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Deadly typhoon shuts down Philippine capital
Typhoon Rammasun shut down the Philippine capital on Wednesday as authorities said the first major storm of the country's brutal rainy season claimed at least four lives and forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate.
16 July 2014
Ivory Coast rainy season death toll reaches 39
Flooding and landslides during the Ivory Coast's rainy season have killed 39 people over the last month, officials said.
12 July 2014
Gale warning for several regions in Kazakhstan
Gale warning has been issued for several regions of Kazakhstan.
11 July 2014
Flooding in Paraguay sends thousands fleeing to shelters
Flooding has forced the evacuation of about 150,000 people in Paraguay's capital city Asuncion, authorities said.
11 June 2014
Flash floods kill over 50 in in north Afghanistan: officials
Flash floods have killed more than 50 people in northern Afghanistan, washing away hundreds of houses and forcing thousands to flee, provincial authorities said.
08 June 2014
Shymkent flooded by rain
Heavy rains have flooded dozens of houses in Shymkent, in southern Kazakhstan on May 30, 2014.
02 June 2014
Storm Amanda blamed for three deaths in Mexico
Torrential rains from tropical storm Amanda claimed the lives of three people in Mexico, authorities said.
29 May 2014
Singapore Airlines plane veers off Yangon runway, no injuries
A Singapore Airlines plane skidded off the runway on touching down during heavy rain at Myanmar's Yangon International Airport, but no injuries were reported, the carrier said.
22 May 2014
Four dead as 'catastrophic' floods hit Bosnia and Serbia
Four people in Bosnia have died in flooding from the heaviest rainfall to hit the Balkans in over a century, officials said Friday, in what Serbia's premier has called a "horrible natural catastrophe".
17 May 2014
Torrential rains kill four in Sierra Leone
Three men and a young girl died in the Sierra Leone capital, Freetown, after torrential rains on Sunday dislodged a huge boulder which then crashed into a house, doctors said.
06 May 2014
Deadly rainy season leaves 41 dead in Bolivia
Bolivia President Evo Morales declared a state of emergency on Tuesday to assist victims of the country's deadly rainy season, which has claimed 41 lives and left 20,000 people homeless according to provisional figures.
29 January 2014
High winds, rain lash Europe, leaving two dead, one missing at sea
High winds and heavy rain battered parts of Europe on Monday, leaving at least two people dead and one man lost at sea off France, and disrupting travel two days from Christmas.
24 December 2013
Rain hinders search in Colorado floods
Torrential rain grounded rescue helicopters in Colorado for much of Sunday, slowing the search for hundreds of people unaccounted for after massive flooding in the western US state killed six.
16 September 2013
Thirteen dead in Mexico mudslides: authorities
Mudslides crashed through several homes in eastern Mexico on Monday, killing at least 13 people after a tropical storm pelted the state of Veracruz with heavy rains.
27 August 2013
7 dead as heavy rains pummel flooded Philippines
Flood-battered residents of the Philippine capital and surrounding areas appealed for help Tuesday as relentless monsoon rains, which have claimed at least seven lives..
20 August 2013
Philippine capital shuts down amid floods
Heavy rain in the Philippine capital of Manila forced all schools, government offices and the stock exchange to close on Monday, as waist-deep water flooded parts of the city.
19 August 2013
Sudan floods kill 36: state radio
Flooding has killed 36 people in a region north of Sudan's capital Khartoum.
12 August 2013
Death toll rises to six after torrential rain in Japan
Japanese rescuers found four bodies Saturday at the scene of a landslide in the north of the country, taking the total death toll from record rainfall to six.
10 August 2013
Monasteries decline as TV and smartphones grip Bhutan
Kencho Tshering, a red-robed Buddhist monk, takes a call from the King of Bhutan's office, then duly dashes off to start a ceremony praying for a break in the monsoon rains.
10 August 2013
Tropical Storm Dalila strengthens on way to west Mexico
Rain was beginning to fall on Mexico's west coast from Dalila, the fourth named storm of the Pacific hurricane season, which was gaining strength as it approached land.
01 July 2013