Australia floods strand thousands
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Thousands of people remain stranded by some of the worst flooding in eastern Australia for 20 years.
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Floods unleashed by torrential rain have killed at least 118 people and left 86 missing in southwest China. Authorities yesterday called in thousands of army and navy personnel to help after five days of continual
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Thousands of British tourists are stranded in south and east Asia after an earthquake sent massive waves flooding across the region.
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LONDON -- Swollen rivers from torrential rain forced thousands of people from their homes, and forecasters warned Monday that water levels could rise to critical levels.
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Heavy rainfall caused massive flooding across England on Monday, killing at least two people and leaving hundreds of people stranded in factories and offices, officials said.
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Australian emergency services on Friday said seven people were feared missing as fierce storms hit the country&#39;s east coast, with five swept away when a highway collapsed in torrential rain.
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Freak summer storms lashed eastern Australia overnight, dumping record rains on Melbourne, hitting Brisbane with a towering dust storm and leaving at least two people dead, officials said.
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Thousands of people in Britain were left stranded in villages and towns Monday during the worst flooding in 60 years, which Prime Minister Gordon Brown linked to climate change.
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Helicopters delivered food to survivors and picked up the sick and injured on Friday as flash floods began to recede. More than 650 people were killed and nearly 400 are missing in the disaster, which was triggered by back-to-back storms.
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The death toll from a violent storm and  torrential rain lashing Australia&#39;s east coast rose to six,  police said on Saturday, as residents braced for a second  turbulent night.
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A massive clear-up is taking place after flooding damage estimated at hundreds of millions of pounds.
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Authorities checked for fuel leaks Saturday on a coal freighter run aground by a storm that brought flooding, landslides and blackouts in eastern Australia. Two people whose car was swept off a bridge were killed, and a family of five was missing.
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LONDON -- Heavy rain caused flash floods in seaside communities in southwestern England yesterday, and dozens of people were rescued from cars, trees, and rooftops by emergency helicopters and lifeboats, officials said. About 50 people were trapped in their vehicles by the flood waters, with some managing to free themselves, officials said. The Coast Guard said 30 empty vehicles were ...
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Indonesian rescuers, police and troops in inflatable boats have helped evacuate Jakarta residents stranded in severe floods that have killed 20, as the number left homeless approached 350,000.
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People in flood-hit areas are urged not to panic as massive efforts begin to get drinking water to those stranded.
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Australians mopping up flood-damaged homes north of Sydney on Tuesday faced disease from sewage-contaminated floodwaters, while around 1,000 people remained cut off by flooded rivers, said officials.
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Heavy rain caused further havoc in the  Bangladesh port city of Chittagong on Tuesday where rescuers  have recovered at least 87 bodies but more feared missing  following the biggest storm in decades.