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Heavy rain triggers flash flood warnings across Singapore
SINGAPORE: Heavy rain resulted in flash flood warnings for over 10 locations across Singapore on Saturday (Nov 16). Singapore’s national…
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Several bodies found in flood-hit areas of southeast Spain
Reuters could not immediately verify the videos’ authenticity. Radio and TV stations were receiving hundreds of calls for help from…
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Coach of Thai cave boys trapped again – by typhoon floods
“I was scared but I told myself I have to be calm. Wait and assess the situation,” he said. The…
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Twenty dead, 5.2 million affected in Bangladesh floods
Abdul Halim, a 65-year-old farmer from a village in the Comilla district, said his mud hut was suddenly swept away…
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Heavy rains in Australia’s east bring more pain to storm-hit residents
SYDNEY: Heavy rains lashed parts of Australia’s east on Monday (Jan 1), triggering flash flooding, inundating roads and bringing more…
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Floods, landslides kill three in northern Vietnam
HANOI: Three people died and one person was missing following flash floods and landslides in northern Vietnam over the weekend,…
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Death toll from flash floods in Indian Himalayan state climbs to 74, scores missing
Sikkim, a Buddhist state of 650,000 people wedged in the mountains between Nepal, Bhutan and China, received 101mm of rain…
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India flood toll hits 56, army warns on stray munitions
India’s defence ministry said in a statement that the floods had washed away “firearms and explosives” from military camps. The…
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Death toll rises to 40 after glacial lake flooding in Indian Himalayas, dozens still missing
Sikkim officials had put the death toll at 18 on Thursday evening. Officials in the neighbouring downstream state of West…
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Fourteen dead, 102 missing after Indian glacial lake bursts bank in heavy rain
NEW DELHI: At least 14 people were killed and 102, including 22 army personnel, were missing in northeast India on…
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