Tag: Floods

Turks Swept Away In Flash Floods

Video Report: People and cars swept away in flash floods. At least 23 people have been killed and a

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Nigeria: ‘Floods Render 150,000 Homeless’

Abuja — About one hundred and fifty thousand Nigerians have been displaced by floods due to recent torrential rain-falls

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Heavy Rains, Fierce Floods displace 350,000 in West Africa

Some 350,000 people in West Africa have been affected by serious flooding, the United Nations said Friday, noting that

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Drought, debt lead to rapid increase in Indian farmers’ suicides

HYDERABAD, India — Dozens of impoverished farmers struggling with debt and poor rainfall have killed themselves in southern India

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BANGLADESH: Hundreds of thousands stranded by fierce floods

DHAKA, 25 August 2009 (IRIN) - Heavy monsoon rains, which arrived much later than normal this year, have stranded

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Typhoon Morakot killed 650: Taiwan

The death toll from Typhoon Morakot was raised to at least 650 on Sunday after the worst weather disaster

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China could see emissions peak in 2030: govt panel

China could see its greenhouse gas emissions peak in 2030 if it sets "quantitative" reduction targets and invests heavily

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Pakistan floods kill 30, affect 75,000: UN, officials

Flash floods have killed 30 people and affected 75,000 others in northwest Pakistan, where authorities are already grappling with

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Heavy rains flood camps for displaced Sri Lankans

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Heavy rains have caused havoc in camps housing nearly 300,000 people displaced by war in

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India blames Kyoto failure for climate stand off

India said Thursday it was committed to fighting climate change but called developed nations' failure to implement the Kyoto

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