Mudslide in Thailand's Phuket kills 13, officials say
BANGKOK - Thirteen people including a Russian couple died in a mudslide on the Thai resort island of Phuket, the authorities said on Aug 25, after calling off a search for missing persons.
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Millions in this country are stranded by flooding. Many blame their neighbor
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Floods send nearly 300,000 Bangladeshis into emergency shelters
Nearly 300,000 Bangladeshis were taking refuge in emergency shelters on Saturday from floods that inundated vast areas of the low-lying South Asian country, disaster officials said.
Floods, landslides in India's Tripura state displace tens of thousands
GUWAHATI/DHAKA — Soldiers in lifeboats ferried people to safety on Aug 23 in India's north-eastern state of Tripura after heavy rain triggered floods and landslides, forcing more than 65,000 people from their homes and killing 23, the authorities said.
As more floods batter Bangladesh and India, death toll rises to 30
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Floods wreaked more havoc in India’s northeast and neighboring Bangladesh’s eastern region, raising this week’s total death toll to 30, officials and media reports said Friday.
Floods maroon many people in Bangladesh and India and cause at least 15 deaths
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Floodwaters have stranded hundreds of thousands of people in India’s northeast and neighboring Bangladesh’s eastern region, causing at least 15 deaths as rescuers struggled to reach those who needed help, officials and media reports said Thursday.