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3.6 mln people affected by floods, landslides in East Africa: UN
Kenya: At least 3.6 million people were impacted by floods and landslides across large swathes of East Africa since June, the UN humanitarian agency said on Saturday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the floods have compounded an already…
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Human skulls, bones unearthed after landslide in Mizoram
Aizawl: Human skulls and bones, believed to be several decades old, were found on Friday in western Mizoram’s Mamit district, officials said. Mamit District Deputy Commissioner Lalrozama said that these human skulls…
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Four dead in landslides, floods weeks after typhoon hit Japan
Tokyo: Four people were killed and another person was missing in landslides and floods on Friday, local officials and news reports said, as Japan was hit by heavy rains just two weeks after a deadly typhoon…
- India
Landslides block roads in Himachal Pradesh
Kinnaur: Overnight heavy rainfall triggered many landslides in isolated regions of Himachal, blocking a large number of roads. On Sunday morning, NH-5 was blocked for few hours near Ribba of Kinnaur district.…
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China: 16 killed in landslides, 30 missing
Beijing [China]: At least 16 people were killed and 30 others are missing after landslides hit two areas of Guizhou province in southwestern China, the state media reported on Thursday. More than…
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11 killed in landslides in western Nepal
Kathmandu [Nepal]: At least 11 people were killed, while two others went missing, after landslides, triggered by incessant rains, buried houses in Nepal’s western district of Gulmi on Tuesday, police said. The…
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Monsoon rains kill 17 in Nepal, six in India
New Delhi: At least 17 people have been killed across Nepal after torrential monsoon rains induced floods and landslides, officials said Friday. In neighbouring north-eastern India the death toll from floods rose…
- World
Death toll in Philippines storm reaches 85
Manila: At least 85 people have died and 20 remain missing in floods and landslides triggered by storm Usman as it passed through the Philippines, officials said on Wednesday. The National Disaster…
