Tag: Refugees

Massive explosion of fierce forest fires ravage western Canada

Firefighters in British Columbia struggled Sunday morning to contain some 500 forest fires that have forced the evacuation of

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India army called in as massive floods overwhelm defences

Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:11pm IST LUCKNOW, India, Sept 23 (Reuters) - The Indian army was called in to

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Death and Destruction in Philippines typhoon

MANILA, Sept 22 (AFP) Sep 22, 2008 Numerous people killed, about 2,000 displaced and ferry services suspended as Typhoon

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‘Scores die’ in Chinese floods

Heavy rain in southern China has caused major flooding and killed more than 170 people, state media says. Daniel Griffiths

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Climate Change produces The world’s first rising seas “refugees”

PORT MORESBY, The 1,500 residents of Carteret Island, an atoll of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea,

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Quake lake mass evacuation

Almost 160,000 people have been evacuated from areas below a rising "quake lake" in Sichuan, following China's earthquake on

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There is Nowhere to run from Global Disasters

Norman Myers, a world renowned British environmentalist and authority on biodiversity, forecast more than a decade ago that as

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AFGHANISTAN: Flash floods displace 1,200 people in Samangan

KABUL, 26 May 2008 (IRIN) - Flash floods have displaced about 200 families (roughly 1,200 individuals) in the Hazrat

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