African skies rain death, destruction on villagers
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SANDEMA, Ghana  - As rain fell in torrents onto her dirt-walled home in northern Ghana, Asubonga Apebani tried desperately to staunch the leaks in her roof.
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About 100 people have died in a northern  Philippine town following floods and landslides caused by heavy  rain, a local official said on Tuesday.
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Fresh rainfalls and slow relief have deepened the humanitarian crisis caused by record floods in Africa which have affected more than 1.5 million people and killed at least 300, aid agencies warned Tuesday.
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Torrential rains spilled a river from its banks in southern Ethiopia, killing at least 125 people as it submerged five villages, knocked down grain silos and swept away cattle, a police official said Monday.
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At least 43 people have died and more than a million have fled their homes as a result of torrential rains lashing parts of India and Bangladesh, officials said.
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Landslides and floods  triggered by heavy rain have left over 120 people dead or  missing on Indonesia's Java island, as rescuers struggled on  Thursday to pull out bodies buried under thick mud, officials  said.
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Dozens of people  are reported dead, as the devastating floods in East Africa spread to Rwanda and Malawi.
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Three days of heavy rains have forced nearly 13,000 people from their homes and killed at least one person in Costa Rica and Panama, officials said Tuesday.
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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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LUCKNOW: Atleast 50 persons were killed, including 39 in Sitapure, following heavy rains that lashed Lucknow and its adjoininmg districts during the last 24 hours.
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Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 12 people across Indonesia and the capital's main airport was briefly shut on Friday as more than 40 flights were delayed due to low visibility.
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Several people have died and crops have been damaged as temperatures fall to unusual  lows across the Middle East.
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Helicopters delivered food to survivors and picked up casualties as the weather cleared Saturday in villages ravaged by back-to-back storms that have left 640 people dead
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NANO VILLAGE, Pakistan, Feb. 12 -- Troops and rescue workers raced to a coastal town devastated when heavy rains burst a large dam, sending water surging through the streets and sweeping people into the Arabian Sea. At least 80 were dead and hundreds missing, an official said Saturday.
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More storms are forecast in the region of the Zambezi valley, where thousands have already fled their homes.
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Fears mounted on Monday that downpours  which have killed dozens in Africa, uprooted hundreds of  thousands and devastated crops could continue past the end of  the rainy season and hit areas that have so far escaped floods.
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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.