Deadly Floods

Heavy rain and flash floods have killed at least 24 people across Afghanistan in the past 48 hours, according to local and disaster officials. The worst-hit area was the northern province of Baghlan, where 15 people died and dozens were…
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New research shows that climate change amplified the devastating floods that killed more than 1,600 people across South and Southeast Asia last November. A series of three tropical cyclones, stretching from Sri Lanka to Indonesia, caused at…
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Devastating floods across parts of South and Southeast Asia have claimed more than 1,300 lives and caused at least $20 billion in losses since late last month, underscoring the growing threats from climate change and extreme weather to the…
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Residents and rescue workers in the devastated Libyan city of Derna are struggling to cope with the thousands of corpses washing up or decaying under rubble, after a flood that smashed down buildings and swept people to sea. The World…
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Human-caused climate change likely contributed to the deadly floods that submerged parts of Pakistan in recent weeks, according to a rapid analysis on Thursday looking at how much global heating was to blame. An international team of…
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