Rescue, aid flights begin at last in cyclone-hit Pakistan
607819
Military helicopters plucked flood-hit Pakistanis from rooftops Thursday as bad weather began to clear after a cyclone that officials said had affected 800,000 people.
596345
Four people were rescued in the Philippines yesterday from a building that collapsed and was buried in mud 10 days ago when two devastating storms struck the country&#39;s north-east.
164561
PADANG, Indonesia  - Aid began to flow on Wednesday to survivors of deadly earthquakes in Indonesia's West Sumatra as rescue teams searched frantically for victims who may still be trapped beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings.
741014
Authorities in Pakistan and India prepared for more severe weather on Monday, evacuating people from low-lying areas, after weekend storms and flooding killed more than 350 people across the region.
182204
QUETTA, Pakistan  - Pakistan launched a relief  operation for 20,000 people stricken by torrential rains in the  southwest, as floods and avalanches killed over 260 nationwide  so far, officials said on Saturday.
601603
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.
303949
Five people were dead and four still missing Sunday as Japan began a clean-up after the most powerful typhoon to hit the Tokyo region in a decade.
370888
Rescue teams in India and Sri Lanka are heading out to the last of the areas devastated by tsunami waves. The story unfolding is of more devastation.
525363
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf tours flood-stricken areas and pledges aid to help thousands of people.
762884
Aid trucks loaded with food, medicines and body bags rolled into tsunami-hit areas across Asia and aircraft dropped supplies to cut-off villages as a &#36;500 million relief operation finally swung into gear on Friday.
218577
Aid trucks loaded with food, medicines and body bags rolled into tsunami-hit areas across Asia and aircraft dropped supplies to cut-off villages as a $500 million relief operation finally swung into gear on Friday.
645899
Pakistan offered relief and rescue assistance to India in the wake of the tidal waves that killed thousands of people on its southern coast, as the nuclear-armed rivals began two-day peace talks today.
353914
Rescue efforts are under way after a burst dam in Pakistan kills 70 amid widespread flooding across the country.
141777
Thousands of people have lost their homes after a cyclone batters Pakistan's coast after days of rain in the south.
180060
Mozambique is on the highest level of alert as a cyclone with winds of up to 175km/h approaches.
217038
Aid trucks loaded with food, medicines  and body bags rolled into tsunami-hit areas across Asia and  aircraft dropped supplies to cut-off villages as a huge relief  operation finally swung into gear Friday.
604070
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 &#36;2 billion relief operation to save millions struggling to survive.