Zambia declares floods 'disaster'
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The Zambian government declares a national disaster to help deal with catastrophic floods.
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Floods in Mozambique have killed about 50 people and displaced tens of thousands in the southern African nation, a UN humanitarian agency said Sunday.
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Heavy rains swelled into a torrent of water that swamped Congo's sprawling capital, killing 30 people in less than 24 hours, the government said Friday.
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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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Mozambican Prime Minister Luisa Diogo has warned that heavy rains lashing the country could soon fuel an emergency and wreak more havoc than heavy floods in 2001 when nearly 1,000 people died.
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Hundreds of thousands of Africans are at risk of disease, amid devastating floods, the UN warns.
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Bolivian President Evo Morales declares a national disaster as floods leave more than 50 dead.
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Devastating Mozambique floods, which  have killed seven people and displaced tens of thousands, could  be the worst in recent memory, the United Nations said on  Wednesday.
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More rains are expected across Africa, as flooding affects more than 1m people across 17 countries.
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Costa Rica declares a national emergency after heavy rain leads to flooding.
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Some 45,000 people in Mozambique have been displaced by flooding along the Zambezi valley, authorities say.
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Ten people have died in house collapses caused by heavy monsoon rains in Indian Kashmir as army and police said they are attempting to rescue thousands trapped by flood waters.
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About 40 people were feared dead in flooding from a dam collapse in northwest Nigeria, state radio said Sunday.
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More rain could be "catastrophic" for flood-hit southern Africa, the Red Cross warns.
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Severe flood damage has in two months affected more than 65,000 people in west Africa, making thousands homeless and wrecking infrastructure, the Red Cross and Red Crescent organisations said Friday.
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Torrential floods in south-west China have claimed at least 76 lives, while mudslides and collapsed roads have trapped hundreds more, Chinese state media reported today.
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Cyclone Ivan is expected to lash  Mozambique with heavy rains when it reaches land, worsening the  flooding that has engulfed parts of the southern African  nation.