China flood death toll rises to 76, as villages submerged
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The death toll from nearly a week of heavy rain in southern China rose to 76 on Tuesday, as reports emerged of authorities deliberately flooding some villages in an effort to save bigger cities.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  - The death toll in  disastrous flooding in Haiti has risen to some 1,650, with  about 800 people still missing, a government official said on  Sunday.
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China's Sichuan province faced the  threat of epidemics on Wednesday after the worst flooding in a  century killed at least 172 people and left scores missing,  while water levels at the huge Three Gorges Dam swelled.
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A storm in China&#39;s southwest has left at least 79 people dead and 74 missing after heavy rain caused bridges to collapse and triggered floods and landslides, Agence France-Presse said, citing disaster relief workers.
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The worst typhoon to hit China in seven years killed at least 164 people and another 24 were listed as missing, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.
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Floods and landslides have killed 76  people in southwest China in the past four days and washed away  homes and roads, knocked down power lines and cut off at least  one city, state media said on Monday.
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At least 79 people were killed and 74 were missing after some of the worst rainstorms in recent years triggered landslides and flash floods in southwest China, disaster relief officials said yesterday.
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Heavy flooding in Somalia killed at least seven people overnight, bringing the death toll to 80 from three weeks of torrential rains, witnesses and aid workers have said.
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Floods and typhoons in China this year  have killed at least 800 people and caused billions of dollars  in economic losses, state media and government officials said  Wednesday.
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Â· Nearly 200 drowned and 650,000 homes destroyed Â· UN appeals for aid as food sent to seven countries
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The death toll from heavy floods in Dazhou City of southwest China&#39;s Sichuan Province has risen to 34 with 38 missing, an official of the local flood control office announced Monday.
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Residents in south-western China begin cleaning up after floods and landslides left 172 people dead.
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Landslides and flooding unleashed by heavy rains have killed at least 66 people in China and left nearly 600,000 homeless, a state news agency reported Monday.
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Â·  Chaos as rescue teams rush to save villagers Â·  More than sixty now dead despite mass evacuation
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More than 100 people have died in floods and landslides in China where dykes protecting a swollen river in the east, which has already prompted tens of thousands to flee their homes, are in danger of being breached.
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Flooding and landslides set off by  heavy rains have killed 55 people and left 52 missing in  China's southwestern province of Sichuan, state media said on  Monday.
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At least 64 people are now known to have died as a result of torrential rain in south-western China.