1,700 rescued from floods in Mozambique
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Mozambican marines rescued more than 1,700 people, including 900 children, from flooding in central Mozambique, officials said.
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Fresh rainfalls and slow relief have deepened the humanitarian crisis caused by record floods in Africa which have affected more than 1.5 million people and killed at least 300, aid agencies warned Tuesday.
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Floods have killed at least seven people, including five children, as the fourth week of heavy rains pounded Somalia, bringing the death toll to at least 96.
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South Africa is to help Mozambique cope with the aftermath of a cyclone which hit the country on Thursday.
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A powerful tropical storm killed four  people and injured at least 70 in Mozambique's resort town of  Vilanculos, where thousands of homes were destroyed along with  the hospital and power grid, officials said on Friday.
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The number of dead or missing totaled nearly 1,000 on Friday from the flash floods and landslides that have devastated a large section of the northern Philippines, rescue officials said.
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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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Devastating floods in Haiti have claimed more than 700 lives and at least 1,000 people are missing. Tropical Storm Jeanne swept north of Haiti during the weekend, drenching the impoverished Caribbean nation
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A second spell of floods in less than a month has spread across parts of Bangladesh, killing seven people and leaving thousands stranded, officials said on Monday.
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GONAIVES, Haiti  - Survivors of devastating  flooding in Haiti wandered mud-clogged streets in search of  food on Tuesday as officials said that in addition to 662  people killed, more than 1,000 were missing.
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Thousands are affected by flooding in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Mozambique, with at least 21 people dead.
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Rescuers were desperately searching for survivors after floods and landslides unleashed by a tropical storm in the Philippines killed more than 300 people and left at least 150 others missing, many buried alive under tonnes of debris.
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Rescuers were battling to reach thousands of people trapped by floods and mudslides in southwest China as the death toll from some of the worst storms in years rose to 105 with another 83 missing.
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Cyclone Favio hits central Mozambique after moving across the Indian Ocean for the past week.
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At least 175,000 Haitians have been affected by flooding caused by a tropical storm, relief workers say.
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Thousands of Mozambicans who have been forced to leave their homes by severe flooding will need food aid for months to come after their crops were destroyed, the World Food Programme has said.
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Water released through floodgates at a mighty dam in northern Mozambique is worsening floods that have already killed dozens of people and swept away hundreds of homes, the prime minister said Friday.