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Aid workers in India warn scale of flood damage unclear

Aug 22, 2018

The people of the flood-battered Indian state of Kerala are "in a great struggle to rebuild their lives," the state's top official has said, as aid workers warned it could take days before the full scope of the destruction is clear

Iranian media: Sandstorm in Iran sends 95 people to hospital

Aug 21, 2018

Iranian news agency: 95 taken to hospitals after suffering breathing problems during a sand-and-dust storm

Indian military scales down flood rescue operations

Aug 21, 2018

Military scales down rescue operations in south India, where intense floods killed more than 200 people and drove hundreds of thousands from their homes

Indians begin massive cleanup as rains diminish in Kerala

Aug 20, 2018

Thousands of people in flood-ravaged south India are wading through muck and mud to begin the immense task of cleaning their homes and businesses

800,000 displaced in flooding in southern Indian state

Aug 19, 2018

Officials say some 800,000 people have been displaced and over 350 have died in the worst flooding in a century in southern India's Kerala state

People plucked from rooftops after India floods kill 164

Aug 17, 2018

Rescuers are using helicopters and boats to evacuate thousands of people stranded on their rooftops following unprecedented flooding in the southern Indian state of Kerala that left more than 160 dead

Flash flood sweeps away 11 picnickers in India

Aug 15, 2018

An official says at least 11 people have been swept away by a flash flood while picnicking at a waterfall in central India

Heavy monsoon rains kill 67 in southern India, close airport

Aug 15, 2018

Torrential monsoon rains have disrupted air and train services in the southern Indian state of Kerala, where flooding, landslides and bridge collapses have killed at least 67 people in the past week

Flooding in Sudan kills 23 people, injures 61

Aug 13, 2018

Sudanese medics say at least 23 people have been killed in heavy flooding in the past three weeks

Monsoon rain flooding, landslides kill 26 in southern India

Aug 10, 2018

Monsoon rain flooding, landslides kill 26 in southern India with more than 15,500 people taking shelter in state-run relief camps