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Death toll of Indonesia flash floods, landslides rises to 17 with 9 missing

​The death toll from Indonesia's flash floods and landslides rose to 17 on Wednesday, with nine people missing and 32 others injured, a disaster agency spokesman said.

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Typhoon Nepartak leaves 83 dead, 19 missing in E. Chinese city

Typhoon Nepartak has left 83 people dead and 19 missing in Fuzhou, capital of east China's Fujian Province as of Sunday noon, provincial authorities said

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Thousands join search for missing soldier

In Minhou county, Fujian province, more than 2,000 residents volunteered to search for a missing PLA flood fighter who had been caught in a mudslide, Fuzhou Evening News reported.

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Flash floods, landslides in western Indonesia leave 3 dead, 4 missing

Three people were killed and four other went missing after flash floods and landslides hit central Java province in western Indonesia on Saturday, an official of disaster agency said.

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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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3 tourists die, 1 still missing after speedboat capsizes near Koh Samui of Thailand

Three tourists are confirmed dead and one is still missing after a speedboat packed with foreign tourists capsized on its way back to the tourist island of Koh Samui in Southern Thailand on Thursday.

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1 HK tourist missing after speedboat capsizes near Thailand island Koh Samui

​Two tourists died and five others were still missing, including one Hong Kong tourist, late Thursday afternoon when a speedboat flipped on its way back to Koh Samui Island in south Thailand, local media reported.

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Boat carrying Chinese citizen, Spanish tourists found sunk off Malaysia's Sabah state: officials

Malaysian authorities said Sunday that a boat ferrying four people, including a Chinese citizen and two Spanish tourists, was believed to have sunk off the waters of the country's eastern Sabah state.

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Search to continue for more MH370 debris in waters near Mozambique, S. Africa: Malaysian officials

Malaysia has been given greenlight to search for more possible debris of missing Malaysia Airline flight MH370 in waters near Mozambique and South Africa, officials said Thursday.

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Possible MH370 debris found in S. Africa being examined in Australia

​Pieces of debris "almost certainly" from missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 will be shipped back to Malaysia this week after undergoing careful examination by Australia's Transport Safety Bureau.

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Mozambique debris "almost certainly" from MH370: Aust'n government

Aircraft debris recovered from Mozambique earlier this month is "almost certainly" from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, Australia's transport minister said on Thursday.

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Suspected new debris found in Reunion Island could be from MH370: Malaysian official

The suspected new debris found in French overseas Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean could be from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight according to the drifting calculation, a Malaysian official said Monday.

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Female Chinese tourist among 21 people on board missing Nepalese aircraft

A female Chinese tourist was among 21 people on board a missing aircraft of Tara Airlines in Nepal, Bhim Raj Rai, Media Officer of the airlines informed Xinhua Wednesday.

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Plane of Somalia's Daallo Airlines makes emergency landing after catching fire

A plane of Somalia's Daallo Airlines made an emergency landing Tuesday in the capital Mogadishu after it caught fire a few minutes after taking off, injuring two people, officials said.

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Reinforcements arrive for Shenzhen rescue operation

​Seventy-eight excavators and 1,200 rescuers have been added to the operation searching for the 91 people missing after Sunday's landslide in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen.

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Death toll rises to 31 in China landslide

​Death toll of a landslide in east China's Zhejiang Province has risen to 31, with 6 still missing as of 8 p.m. Tuesday.

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China landslide death toll rises to 26

​Five more bodies were found after a massive landslide buried dozens of homes in east China's Zhejiang Province, bringing the death toll to 26, with 11 others still missing.