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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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Death toll from Indonesia floods passes 700 as 1 million evacuated
About 3.2 million people on Sumatra island have been affected, 2,600 have been injured and 504 are missingThe …
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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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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 braced for more damage after torrential rain kills hundreds across Asia
Meanwhile, Iran grapples with one of worst droughts and temperatures fall 10C below normal in USMore heavy rai…
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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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How cyclones and monsoon rains converged to devastate parts of Asia – visual guide
Extreme weather kills more than 1,100 people across south and south-east Asia as cyclones turbocharge rain sys…
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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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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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Weather tracker: Snowfall cuts power in Poland and flooding devastates Sri Lanka
Temperatures dip to -8.5C in Poland and 250mm of rain falls in 24-hour period across Sri Lanka Temperatures pl…
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The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’
Still largely viewed as a peaceful philosophy, across much of south-east Asia, the religion has been weaponise…