Desperate flood victims await aid
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At least 175,000 Haitians have been affected by flooding caused by a tropical storm, relief workers say.
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The flooding today forced some residents to climb to the tops of their vehicles, houses and trees to await rescue.
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PARIS: Governments and aid organisations around the world scrambled to offer aid and technical help after the devastating quake and tidal waves that killed thousands of people in Asia on Sunday.
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Rescuers and volunteers are struggling to reach nearly 190,000 Indonesians left homeless by devastating floods sparked by heavy rains in and around Jakarta, as the death toll rose to seven.
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The Red Cross launched a public appeal today to help thousands of people left stranded and homeless following a series of powerful typhoons which have claimed more than 500 lives in the Philippines.
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Water levels in areas worst-hit by flooding are falling but may take three days to clear, firefighters say.
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Relief workers send in emergency supplies as rescuers face a humanitarian crisis in Mozambique.
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Firefighters battle to rescue dozens of residents by boat after they became stranded by flood waters.
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Civilians trapped in Fallujah face a humanitarian disaster unless Iraqi and American authorities allow food, water and medicine into the besieged city, aid agencies warned last night.
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Flooding in central Mozambique threatens some 285,000 people, an official has said, warning that the next three weeks would be critical as a UN agency made a plea for international aid.
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GONAIVES, Haiti  - More than a week after floods  devastated this impoverished Haitian city, aid workers were  struggling to bring food and clean water to thousands of  residents, some still perched on roofs.
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Bad weather, smashed infrastructure and logistical snarls have made it difficult to get food and medical supplies to survivors.
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Hundreds of thousands of people are desperately looking for food and shelter across many African countries, as record floods and fresh downpours continue to hamper relief efforts on Sunday.
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Communities Secretary Hazel Blears says local authorities will be given financial aid to help deal with flood damage.
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While 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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By WILLIAM KATES  ROSCOE, N.Y. - Searchers slogged through mud looking for flood victims among crumpled cars, snapped trees and rubble scattered by a rushing "wall of water" that left at least one person dead.
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GONAIVES, HAITI - The lines grew longer and the people more desperate as flood victims in this city begged for food and clean water in order to survive another day.