Some Uganda flood victims cut off
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Tens of thousands of people affected by flooding in north-eastern Uganda remain cut off from aid.
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TEHRAN -- Floods spawned by the remnants of Cyclone Gonu stranded people in dozens of tiny villages in the deserts of southern Iran yesterday, cutting off roads, power, and communications, and sending some residents into trees for safety.
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AMASENIKO, Uganda  - Mary Akiteng has spent half her life fleeing wars and cattle raids. Now she is being chased across Uganda by flood water.
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LALOGI CAMP, Northern Uganda  - Natalia Lariang  survives on handouts in one of scores of refugee camps dotted  across northern Uganda, praying for an end to one of the  world's most brutal civil wars.
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The Red Cross warned Friday that a massive aid effort is needed to cope with floods in 18 countries across Africa that have already affected at least 1.5 million people and killed nearly 300.
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QUETTA, Pakistan  - Water levels are falling in some parts of flood-hit Pakistan enabling rescuers to reach areas cut off for days but more bad weather is on the way, officials said on Monday.
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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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Flooding and mudslides have killed at least 20 people and left another 20 missing, after tropical storm Noel veered off its forecast course yesterday.
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Blocked roads and rushing water hamper efforts to save survivors of floods in the Philippines which have killed almost 350.
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KAMPALA, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- The Ugandan government has condemned the recent massacre of some 160 Congolese refugees in Gatumba camp in Burundi.
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REAL, Philippines  - Flood waters receded in the  Philippines on Friday in the wake of a typhoon that killed at  least 35 people, but thousands more remained cut off from help,  hungry and at risk of disease after a week of severe flooding.
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Activists warn Ugandan gov't of looming environmental crisis    KAMPALA, Sept.7 (Xinhua) -- Environmental activists in Uganda have warned of a looming environmental crisis in the east African country if the government does not take major steps to avert the disaster.
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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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Flooding in India and Bangladesh has now left some 1.5 million people homeless, officials say.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - A week after being  swamped by a massive tsunami, water is only just beginning to  drain off parts of Aceh's provincial capital, revealing the  full extent of the horrific destruction, and yet more bodies to  count.
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NEW YORK: The brutalities of a Sudan-backed religious group have left northern Uganda in a shambles, uprooting 1.8 million people who have little faith in the Kampala Government to protect them, according to a UN official.
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MANILA, 4 December 2004 - With floods receding, rescuers raced to deliver food to famished survivors in northeastern Philippine villages isolated by back-to-back storms that left more than 650 people dead and almost 400 missing.