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| Feb. 27 |
Haiti |
Rain triggers deadly floods
At least eight people have been killed in or near the southeastern port cit in floods triggered by heavy rain
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| Feb. 21 |
Portugal |
Flood rescuers search streets and houses
Map of Madeira Portugal Rescue workers are searching mud-filled streets and houses on the island of Madeira after flash floods left at least 40 people dead
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| Feb. 20 |
Portugal |
Aid rushed to Madeira after deadly floods
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Portugal |
Madeira floods and mudslides kill 43
Map of Madeira Portugal After torrential rains 63 others were reported have been injured on the Atlantic island, which is popular with foreign tourists
| The floods and mudslides were the result of an extreme weather event that affected the Island in autonomous archipelago on 20 February 2010.
Damage was confined to the south of the island.
The city of Funchal was damaged by landslides. Mud and water gushed down a street over cars and buildings
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| Feb.8 |
Mexico |
Flooding kills at least 33
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| Jan.1 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Mudslide in resort kills at least 19 people A stationary front continued for a third day to pound southeast coast with rain, turning hills into nightmarish scenes and raising the death...
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| Dec.31 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Flooding leaves 14 dead |
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| Dec.29 |
Argentina |
Floods leave 3,000 displaced; 2 dead |
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| Nov.20 |
Scotland |
Parts of Scotland, England underwater |
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| Nov.8 |
El Salvador |
Flooding kills at least 124
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| Oct.17 |
East Africa |
Flood warning for drought-hit East Africa |
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| Oct.7 |
Southern India |
Flood victims find destruction |
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| Oct.6 |
Manila |
Submerged city faces disease threat |
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| Sep.28 |
Philippines |
Flood death toll rises
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| Sep.27 |
Manila |
Floods test rescuers
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| Sep.26 |
Manila |
Philippines battles flood chaos
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Manila |
Dozens dead in floods 
| At least 40 people have been killed and thousands more evacuated as floods caused by heavy rain brought chaos | |
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| Sep.10 |
Istanbul |
City buries dead after fatal floods |
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| Sep.8 |
West Africa |
600,000 hit by flooding| U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: The worst hit have been Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ghana and Niger. So far, 159 pe... | |
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| Sep.5 |
West Africa |
350,000 displaced by floods |
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| Jul.23 |
Japan |
Deadly mudslides, floods leave 9 missing |
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| Jul.21 |
Mongolia |
24 killed, hundreds homeless in floods |
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| Jun.4 |
Brazil |
Air France jet crash debris retrieved |
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| May.28 |
Brazil |
Dam bursts after more rain
Map of State of Ceara Brazil A dam burst in the northeastern village of Cocal left a girl dead and three people missing. 800 to 2,000 homes near the dam were inundated
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| May.8 |
Brazil |
Deaths rise flooding, more rain due |
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| May.7 |
Brazil |
31 dead, 50,000 homeless in flooding |
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| May.6 |
Northeastern Brazil |
Deadly floods strike northern Brazil |
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| Mar.29 |
U. S. Midwest |
School swamped by flood river |
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| Mar.27 |
Indonesia |
Suburban 'tsunami' kills 77
Rescuers widened the search for victims in the aftermath of a flash flood that killed at least 77 people in the capital
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U. S. Midwest |
Flood fear forces evacuations
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| Mar.26 |
Indonesia |
28 dead after dam bursts
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| Nov.29 |
Brazil |
More flood victims found |
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| Nov.27 |
Brazil |
Death toll climbs in flooding
The toll from flooding in southern Brazil climbed to 97. 19 people remain missing. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva flew over the flooded...
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| Nov.25 |
Brazil |
Flooding blamed for 84 deaths |
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| Nov.1 |
Vietnam |
Floods kill 24 people |
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| Oct.2 |
Algeria |
Flash floods claim 29 lives |
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| Sep.12 |
Texas |
Sea floods island |
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| Sep.5 |
Haiti |
Flooded Haitians 'in dire need' |
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| Sep.4 |
Haiti |
Rescuers can't get aid to flooded town |
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| Sep.2 |
Bihar |
India mounts mammoth rescue effort |
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| Aug.31 |
Bihar |
Floods cut off thousands
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| Aug.29 |
Bihar |
Bihar displaced die as boat sinks |
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| Aug.27 |
Bihar |
Flooding kills dozens, ruins 225,000 homes
Massive flooding has killed at least 55 people since the Kosi River burst through an embankment more than a week ago
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| Jun.17 |
China |
Floods leave at least 100 dead |
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| Jun.14 |
Southern China |
1 million flee from floods; 55 dead
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| Jun.9 |
Southern China |
Quake lake 'now draining'
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Southern China |
Water rising too fast at quake lake |
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| May.31 |
Southern China |
Race against time to drain 'quake lake'
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| May.26 |
Southern China |
China ready to dynamite 'quake lake' |
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| Apr.18 |
Bolivia |
Bolivia struggles with floods |
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| Feb.12 |
Bolivia |
Bolivia declares flooding disaster |
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| Nov.27 |
Indonesia |
Climate change blamed for flooding |
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| Nov.5 |
Chiapas |
Mudslide adds to flood woe |
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| Nov.3 |
Chiapas |
Mexico flood toll rises to eight
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Mexico |
Devastating floods prompt outbreak fears |
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| Nov.2 |
Mexico |
President Calderon pledges disaster aid |
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Mexico |
Floods strand 300,000; more rain ahead
Map of Tabasco Mexico| Rescuers in boats and helicopters worked to evacuate people stranded by a flood, one of the worst natural disasters' to hit Mexico. More than one million people are affected.
Most of the state is under water.
