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Pakistan’s worst flooding

News Source :  The Observer

Two weeks into the worst natural disaster in its history, Pakistan is braced for further flooding as waters in the upper reaches of the swollen Indus river reach critical levels.

With more than 1,600 people confirmed dead and as many as 20 million made homeless, the country is reeling from the scale of [...]

Extreme Weather Causes Global Chaos

One of the world’s top climate change experts says the environmental disasters killing hundreds of thousands of people across the world could be a sign that global warming has well and truly arrived. Sky’s Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Lisa Holland reports.

107 Dead in China’s Heavy Rain Landslide

NEW SOURCE :   http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5glsmFpe-zgAfgIX_u0DCJUluaqCwD9GKQ9880
Rescuers search for 107 in China landslide
By CHI-CHI ZHANG (AP)

 
BEIJING — Hope of finding survivors was dimishing Tuesday as rescuers used heavy machinery including bulldozers to search for at least 107 people trapped under a landslide in rain-hit southwestern China.
Villagers huddled in tents set up at the site as rescuers searched for [...]

Floods Around The World This Week

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Torrential rains that hit southern China more than a week ago have triggered destructive floods and landslides that have killed at least 175 people.

An estimated 10 million people have been affected by the disaster that has devastated the region and forced the evacuation of more than a million residents.

Al [...]