Evacuated Australians return home as floodwaters ease
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Thousands of Australians started returning home on Monday after floodwaters in the wine-rich Hunter Valley eased, but residents further downstream near the coal port of Newcastle may be evacuated, officials said.
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China flooded dozens of evacuated  villages on Tuesday to ease pressure from a swollen river after  torrential rains that have killed more than 100 people  nationwide.
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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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The bodies of two Australian soldiers killed in the Vietnam War finally began their journey home Monday, after their graves were uncovered thanks to a tip-off from a Viet Cong veteran.
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SYDNEY, Australia - An Australian hailed as a hero for allegedly rescuing more than a dozen tsunami victims in Thailand was arrested Monday as he returned home by police who recognized him as a suspected burglar.
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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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Thousands of people in Malaysian Borneo are returning home after being prompted to flee by false reports of a tsunami.
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Householders in north Wales are continuing to clear up after floods and high winds.
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More than 48,000 homes have power restored in one of the worst-hit areas as floods recede.
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Rescue workers urged thousands of people to evacuate their homes Sunday after deadly storms lashed Australia&#39;s east coast, leaving parts of one city looking like an earthquake had struck, officials said.
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Thousands of Australians returned home on Monday after floods and storms in the wine-making Hunter Valley area eased, but it will take weeks for other residents to return to their flooded homes and farms.
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Two French journalists freed after a  4-month hostage ordeal in Iraq returned home to a heroes'  welcome on Wednesday as a relieved government basked in  national joy at their release.
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EDMONTON (CP) - Fire crews extinguished a blazing gas well Tuesday night that had burst into flame shortly after hundreds of people who had been evacuated returned to their homes.
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A clear-up operation is due to begin after flash floods left people trapped in cars and their homes.
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Thousands of Indonesians were cleaning  up mud and debris from their flood-damaged homes on Saturday  after rains eased and waters that forced many into cramped  emergency shelters begin to subside.
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By Gary Marks HUNDREDS of people were evacuated from their homes in South Yorkshire today after torrential rain led to fears that a dam could burst.
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Residents on Australia's northwest coast braced for a second cyclone Saturday as emergency crews mopped up after a storm that killed two people and injured at least two dozen others.