Flooding
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New Zealand officials warn more flooding could hit north island as man killed after heavy rain
Worst weather forecast to hit late on Sunday, a day after floods caused power outages, road collapses and home…
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Global heating and other human activity are making Asia’s floods more lethal
Much improved response systems are struggling to cope with ever more powerful and destructive stormsDeath toll…
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British women stranded by landslides in Sri Lankan mountains running out of food and water, daughter says
Friends Melanie Watters and Janine Reid have been trapped in Pussellawa since ThursdayTwo British women strand…
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‘We have to rebuild from scratch’: Sri Lankans relive the devastation of Cyclone Ditwah
Many uncertain about the future after losing everything in the country’s deadliest natural disaster for yearsW…
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Floods kill at least 1,100 people across south and south-east Asia – video
Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel as they raced to help victims of devastating flooding that…
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‘The current could kill an elephant’: Asia flood survivors describe escaping with their lives
From Thailand to Indonesia, torrential flooding has carried away people’s possessions and homes, upending enti…
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Death toll passes 1,100 in devastating floods across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand – as it happened
This blog is now closed.Full report: Sri Lanka and Indonesia deploy militaries as Asia floods death toll passe…
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Sri Lanka and Indonesia deploy militaries as Asia floods death toll passes 1,100
Millions of people affected by torrential rainfall in Sri Lanka and large parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra, southe…
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‘Everything is underwater’: Sri Lanka floods displace families – video
Floodwaters continued to rise on Sunday in Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo, and the neighbouring Gampaha district…
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Death toll passes 900 in Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka floods
Officials in Indonesia say more than 442 people have died, while Sri Lanka suffers worst natural disaster sinc…
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Sri Lanka’s capital hit by floods as cyclone death toll nears 200
Hundreds of people still missing after heavy rain and mudslides in country’s deadliest natural disaster for ye…
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Flash floods and landslides cause devastation in Indonesia – video
Indonesian rescuers in the northern regions of Sumatra raced to find dozens of people still missing after heav…
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At least 500 killed in south-east Asia floods and landslides
More than 350 people killed on Indonesia’s Sumatra island with 162 reported dead across ThailandThe death toll…
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Sri Lanka death toll from floods and landslides reaches 153
Another 191 missing after heavy rains from Cyclone Ditwah while almost 78,000 evacuated to temporary shelters …
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‘I’m afraid for our children’: living with the climate crisis in the Philippines – in pictures
The Philippines is one of the countries most at risk of the climate emergency due to its low-lying island geog…