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Brazilian athletes drop Olympic dreams to help flood victims
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil -Less than three months from the Olympic Games in Paris, Brazilian athletes from the devastated southern state of...
May 11, 20242 min read


Death toll from floods in Brazil hits 126 as rain returns
CANOAS, Brazil -Rains returned to Rio Grande do Sul on Friday as the death toll from historic floods in Brazil's southernmost state...
May 11, 20242 min read


Brazil floods leave 150,000 homeless, scores dead or missing
ELDORADO DO SUL, Brazil -Rescuers rushed to evacuate people stranded by devastating floods across the southern Brazilian state of Rio...
May 8, 20243 min read


Heavy rains in southern Brazil kill nearly 60, over 70 still missing
SAO PAULO -Heavy rains in Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul this week killed at least 55 people, local authorities said on...
May 5, 20242 min read


Rains in southern Brazil kill at least 39, some 70 still missing
Heavy rains battering Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul have killed 39 people, local authorities said on Friday, and the...
May 4, 20242 min read


Kenya flood toll rises to 181 as homes and roads are destroyed
NAIROBI -Floods and landslides across Kenya have killed 181 people since March, with hundreds of thousands forced to leave their homes,...
May 2, 20242 min read


Kenyan military deployed as East Africa floods kill dozens
NAIROBI - Kenya's military was deployed on Thursday to rescue victims of heavy rains that have killed dozens of people across East Africa...
Apr 27, 20241 min read


Floods swamp southern China, spark extreme weather fears
QINGYUAN, China -Floods swamped cities in southern China's densely populated Pearl River Delta following record-breaking rains, sparking...
Apr 22, 20243 min read


Massive river flooding expected in China's Guangdong, threatening millions
BEIJING -Major rivers, waterways and reservoirs in China's Guangdong province are threatening to unleash dangerous floods, forcing the...
Apr 21, 20242 min read


What caused the storm that brought Dubai to a standstill?
DUBAI -A storm hit the United Arab Emirates and Oman this week bringing record rainfall that flooded highways, inundated houses,...
Apr 19, 20243 min read


Dubai faces massive clean up after deluge swamps glitzy desert city
DUBAI -Dubai, a city in the desert proud of its modern gloss, faced the towering task on Thursday of clearing its waterclogged roads and...
Apr 19, 20243 min read


Storms with typhoon-like winds ravage South China, killing 7
BEIJING - Rare storms with typhoon-like winds have killed at least seven people in China's southern Jiangxi province since the weekend,...
Apr 3, 20242 min read
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