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Firefighters join flood rescue teams in Mozambique
Firefighters from the West Midlands have been deployed to Mozambique to assist with flood rescue following extreme rainfall in the…
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Living or dying by review: Online extortionists flood businesses with fake appraisals on Google Maps
An online scammer by the name of "Dr. Shaan" extorts U.S. businesses by giving them bad reviews on Google Maps to drive away their…
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Trump Loses His Mind When Asked About Flood of Retiring Republicans
“While I was focused on delivering real results, judges in my state took advantage of a flawed blue slip tradition and became weapons for…
Business
Indonesia flood death toll rises to 883, more than 500 still missing
Indonesia's disaster agency on Saturday reported a rise in the death toll from floods and landslides on the island of Sumatra, saying at…
Culture
China’s low-cost auto parts flood Europe’s biggest car market
Seven in 10 European parts makers now face direct competition from Chinese imports: survey Chinese automotive suppliers are inundating…
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Flood prevention strategies: essential tools for urban and industrial areas
Flooding is one of the growing challenges facing cities and industrial facilities, with limited drainage and proper control measures…
Business
Displaced Palestinian families suffer as heavy rains flood Gaza tent camps
Displaced Palestinians are reeling after heavy rains flooded their tents in makeshift displacement camps in Gaza City, as the United…
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GOP ad blames Long Island's Democratic lawmakers for pausing national flood insurance
A new ad criticizes Democratic Reps. Tom Suozzi and Laura Gillen of New York for a lapse in national flood insurance due to the government…
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Vietnam rethinks its flood strategy as climate change drives storms and devastation
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam is rethinking how it copes with floods after a year of relentless storms collapsed hillsides and left vast…
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Video shows donations to Bangladesh mosque, not aid for Punjab flood victims
A clip showing donations for a mosque in Bangladesh has resurfaced in posts falsely claiming it shows money collected by Muslim groups for…
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Has India ‘weaponised water’ to deliberately flood Pakistan?
Islamabad, Pakistan – For the second time in three years, catastrophic monsoon floods have carved a path of destruction across Pakistan’s…
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Passenger van swept away by flood in Iran, not in Pakistan
Intense monsoon downpours have killed hundreds in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and eastern Punjab provinces in August but…
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FEMA Chief Quits in Disgust at Kristi Noem’s Texas Flood Response
The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue Branch has resigned, telling colleagues that the Trump administration’s disastrous response to…
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Kristi Noem Snaps Over More Reports of Disastrous Texas Flood Response
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed Sunday that reports that she’d kneecapped FEMA’s response to the deadly flooding in Texas…
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Trump Press Sec’s Fury at Media Over Texas Flood Exposes Worst of MAGA
At least 109 people have died amid devastating flooding in Texas. Distressingly, 27 deaths occurred at a summer camp for girls, and the…
Culture
Sydney flights disrupted by heavy rain and winds, flood alert raised
Strong winds and heavy rain led airlines to cancel many domestic flights from Sydney on Tuesday as Australia’s weather bureau warned an…
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Human rights commission urges monitoring of Brazil’s flood recovery efforts
SAO PAULO (AP) — The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is calling for a permanent monitoring system to track Brazil’s compliance…
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For flood survivors in Spain, a photo project helps recover memories
VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — Months after devastating flash floods carved a muddy scar through Valencia, an effort to save some of what was lost…
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Brussels to take on flood of online shopping parcels from China
The European Commission on Wednesday announced measures to better stem the flood of cheap, and sometimes unsafe, products from outside the…
Lifestyle
Everything you should do to prepare during a flash flood warning
Flash floods are one of the most dangerous natural disasters because they often occur without any warning. These sudden floods can cause…
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Alaska flood warning issued as warm winter temperatures melt ice
National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists in Anchorage, Alaska, are warning of floods as above-normal winter temperatures contribute…
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Map shows 11 states getting hit by atmospheric river
National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists have issued a flood watch for several Northeastern states, with an atmospheric river…