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    Floods, landslides kill more than 800 people across South Asia

    Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:28 AM

    Aid workers warn of severe food shortages and water-borne diseases as rains continue to lash the affected areas

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    Nearly 500 dead pulled from Sierra Leone mudslide - coroner

    Sun, 20 Aug 2017 18:21 PM

    One of Africa's worst flooding-related disasters in years occurred when the side of Mount Sugar Loaf collapsed on Monday after heavy rain

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    Congo landslide death toll likely to rise over 200 - Ituri vice governor

    Sat, 19 Aug 2017 08:39 AM

    Many parts of west and central Africa are vulnerable to landslides, because land is heavily deforested and communities crowd into steep hillsides

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    Cities across Africa face threat of landslides like Sierra Leone

    Fri, 18 Aug 2017 10:46 AM

    Threat worsening as rainfall, deforestation increase

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    Wildfire-plagued Portugal declares public calamity as braces for more

    Thu, 17 Aug 2017 16:19 PM

    With just over 2 percent of the EU landmass, Portugal accounts for almost a third of burnt areas in the union this year.

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    Hundreds still missing in Sierra Leone mudslide as search intensifies

    Thu, 17 Aug 2017 14:11 PM

    Aid agencies have warned that corpses trapped in the mud are likely to contaminate water sources and cause outbreaks of disease

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    Brazil farmers run out of space as bumper crops pile up

    Thu, 17 Aug 2017 10:32 AM

    From Iowa to China, years of bumper crops and low prices have overwhelmed storage capacity for corn, wheat and other basic foodstuffs.

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    Firefighters contain destructive wildfire near Athens

    Wed, 16 Aug 2017 12:31 PM

    Across Greece, firefighters were battling more than 33 forest fires, an outbreak fed by dry winds and hot weather

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    Taiwan probes massive power cut that affects millions of households

    Wed, 16 Aug 2017 09:23 AM

    The blackout caused havoc as restaurants and small businesses were left without power, traffic lights stopped working and elevators stalled.

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    Nearly 400 bodies recovered from Sierra Leone mudslide - coroner

    Tue, 15 Aug 2017 19:40 PM

    Dozens of houses were covered in mud when a mountainside collapsed in the town of Regent, one of the deadliest natural disasters in Africa in recent years

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