Huge aid operation underway as floods, crocs ravage Kenya, Somalia
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The United Nations and aid groups have launched a massive humanitarian operation in Kenya to assist more than 150,000 people hit by killer floods caused by unusually heavy seasonal rains.
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It is not only humans who have been hit by the worst floods in 60 years -- cats, dogs and donkeys are also suffering, prompting a rescue mission on an unprecedented scale.
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BEIRA, Mozambique  - Heavy rains from a cyclone sparked more flooding in Mozambique on Sunday, worsening a humanitarian crisis that has already killed 45 people and forced 140,000 from their homes.
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One of the largest U.S. military relief operations in history helped speed the pace of aid to desperate victims of Asia's tsunami disaster Sunday, delivering critical supplies to haggard survivors in severe need of food and water.
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Emergency workers in Mozambique launch an operation to rescue thousands trapped by the Zambezi flood waters.
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Heavy rains and fresh floods disrupted  aid to Asia's tsunami-hit villages on Sunday as the U.N.  refugee agency started a 400-ton airlift as part of a $2  billion relief operation to save millions struggling to  survive.
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The arrival of Ugandan peacekeepers in Mogadishu on Tuesday was marked by some of the heaviest fighting in weeks, highlighting the huge task facing the African Union force in Somalia.
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Flooding devastates large areas of northern Ghana and Togo, and leaves thousands at risk of disease.
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Fears of a looming war in Somalia are hampering relief efforts for up to 1 million people hit by severe flooding, a senior U.N. official said Friday.
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A powerful Caribbean storm drenched the Bahamas and Cuba on Thursday while rescue workers in the Dominican Republic headed out in boats and helicopters to reach dozens of communities isolated by floods and mudslides. The death toll rose to 108.
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At least seven children have been killed in flood-related incidents across Kenya, where aid agencies are scrambling to help hundreds of thousands of people affected by torrential rains, police said.
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Thousands are affected by flooding in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Mozambique, with at least 21 people dead.
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More rains are expected across Africa, as flooding affects more than 1m people across 17 countries.
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BANGKOK, Thailand  - Heavy rains and fresh floods  disrupted aid to Asia's tsunami-hit villages Sunday as the U.N.  refugee agency started a 400-tonairlift as part of a $2 billion  relief operation to save millions struggling to survive.
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QUETTA, Pakistan  - Pakistan stepped up search and  rescue operations Sunday for tens of thousands affected by  flash floods after the heaviest rains in the country in two  decades, in which close to 300 people have been killed.
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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.
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loods have ravaged African nations including Ghana and Togo in the west, along with Sudan, Uganda, Somalia and Kenya in the central and eastern regions. At least 200 people have died and hundreds of thousands are displaced