Tabasco Governor Andres Granier has urged anyone who owns a boat to help the rescue operat... | |
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| Nov.1 |
Mexico |
Race to save flood victims
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| Sep.20 |
West Africa |
African floods prompt aid appeal |
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| Sep.15 |
West Africa |
Flood misery hits arc of Africa
An estimated one million people across Africa have been hit by rains which have destroyed crops, burst dams and left dozens dead
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| Aug.13 |
North Korea |
'Hundreds dead' in floods
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| Aug.7 |
India |
Millions face flood disease threat
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| Aug.6 |
India |
Monsoon recedes, death toll rises |
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| Aug.5 |
India |
South Asia flood death toll rising |
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| Aug.3 |
India |
Millions flee 'worst ever' floods United Nations: the worst flooding in living memory. More than 1,000 people have been killed or injured by waters
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| Aug.2 |
India |
Monsoon floods claim more than 160 |
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| Jul.24 |
England |
140,000 homes without water |
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| Jul.23 |
England |
UK fights worst floods in 60 years 150,000 homes were without drinking water after the floodwaters swamped large areas of western England. 50,000 homes are without electricity
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| Jun.29 |
Pakistan |
800,000 hit by South Asia floods
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| Jun.11 |
Bangladesh |
Mudslides kill at least 71
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| Mar.27 |
Gaza |
Sewage flood kills 4 |
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| Feb.6 |
Indonesia |
Floods recede in soaked Jakarta |
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| Feb.5 |
Indonesia |
Death toll from flooding climbs to 25 |
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| Feb.4 |
Indonesia |
Floods: 340,000 homeless
Map of Jakarta Indonesia Boats ferried supplies to desperate residents of flood-stricken Jakarta as rivers burst their banks
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| Feb.3 |
Indonesia |
Floods leave 200,000 homeless |
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| Nov.19 |
East Africa |
Flood rescue gathers pace |
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| Sep.30 |
Nigeria |
Dam collapse floods town |
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| Aug.6 |
Ethiopia |
Dozens killed in floods |
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| Jul.16 |
Southern China |
Toll rises after floods |
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| Jun.28 |
New York |
Severe floods leave 10 dead |
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| Jun.22 |
Indonesia |
Flood toll passes 200
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| Jun.20 |
Sulawesi |
80 dead in floods |
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| May.21 |
China |
Flooding traps 57 in mine
Rescuers now believe that an estimated 57 coalminers are trapped underground in the province of Shanxi
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| Apr.26 |
Romania |
Romania struggles to shelter flood victims |
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| Apr.15 |
Serbia |
Swollen Danube threatens Balkans A state of emergency has been declared in 10 regions of Serbia; waters of the Danube flooded Smederevo
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Romania |
Danube at highest in more than a century |
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| Dec.2 |
China |
Mine flood traps 42 miners |
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| Nov.25 |
India |
Flood bus plunges kill 75
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| Sep.28 |
New Orleans |
Morgue boss: 'These are horrible times' |
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| Sep.23 |
New Orleans |
Storm overcomes levee |
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| Sep.13 |
New Orleans |
City may lose 160,000 homes |
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| Sep.10 |
New Orleans |
Police hunt for dead |
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| Sep.6 |
New Orleans |
Flood survivors 'must leave city' |
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New Orleans |
Water pumped from flood-hit city |
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| Aug.31 |
New Orleans |
City evacuations under way |
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| Aug.24 |
Romania |
Floods cause havoc across Europe Torrential rains across central and eastern Europe are killing up to 34 people, 25 in Romania alone, 11 in Switzerland
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| Jul.31 |
Mumbai |
Floods toll reaches 1,000 Further rain is causing further misery in the city, which is trying to clean up after record-breaking rainfall
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| Jun.23 |
Southern China |
Flood death toll 'over 500'
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| Jun.11 |
Northeast China |
64 killed in school flood |
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| Feb.15 |
Pakistan |
Flood toll put at 500 |
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| Feb.14 |
Venezuela |
Floods kill 86 in Venezuela, Colombia |
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| Feb.12 |
Pakistan |
Floods kill nearly 300 |
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| Sep.23 |
Haiti |
1,070 dead, 1,250 missing |
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| Sep.22 |
Haiti |
Jeanne leaves more than 1,050 dead Workers used dump trucks to empty more than 100 bodies into a 14-foot-deep hole. Up to 1,250 people still missing
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| Sep.20 |
Haiti |
Flood death toll nears 600 |
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| Sep.7 |
China |
Flood deaths mount to 143
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| Aug.2 |
Bangladesh |
Flood aftermath compounds misery |
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| Jul.13 |
Bangladesh |
Flood havoc mounts in South Asia
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| May.28 |
Haiti |
Caribbean teams race against floods |
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| May.27 |
Haiti |
1,000 people feared dead in flood town At least 300 bodies have been found so far in the town of Mapou
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| May.26 |
Haiti |
Carribean floods toll hits 900 |
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| May.2 |
Argentina |
Floods displace 100,000 |
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| Aug.24 |
China |
Flooded lake reaches crest |
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| Aug.22 |
Southern China |
Million people battling lake
Families living nearby China's second largest freshwater lake have begun to flee their homes.
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| Aug.16 |
Eastern Germany |
Dresden swamped in record floods |
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| Aug.15 |
Eastern Germany |
Dresden evacuated as waters rise
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| Aug.13 |
Czech Republic |
Prague floods surge to new peaks There are fears that river defences will be overwhelmed and the old city completely inundated
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| Nov.10 |
Algeria |
Hundreds dead in floods
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| Feb.25 |
Mozambique |
80,000 at risk from floods
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| Mar.14 |
Mozambique |
Floods move deadly mines