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Rivers burst, floods kill at least 60 in Pakistan (AP)

AP - Rivers burst their banks during deadly monsoon rains lashing Pakistan, washing away streets, battering a dam and submerging thousands of homes, officials said Thursday.




Flash floods, storms kill about 150 people in Pakistan (Reuters)
Reuters - About 150 people have been killed by flashfloods and bad weather in Pakistan in the last week, with the country's northwest and Baluchistan provinces bearing the brunt of the storms, officials said on Thursday.

The nation's weather (AP)

AP - Active weather was forecast to continue throughout the eastern half of the nation Thursday.




Worst floods in a decade in China, 30,000 trapped (AP)

AP - Floods caused by heavy rains in northeastern China stranded tens of thousands of residents without power Wednesday, as the worst flooding in more than a decade continued to besiege many areas of the country.




Floods trap 30,000 in China's northeast (AFP)

AFP - More than 30,000 people are thought to be trapped by floodwaters in a town in northeast China, state media said Wednesday, as torrential rain that has killed over 300 in two weeks continues.




Tornado in NE corner of Montana kills 2 at farm (AP)

AP - A tornado ripped a family's farmhouse from its foundation in Montana's remote northeastern corner, killing two people and leaving neighbors and authorities to dig through the rubble to rescue a 71-year-old woman who was found next to her grandson's body. Her nephew was found dead 200 feet away.




Tropical Cyclone Birth Predicted with Supercomputer (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - It's the heart of hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, the ripest time for tropical cyclones to develop over these waters. But predicting whether or not a storm system will grow into a hurricane is difficult.

China braces for more flooding as rains continue (AP)

AP - Troops sandbagged swollen rivers Monday and storm-battered regions across China prepared for more floods and potential landslides as forecasters predicted torrential rains this week.




11 missing in China landslides: state media (AFP)

AFP - Eleven people were missing after rain triggered landslides in southwest China on Monday, the latest victims of widespread flooding that has left 1,100 dead or missing, state media said.




Flash floods kill over 110 in Pakistan, Kashmir (AFP)

AFP - At least 113 people have died and thousands more have been made homeless as flash floods triggered by torrential rains hit northwest Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir, officials said Thursday.




Storms continue amid flood cleanup (Reuters)
Reuters - Large swathes of the United States suffered another day of extreme weather on Sunday, with hot temperatures in the nation's capital and Southeast coastal areas giving way to thunderstorms later in the day.

Haiti's homeless on the move again as hurricanes loom (AFP)

AFP - Julie, her face a grimace of anguish, waits with her five children for a ride to their next shelter, to where more than 1,000 homeless Haitians have been ordered to go as hurricane season ramps up.




Flooding causes millions in damage in Iowa (AP)

AP - Flooding from the Maquoketa River after the Lake Delhi dam failed has damaged dozens of homes and businesses, causing millions of dollars in damage in Monticello, officials said Sunday.




Eastern US cooks in summer heat, temps reach 100s (AP)

AP - Another wave of oppressive heat clamped down on a broad swath of Eastern states on Saturday, with temperatures in the high 90s and 100s and residents scrambling for shade or just staying indoors.




Floods close Chicago interstate, damage Iowa dam (AP)

AP - Standing water on Chicago-area expressways turned what should have been an easy Saturday morning drive into a soggy, snarled mess after heavy rains across the Midwest closed roads, stranded residents and punched a hole through an Iowa dam.




Floods and landslide in Indonesia kill 21: official (AFP)

AFP - At least 21 people have been killed in floods and a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Indonesia, an official said Sunday.




Floods and landslides kill 10 in Vietnam: govt (AFP)

AFP - Flooding and landslides caused by heavy rain have killed at least 10 people in Vietnam's northern mountainous provinces near China, the government said Sunday.



 

 



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