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43 Brazilian Floods Kill 34, Leave 190,000 Homeless World (tags: brazil, floods, Rio de Janeiro, rain, weather, homeless, flooding, disease, rainforests, rain forests, South America, world ) Terrah - 141 days ago - planetark.org RIO DE JANEIRO - Flooding from heavy rains that killed at least 34 people and left 190,000 homeless in Brazil's northeast now threatens to spread disease, authorities said on Tuesday. add a comment \| visit site \| problem?
52 Thousands of Starving and Stranded Animals in Bolivia Need Your Help! - World Society for the Protection of Animals World (tags: bolivia, floods, animals, disasters ) Maryann - 160 days ago - wspa-usa.org Thousands of starving and stranded animals in Bolivia need your help! 8,000 cats and dogs in urgent need of food and veterinary care, 500,000 cows at risk of starvation and disease, animals with no food or water cut off by flood-ravaged land add a comment \| visit site \| problem?
60 Emerald on Flood Alert as Dam Overflows - Australia World (tags: australia, emerald, dam, floods, overfolowing, water, good news ) Chrissy - 221 days ago - abc.net.au While levees hold back floodwater from inundating the south-west Queensland town of Charleville, another flood threat is emerging at Emerald, west of Rockhampton. The Fairbairn Dam which supplies water to Emerald has filled to capacity, and water is 9 comments \| visit site \| problem?
53 Rain Run-Off Reaches Dams - Queensland/Australia World (tags: australia, queensland, rain, rivers, floods, dams, good news ) Chrissy - 224 days ago - news.com.au BRISBANE'S Somerset Dam is creeping closer to 60 per cent of capacity, the highest it has been since 2004. It was at 56.4 per cent yesterday, with the Stanley River rising at Peachester. Since New Year's Day, Somerset, Wivenhoe and North Pine have harvest add a comment \| visit site \| problem?
61 Rainfall Could Smash Records - Australia World (tags: australia, weather, queensland, floods, flooding, records, monsoon ) Chrissy - 226 days ago - news.com.au BRISBANE has already exceeded its average January rainfall in the first two weeks of the month - as north Queensland continues to faces severe floods. Locals in Airlie Beach in the Whitsundays are bracing for yet more heavy rain today after the monsoon 7 comments \| visit site \| problem?
63 Queenslanders on Evacuation Alert - Australia World (tags: australia, queensland, rivers, rain, floods, flooding, weather ) Chrissy - 236 days ago - news.com.au SOUTHEAST Queensland is experiencing its worst floods in about 20 years and with rivers across the region yet to peak residents are on evacuation alert tonight. While much of the rain brought on by a massive low pressure system over the last week has 8 comments \| visit site \| problem?
63 Natural Disaster Declared in NSW - Australia World (tags: australia, nsw, new south wales, emergency, natural disaster, floods, flooding ) Chrissy - 236 days ago - news.com.au PARTS of the New South Wales north coast have been declared natural disaster areas after heavy rain and severe flooding. NSW Emergency Services Minister Nathan Rees has officially declared the Tweed and Kyogle local government areas natural disaster zones 2 comments \| visit site \| problem?
53 Drought-Breaker La Nina Kicks in for Wet Summer - Australia World (tags: australia, drought, La nina, rain, murray-darling, rivers, floods, good news ) Chrissy - 262 days ago - news.com.au THE drought-breaking La Nina weather pattern has finally kicked in, bringing flooding rains along the eastern coast and filling the tributaries that feed into the dying Murray-Darling river system. 5 comments \| visit site \| problem?
68 Relief Reaches All Bangladesh Cyclone-Hit Areas, Donors Pledge Hundreds of Millions in Aid World (tags: world, deaths, floods, children, humans, aid, relief, bangladesh, Cyclone ) - 281 days ago - voanews.com Relief workers in Bangladesh say they have reached the last remaining pockets of the country devastated by last week's cyclone that killed some 3,500 people and displaced millions others. The military is flying helicopters and cargo planes to deliver 1 comment \| visit site \| problem?
42 83 Dead in North Korean Floods - UN \| NEWS.Com.Au World (tags: world, north korea, floods, deaths, homeless ) Chrissy - 376 days ago - news.com.au FLOODS in North Korea have killed 83 people, left more than 300,000 homeless, destroyed 58,000 houses and drenched more than 90,000 hectares of farmland, a senior UN official has said. 1 comment \| visit site \| problem?
44 Hundreds Die in Powerful Peruvian Earthquake World (tags: world, Peru, flood, floods, earthquake, environment, destruction, weather ) Danielle - 377 days ago - news.aol.com Assistant Secretary-General Margareta Wahlstrom, the deputy emergency relief coordinator, told reporters at U.N. headquarters that "so far (there are) 450 deaths counted, and injured about 1,500." Rescuers struggled across a shattered countryside on Thurs 2 comments \| visit site \| problem?
82 Floods Spell 'Crisis' for Farming World (tags: suffering, diaster, farming, floods ) Jakki - 396 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk As the waters slowly recede, experts say the floods will leave a disaster for British farming in their wake. 7 comments \| visit site \| problem?

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