heavy rains

At least three people have been electrocuted in central Iraq after torrential rain played havoc with the war-ravaged country’s dilapidated power grid, a medical official said on Thursday. The three deaths happened in separate incidents…
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Heavy rains have triggered flash flooding in northern and western Iran, killing at least two people, Iranian state television reported Thursday. According to Pirhossein Koulivand, the head of the country’s emergency services, one…
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North Korea said Tuesday it is making all-out efforts to prevent potential damages caused by heavy rains this week that outside observers worry could aggravate the country’s economic hardships amid its COVID-19 outbreak. Summer floods in…
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Heavy rains from the remnants of Hurricane Agatha flooded much of western Cuba on Friday, killing at least three people in Havana. Thousands of residents in the region lost power and a man in Pinar del Rio province also was missing,…
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Torrential rains in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state between Friday and Sunday left at least 18 people dead, authorities said. “Since last Friday, the turmoil caused by the bad weather caused 18 deaths, including seven children and left around…
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Three years ago, the collapse of the tailings dam at an iron ore mine forced them to move their homes to higher ground. Now, the rain-swollen Paraopeba River has flooded their new village and left them homeless again. Some 50…
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Over 22,000 people were evacuated throughout Malaysia Sunday as the country faces some of its worst flooding in years. The tropical Southeast Asian nation often sees stormy monsoon seasons at the end of the year, with seasonal flooding…
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Eight people in northern Iraq died Friday in flash foods caused by torrential rains in Irbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region, provincial governor Omid Khoshnaw said. “The floods began at 4:00 am, and have left eight dead…
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At least 16 people have died in floods and mudslides in Sri Lanka following more than a week of heavy rain, officials said Wednesday. The disaster management center said more than 5,000 people have been displaced from their homes and…
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Flash floods from torrential rains on Indonesia’s main island of Java killed at least five people and four others were missing, officials said Friday. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency said rivers on the slopes of Mount Arjuno…
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