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Heavy rains in Australia's east bring worst floods in 50 years

Thousands have evacuated in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state, due to heavy rains over the weekend and severe flooding, the worst in half a century.

Dozens dead in Morocco underground factory flood

Rescuers recover 24 bodies from an illegal textile workshop in Tangier city, local media report.

2020: A year of raging wildfires, floods and scorching temperatures

From storms in the Atlantic, wildfires in California, killer floods in Asia and Africa, melting of the Arctic and bushfires in Australia, 2020 was more than a disastrous year with the pandemic.

Hundreds of thousands at Honduras' shelters after hurricanes

The International Red Cross estimates that about 4.2 million people were affected by the back-to-back Category 4 hurricanes in November in Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala.

Typhoon Vamco lashes Philippines, causes severe flooding

The third typhoon to hit the storm-battered Philippines in as many weeks caused major flooding in Manila, trapping some people on rooftops and claiming at least one life in another part of the country.

Eta's rains and flooding wreak devastation in Central America

Families waded through the flooded streets of the northern Honduran city of San Pedro Sula, while cars sat almost submerged in parts of the central Guatemalan city of San Pedro Carcha, television footage and images posted on social media showed.

Death toll from floods in Turkey's Black Sea region rises to nearly a dozen

A number of missing gendarmerie personnel have been found dead after recent floods in Giresun.

South Asia floods claim over a thousand lives

The annual monsoon is vital to the densely populated region, revitalising land and waterways amid scorching summers. But it also causes widespread death and destruction.

Hurricane Hanna threatens flash floods in coronavirus-hit Texas

The first Atlantic hurricane of the year has slammed into southern Texas, bringing heavy rain, storm surges, and potentially life-threatening flash flooding.

Deadly torrential rains wreck havoc in China's Sichuan

At least 12 people were killed and another ten missing, with more than 7,000 evacuated from their homes, Chinese media report.

Michigan flooding displaces thousands, encroaches on chemical plant

The flooding posed a major logistical challenge to authorities already coping with the coronavirus pandemic.

Torrential rain in Angola kills 41, destroy 300 homes

Interior Minister Eugenio Laborinho says 12 provinces were hit by violent downpour in the early hours of Monday, that came on the heels of a severe regional drought.