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Four die as flood hits France

Three people have died and four others are missing as a result of flooding in the southern French department of Gard, French media reported.

Libya floods: UN providing aid as disaster response team deploys

The UN system is providing aid to areas in eastern Libya impacted by the weekend floods and a disaster assessment team has been deployed to support government response and relief operations, the UN said on Wednesday.

Pakistan: $30b flood assessment grossly flawed, admits official

Islamabad: Undermining the authenticity of the Post-Disaster Need Assessment report that put the losses at over USD 30 billion, a top official has admitted that the Pakistani government did not have district-wise data of the population affected by the recent devastating floods in the country.

Pakistan fears major disease outbreaks after severe floods

Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan health officials have warned of large-scale outbreaks of disease in the aftermath of biblical flooding that displaced millions of people.

Pakistan: Flood death toll crosses 1,000-mark

Islamabad/UNI: The death toll from floods triggered by heavy rains across Pakistan has crossed the grim milestone of 1,000, according to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) data.

Death toll in Pakistan's torrential rains rises to 134

Islamabad/Xinhua: The death toll in torrential rains that had been lashing Pakistan in separate spells since June, has risen to 134, the country's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said in a report.

Nine dead in Indonesian capital floods

Jakarta/Xinhua: Massive floods hitting the Indonesian capital of Jakarta and its peripheral areas have killed at least nine people, a disaster mitigation agency has said Wednesday.

Monsoon rains turn millions of children’s lives ‘upside down’ across South Asia

New York, July 19 (IBNS): Heavy rainfall, severe flooding and landslides across Nepal, India and Bangladesh have killed at least 93 children, and put the lives of millions more at risk, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), which is “responding urgently”.

From drought to floods in Somalia; displacement and hunger worsen, says UN

New York, June 9 (IBNS): After four consecutive poor rainy seasons that brought Somalia to the brink of famine, the country is now seeing near-record rainfall, and with it, flooding that has already displaced hundreds of thousands of people, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.

UN, Somali Government seek $80 million in immediate relief for flood-affected populations

New York, May 21 (IBNS): The United Nations and the Somali Government on Sunday launched a joint appeal for $80 million to provide immediate help for the people affected by recent flooding in the country’s centre and south.

Nepal floods: Death toll touches 66, 35 missing

Kathmandu, Aug 14 (IBNS): The death toll in the floods and landslides triggered by the torrential rainfall in different parts of Nepal has touched 66, media reports said.

Flooding forces Montreal to declare state of emergency, other Atlantic provinces under threat

Toronto, May 8 (IBNS): Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre declared a state of emergency in Montreal on Sunday afternoon, as flood waters continued to rise due to incessant rainfall for the past few days.