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Harvey residential insured and uninsured flood loss $25-$37 billion

AnalyticsfirmCorelogic(CLGX.N)estimatestotalresidentialinsuredanduninsuredfloodlossfromHurricaneHarveyofbetween$25billionand$37billion,itsaidonFriday.Ofthat,aro

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Update: Death toll in India's Bihar floods rises to 393

DeathtollintheongoingfloodsinIndia'seasternstateofBiharhasrisento393,officialssaidFriday.ThewaterinBurhiGandakandBagmatiriversisflowingabovedangermarkandhaveinu

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Updated | Death toll rises to 24 from flash flood in SW China

Thedeathtollhasrisento24fromaflashfloodinLiangshanYiAutonomousPrefectureinsouthwestChina'sSichuanProvince,localauthoritiessaidTuesday.TheflashfloodhitGengdiVill

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Update | Death toll rises to 8 in northwest China flood

AfloodhaslefteightdeadandonemissinginnorthwestChina'sShaanxiProvince,localauthoritiessaidFriday.HeavyrainhasfalleninthenorthernpartsofShaanxisinceTuesdaynightan

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China donates aid materials worth 15 million yuan to Sri Lanka

Chinawillhandoveraidmaterialsworth15millionyuan(about2.2millionUSdollars)toflood-hitSriLankatoassisttherescuework,announcedChina'sMinistryofCommerceonSunday.The

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Ahok apologises to victims of Jakarta floods

Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama has apologised to victims affected by flooding in the capital this week and promised to continue a project aimed at preventing it from happening again.

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Scientific study of China’s great flood could rewrite history

Scientists have found what could be geological evidence of a legendary flood tied to the establishment of the first dynasty in China, Xia, and even the beginning of Chinese civilization, a study published in the U.S. journal Science said Thursday.

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Floods in India's northeast kills 200 wild animals

Around 200 wild animals were perished in flood waters that inundated Kaziranga national park in India's northeastern state of Assam, officials said.

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Death toll from Hebei storms climbs to 114, 4 officials suspended

Torrential rain and floods have left 114 people dead and 111 others missing in north China's Hebei Province as of 6 p.m. on Saturday, according to the provincial civil affairs bureau.

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Watchful guardians of Yangtze

Record rainfall means Li Jianqiang is preparing for a visit from an old adversary; floods. He has been on "dike watch" since 1981.

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Death toll on flooding peak across China rises to 186, second Yangtze warning issued

Some 56,000 homes have collapsed and about 1.5 million people evacuated, authorities say

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Aussie leaders visit storm-hit areas

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his opponent, opposition leader Bill Shorten, suspended their election campaigning yesterday to visit areas ravaged by the powerful storm which has lashed Australia's east coast.

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Floods threaten southern China areas

China's flood control authority said on Tuesday that there is "a large chance of flooding" along the Yangtze River, Songhua River and Huaihe River this year as a result of increased precipitation during flood season.

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Flood kills 4 people, washes away scores of houses in northern Afghan province

​At least four people have been confirmed dead and four others injured as heavy rainfall and flash flood hit several villages in the northern Badakhshan province on Wednesday night, director of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in the province, Sayed Abdullah Hamayon Dehqan, said Thursday.

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Malaysia brace for wet weather as river levels rise following rainstorms

The weather has gone from extremely hot to extremely wet. Now, several major rivers passing through townships such as Shah Alam, Subang and Sungai Buloh are threatening to burst their banks

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45,000 people affected in first wave of floods in Assam, India

Around 45,000 people have been affected across four districts of Assam in the first wave of floods, the state disaster management authority said.

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Flood defences face criticism as storms wreak havoc in northern England

Thousands of properties remain without power, and evacuation works are continuing on Monday after Storm Desmond wreaked havoc over the weekend in northern England.