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Wednesday 29 March 2023 Dublin: 10°C

# flash floods

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# Flooding
Floods displace thousands in Malaysia
The Meteorological Department warned that heavy rain was expected to persist in 12 of the country’s 16 states and territories throughout tomorrow.
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Dec 18th 2021, 5:04 PM
# cyclone seroja
More than 110 dead after flash floods in Indonesia and East Timor
Dozens more remain missing.
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Apr 5th 2021, 4:41 PM
# flash floods
Record rain and flooding prompt evacuations in Australia
Sydney’s main reservoir was filled to overflowing for the first time in 30 years, officials said.
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Mar 20th 2021, 9:27 AM
# flash floods
At least 18 deaths and 200 people are missing after glacier disaster in India
Most of those missing were working at the two power plants. Some were trapped in two tunnels cut off by the floods and by mud and rocks.
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Feb 8th 2021, 12:15 PM
# heavy snow
Snow, rain and flash floods leave dozens dead in Afghanistan and Pakistan
At least 43 people are dead in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Jan 13th 2020, 8:25 AM
# flash floods
At least four reported dead as Pacific storm batters California
Tens of thousands of homes are without power, and hundreds of flights have been cancelled due to the storm.
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Feb 18th 2017, 4:42 PM
# Disaster
Dozens die in Afghan flash floods - and there's "nothing left" for the survivors
The death toll currently stands at almost 60, but is expected to rise as rescue efforts continue.
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Jun 7th 2014, 4:03 PM
# flash floods
14 dead after 'dramatic' storm hits Italian island of Sardinia
Among the dead was an entire family of four Brazilian immigrants who drowned in their basement flat.
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Nov 19th 2013, 8:26 AM
# US
Death toll in Colorado floods rises to four
Four people have been confirmed dead in Colorado, and 80 remain unaccounted for, following “biblical” flash floods.
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Sep 14th 2013, 11:18 AM
# flash floods
Photos: Rescuers race against time as India monsoon toll nears 600
Relief teams are working to rescue tens of thousands of people who have been left stranded after flash floods and landslides.
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Jun 22nd 2013, 1:17 PM
# Jordan
Torrential rains hit desert Jordan, floods sweep Middle East
In northern Jordan, relief workers distributing aid to Syrian refugees were injured in a “stampede” in a camp where hundreds of tents have been destroyed by the rains.
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Jan 8th 2013, 7:25 PM
# Philippines
In photos: Torrential rains deluge Manila
The Philippines’s capital has been turned into a “water world” in a deluge that has killed at least 23 people and forced hundreds of thousands to flee.
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Aug 8th 2012, 9:56 PM
# Philippines
Philippines prepares for mass burial of storm victims
The tropical storm killed at least 650 people this weekend and left over 800 missing, according to the Red Cross.
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Dec 19th 2011, 3:31 PM
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Dec 19th 2011, 8:31 AM
# Floods
Death toll rises to 650 after Philippines storm
More than 800 people are still missing after flash floods that swept away houses and splintered families.
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Dec 18th 2011, 2:23 PM
# Philippines
Death toll in Filipino flash floods rises to 436
Many people were killed as they slept in their beds and tropical storm tore through two cities.
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Dec 17th 2011, 2:23 PM