Category: Floods & Storms

China landslide deaths 1,117

ZHOUQU, China – Heavy rains lashed a remote section of northwestern China as the death toll from weekend flooding

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South Korea: Typhoon Dianmu kills five

SEOUL (AFP) – Torrential rain brought by the approach of Typhoon Dianmu has left five people dead and grounded

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Climate threatens Asian rice production

Even modest rises in global temperatures will drive down rice production in Asia, the world's biggest grower of the

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18 miners trapped in flooded shaft in China

BEIJING (AFP) – Rescuers in northeast China were racing Tuesday to reach 18 miners trapped underground after torrential rain

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Pakistan: Victims exceed tsunami, Haiti

ISLAMABAD – The number of people suffering from the massive floods in Pakistan exceeds 13 million — more than

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Central Europe faces massive flood cleanup

WARSAW, Poland – Swollen rivers surged north Monday in central Europe after carving a swath of destruction across Poland,

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Pakistan food prices soar

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistanis grappled with skyrocketing fruit and vegetable prices Sunday caused by floods that have destroyed more than

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China landslides, 127 dead thousands missing

BEIJING – Rubble-strewn floodwaters tore through a remote corner of northwestern China on Sunday, smashing buildings, overturning cars and

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Central Europe floods, ten dead, thousands evacuated

WARSAW (AFP) – Floods caused by torrential rain left 10 people dead and several others missing in central Europe

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Floods hit North Korea

SEOUL (AFP) – Floods caused by torrential rain have washed away homes, roads, railways and farmland in North Korea,

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