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    Landslide in Congo kills at least 17

    18 Sep 2023

    The disaster took place along the Congo River in the town of Lisal in northwestern Mongala province, according to Matthieu Mole, president of the civil society organisation Forces Vives. The victims lived in homes that were built at the foot of a mountain.

    Lightning strikes kill 7 in Yemen's province of Hodeidah

    17 Sep 2023

    The victims are six women and a man in the Al-Luhayyah and Az-Zuhrah districts in the northern part of the province. This is the latest in a series of similar reported accidents across the country during this rainy season, Xinhua news agency reported.

    Heavy rain brings flash flooding to Sydney, prompts rescues

    02 Apr 2023

    Emergency authorities received 50 calls for assistance, mostly for sandbagging of properties and help plugging leaking roofs, from residents in Sydney, the capital of New South Wales state, due to Sunday's deluge.

    Heavy rains kill at least 25 in Sri Lanka, south India

    11 Nov 2021

    A bulletin of the Indian Meteorological Department forecast light to moderate rainfall in most affected areas, with occasional flooding of roads and low-lying areas in some places.

    Auckland floods set to continue as new rainstorms loom

    31 Jan 2023

    Four people lost their lives in flash floods and landslides that hit Auckland over the last three days amid record downpours. A state of emergency is in place in Auckland and Northland, the country's northernmost region.

    Death toll from Tropical Storm Ana in southern Africa rises to 70

    27 Jan 2022

    Packing torrential rains, Tropical Storm Ana made landfall Monday in Madagascar before ploughing into Mozambique and Malawi. Rescue workers and authorities across the three countries were still assessing the full extent of the damage.

    Philippine storm death toll hits 150

    03 Nov 2022

    More than 355,400 people fled their homes as Severe Tropical Storm Nalgae pounded swathes of the archipelago nation late last week and over the weekend. More rain was forecast in some of the hardest-hit areas.

    Heavy rain, mudslides kill 105, with dozens still missing in Brazil

    17 Feb 2022

    With 35 people still reported missing, fears that the death toll could climb further sent firefighters and volunteers scrambling through the remains of houses washed away in torrents of mud, many of them in impoverished hillside slums.

    18 dead, fears of higher toll in storms near Brazil's Rio de Janeiro

    16 Feb 2022

    The state fire department said late on Tuesday that more than 180 soldiers were already working in the stricken Petropolis region, which saw hundreds of deaths from heavy rainfall in 2011.

    Landslide kills at least 24 as rains deluge Ecuador capital

    02 Feb 2022

    The Quito Security Department said at least 48 more people were injured, while eight houses collapsed and others were damaged when the hillside gave way late on Monday. The authorities also reported 12 missing people.

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