Ethiopian flood toll climbs to 224 as hope for missing fade
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Rescue workers have recovered at least 25 bodies in their search for hundreds of people missing from weekend flash floods that devastated an Ethiopian town, officials said.
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About 250 people have been killed and 100,000 have lost their homes as catastrophic floods ravaged East Africa, aid workers said Friday as rains continued to pound the impoverished region.
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The death toll from weekend flash floods in southwest Ethiopia has climbed to 194, state television said as rescuers fought heavy rains to save up to 20,000 people marooned by the waters.
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Survivors of devastating flooding in Haiti wandered mud-clogged streets in search of food on Tuesday and officials said the death toll would rise further.
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Floods and landslides caused by heavy  rains killed at least 26 people in the northern and central  Philippines, disaster officials said on Tuesday, a week after  storms left about 160 dead or missing.
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Hopes were fading for finding survivors from hundreds of people missing after murderous weekend flash floods devastated a town in eastern Ethiopia, officials and residents said.
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Port-Au-Prince - Nearly 250 people have died in Haiti in floods caused by tropical storm Jeanne, the spokesperson for the UN mission here told AFP on Monday.
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GONAIVES, Haiti  - Survivors of devastating  flooding in Haiti wandered mud-clogged streets in search of  food on Tuesday as officials said 662 people had been killed  and more than 1,000 were missing.
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Heavy rain, swirling waters, mud, silt and marsh combined to hamper frantic efforts to reach thousands of villagers marooned by deadly flash floods in southern Ethiopia, officials have said.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - The death toll in a tsunami  that slammed into coasts from India to Indonesia topped 22,000  Monday as rescuers scoured the sea for missing tourists and  fears of disease grew as soldiers raced to recover rotting  bodies.
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Ethiopia braced for more damage from deadly nationwide flash floods as the government warned unusually heavy seasonal rains could force the release of water from dangerously swollen dams.
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MANILA, Philippines - The death toll from landslides and flash floods in the eastern Philippines jumped to nearly 340 with 150 others missing Tuesday, after a second rainstorm hit a region still reeling from last week&#39;s deadly typhoon.
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At least 20 people have been killed and 200,000 forced from their homes by floods in Indonesia's capital, an official said Sunday, as rivers overflowing from four days of rain inundated the city.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  - The death toll in Haiti  from flooding and mudslides triggered by Tropical Storm Jeanne  rose above 660 on Tuesday and government officials were still  struggling to reach areas cut off by flood waters.
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Relief workers in Haiti are warning about the growing desperation of flood victims in the aftermath of a tropical storm, Jeanne, that devastated the city of Gonaives a week ago, killing more than 1,100 people and leaving as many as 250,000 homeless.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  - Haiti's death toll from  last month's devastating flooding rose to more than 3,000 on  Tuesday, according to government officials who released what  they believe is the final death tally.
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More rains are expected across Africa, as flooding affects more than 1m people across 17 countries.