods that have ripped through northern Afghanistan left more than 200 people dead in a single province, the United Nations said on Saturday.
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World
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Africa
5/10/2024 5:15:07 PM
Abdi Hussein sat alone on a Kenyan road strewn with ramshackle tents bound with plastic strings and covered with tarpaulins, peering into the sea of rust-coloured flood water.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
5/10/2024 3:37:00 PM
Thousands of demonstrators, including climate activist Greta Thunberg, marched through the streets of Malmo, Sweden Thursday to protest against Israel's participation in Eurovision, an AFP journalist observed.
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International
5/5/2024 3:41:00 PM
Raging floods and mudslides have killed at least 66 people in southern Brazil and forced more than 80,000 to flee their homes, the country's civil defense agency said on Saturday.
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World
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Africa
5/4/2024 1:00:17 PM
Tanzania’s power distributing company on Saturday announced a major blackout for most of the country due to the power grid's failure ahead of approaching Cyclone Hidaya. The metrological department said the cyclone continues toward the coastline.
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In Pictures
5/3/2024 2:00:21 PM
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World
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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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World
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Region
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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World
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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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