Floods

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Rain-lashed Britain braces for fresh deluges

AFP Global Edition 3 days ago

Britain's flood-hit northwest braced Saturday for more devastation after river levels rose again and forecasters warned of more rain following unprecedented torrential deluges. Prime Minister Gordon Brown surveyed the grim aftermath on a visit to the badly hit town of Cockermouth, with ...

Brown visits scene of massive floods

AFP European Edition 3 days ago

Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Saturday visited the scene of massive floods that killed one person and stranded hundreds in the heaviest rainfall on record in England. Brown met flooded-out residents in Cockermouth, and emergency services workers who have been battling to ...

BRITAIN WEATHER

AP News 4 days ago

A row of houses are seen engulfed by floodwaters after a heavy rain caused localised flooding in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, Friday, Nov 20,2009. Resisdents of the village of Cockermouth, England, are being rescued from their homes by members of the Royal National ...

Severe Weather

AP News 11 days ago

A motorist drives through flood waters along Park Blvd. during severe weather, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 in Wildwood, N.J. AP Photo/Sean Fitzgerald) Copyright 2009 AP News

El Salvador Flooding

AP News 14 days ago

A truck lays buried in rubble in a residential area affected by flooding and mudslides in Verapaz, El Salvador, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Mud and rock slides caused by rain-fueled floods killed at least 124 people throughout El Salvador and left about ...

Mexico declares flood emergency in 2 south cities

AP News 15 days ago

Mexican government declares flood emergency in 2 rain-sodden southern cities, freeing aid cash The Mexican government has declared parts of the Gulf coast state of Tabasco disaster zones due to flooding from days of heavy rains, freeing up federal relief funds for ...

APTOPIX El Salvador Flooding

AP News 15 days ago

People stand in a residential area affected by flooding and mudslides in Verapaz, El Salvador, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Mud and rock slides caused by rain-fueled floods killed at least 124 people throughout El Salvador and left about five dozen missing, authorities ...

El Salvador Floods

AP News 16 days ago

People make their way through the mud of a flooded road in Tecoluca, some 130 km east from San Salvador, Sunday,Nov. 8, 2009. Torrents of mud and boulders choked the streets of Verapaz as a massive wave of flooding killed 91 people ...

El Salvador death toll jumps to 124: Funes

Reuters US Online Report Top News 16 days ago

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - The death toll from flooding and mudslides in El Salvador triggered by the passage of Hurricane Ida jumped to 124 people, Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes said in a national radio broadcast. Funes described the disaster as "a tragedy" ...

At least 42 killed in El Salvador by Ida's rains

Reuters Environmental Online Report 16 days ago

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - At least 42 people have been killed by flooding and mudslides in El Salvador due to heavy rains caused by Hurricane Ida, Interior Minister Humberto Centeno said in a press conference carried by national radio. The government has ...

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