African flood 'catastrophe' fear
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More rain could be "catastrophic" for flood-hit southern Africa, the Red Cross warns.
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A storm heading from the Atlantic towards the UK prompts authorities to issue new flood warnings.
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Delicate wetlands, coasts and wildlife   sanctuaries could be ravaged as part of a struggle to stretch   the world's water supplies, with the worst damage foreseen in   poor countries.
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African nations neighbouring the Indian Ocean on Wednesday warned of a possible tsunami after an earthquake struck off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, officials said.
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A leading aid group has warned that millions of Africans are at risk of starving due to misspent emergency assistance by Western governments.
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Survivors of the storm that ravaged Haiti face a new menace as contaminated water, putrefying bodies and devastated sanitary systems threaten an outbreak of waterborne diseases such as malaria and tetanus, aid workers warned yesterday.
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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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A new humanitarian catastrophe like the one in Darfur could hit Chad, UK aid agency Oxfam warns.
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KOBE, Japan  - Earthquakes, floods and other  natural disasters could kill millions in the world's teeming  megacities and time is running out to prevent such a  catastrophe, the United Nations point man on emergency relief  said on Tuesday.
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Growing fears of war in Somalia are hampering flood relief efforts for thousands of people, the UN warns.
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The head of the UN refugee agency warns of a major catastrophe in Darfur if security does not improve.
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Hong Kong and the Pearl river delta could face flooding as a result of climate change, a think-tank says.
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An intense rainfall has forced evacuations, threatened water supplies and caused expensive flood damage in parts of Britain, which struggled to recover Sunday.
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Dozens of people  are reported dead, as the devastating floods in East Africa spread to Rwanda and Malawi.
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Earthquakes, floods and other natural disasters could kill millions in the world's teeming megacities and time is running out to prevent such a catastrophe, the United Nations point man on emergency relief said on Tuesday.
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Hundreds of thousands of people are desperately looking for food and shelter across many African countries, as record floods and fresh downpours continue to hamper relief efforts on Sunday.
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Up to 1.8 million people are at risk from cholera, measles, malaria and other killer diseases following major floods across the Horn of Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.