Flash flood traps hundreds in Cornish resort
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Trapped residents in Boscastle are lifted to safety from the roof of their flooded home. Three people were missing yesterday after a flash flood hit a coastal tourist area in south-west England, sweeping dozens of cars into the sea and leaving hundreds ...
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A rescue helicopter is scrambled to north Cornwall after reports of people being trapped in cars hit by flood water.
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Water levels in flooded central and western England are expected to remain high for the next 24 hours and about 140,000 homes in Gloucestershire could be without water for the next fortnight.
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Three people were reported missing after flash floods tore through a coastal tourist village in southwest England's Cornwall region, police said.
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Floods unleashed by torrential rains have killed at least 100 people and left dozens more missing in southwestern China, prompting authorities to put the massive Three Gorges hydroelectric project on alert, officials reported Tuesday
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Rescue workers searched in the southern Catskill town of Colchester after flash floods washed away several homes, a dozen vehicles and a bridge.
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BEIJING - Torrential floods in south-western China have claimed at least 90 lives, leaving 77 others missing. Local officials yesterday sought help from the military in rescuing hundreds trapped by mudslides and caved-in roads.
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More than 200 people are feared dead as a result of flash floods and landslides triggered by a storm in the Philippines, officials say.
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LONDON, July 23 -- Britain's worst flooding in decades left tens of thousands of families without water or electricity Monday night and forced thousands from their homes, including some dramatically rescued from rising waters by helicopters and boats.
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Torrential downpours around Britain left one dead and hundreds stranded on Monday as storms continued to batter Russia and a heatwave in southern Europe led to further deaths and sparked fires.
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Residents across England were mopping up Tuesday after flash floods killed three people and forced hundreds from their homes. Rainstorms that had battered the country eased, but authorities warned of more damage amid fears a leaking reservoir could burst.
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Thousands of commuters are warned of perilous travelling conditions as temperatures fall following flooding.
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Helicopter and boat crews rescued hundreds of trapped people on Saturday after storms whipped through Britain, flooding towns and villages and sending thousands to emergency shelters.
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Thousands of train passengers are affected by floods across the West Country.
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Flash floods that hit parts of Britain on Friday leave motorists and rail travellers stuck overnight.
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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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Hundreds of people fled their homes and took refuge in shelters set up in schools and churches as Hurricane Jeanne bore down on the Bahamas with 100-mph (160-kph) winds and torrential rains, threatening more destruction to an