Africa flood relief gathers pace
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Efforts continue to deliver aid to large parts of Africa after heavy rains and flooding in at least 14 countries.
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As desperately hungry flood victims wander the streets of Gonaives searching for help, tons of food aid is piling up in a warehouse guarded by UN peacekeepers.
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Countries hit by the Asian tsunami have moved quickly into the rebuilding phase, helped by an unprecedented outpouring of aid for humanitarian relief, a senior World Bank official said on Tuesday.
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International aid starts to penetrate the areas worst affected by last Sunday's Indian Ocean wave.
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More rain could be "catastrophic" for flood-hit southern Africa, the Red Cross warns.
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More rains are expected across Africa, as flooding affects more than 1m people across 17 countries.
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Emergency workers in Mozambique launch an operation to rescue thousands trapped by the Zambezi flood waters.
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Floodwaters in Haiti are starting to recede as aid agencies struggle to bring relief to thousands of people in the wake of tropical storm Jeanne.
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Some 45,000 people in Mozambique have been displaced by flooding along the Zambezi valley, authorities say.
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Ethiopia's disaster response agency has appealed for 7.6 million dollars (5.8 million euros) to help hundreds of thousands of flood-affected people in the country's southeastern Somali state.
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NOTTINGHAM, England -- The largest international disaster relief effort in history shifted into high gear yesterday as aid agencies across the globe began shipping water purification kits and other supplies to survivors along the tsunami-ravaged coastline of the Indian Ocean, hoping to stave off a second crisis brought on by waterborne diseases such as cholera and malaria.
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Flooding across much of West and Central Africa has killed at least 75 people and threaten around a half million, according to UN officials and government ay as several countries reported worsening conditions.
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BANGKOK, Thailand  - Heavy rains and fresh floods  disrupted aid deliveries to Asia's tsunami-hit villages on  Sunday, just as a global $2 billion relief operation started to  kick in a week after walls of water left millions struggling to  survive.
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About 10,000 roam the wilds of Africa. Conservation programs are coordinating efforts to boost that number.
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Up to 1.8 million people are at risk from cholera, measles, malaria and other killer diseases following major floods across the Horn of Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
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Hundreds of extra emergency staff, troops and police mobilised in flood-stricken regions.
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Floods in southern Africa have displaced  thousands of people, drowned livestock and put large numbers of  children at risk from life-threatening diseases, officials said  on Tuesday.