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Largest sub-glacial flood ever recorded, leaves massive ice crater in...
July 2, 2013 – ANTARCTICA – Scientists have seen evidence for a colossal flood under Antarctica that drained six billion tonnes of water, quite possibly straight to the ocean. The cause is thought to...
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Landslides and floods kill 50 in Nepal
July 6, 2013 – NEPAL - Landslides and floods triggered by several weeks of monsoon rains have killed at least 50 people in mainly remote parts of Nepal, a government official said Thursday. “So far, 50...
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Epic rainfall devastates Toronto: More than a month’s rain falls in less than...
July 9, 2013 – TORONTO, CAN – It is official: the epic rainfall in Toronto on Monday afternoon that drenched highways, had cars bobbing up and down in rainwater and overwhelmed 911 was an extreme...
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Worst floods in 50 years lay waste to China’s Beichuan county- 30 believed...
July 10, 2013 – BEIJING — Flooding in western China, the worst in 50 years for some areas, triggered a landslide Wednesday that buried about 30 people, trapped hundreds in a highway tunnel and...
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Floods top 2013 world disaster bill so far
July 11, 2013 – CLIMATE - Floods that caused billions of dollars in losses were the world’s most expensive natural disasters so far this year, with central Europe being hit hardest, re-insurers Munich...
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Northern India hit by worst flooding in 50 years: 100 villages swamped in Bihar
July 13, 2013 – INDIA – Flood waters entered over 100 villages in Bihar in the past 24 hours, forcing people to abandon their homes, as many rivers in the state rose and posed a threat to other...
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Massive Portugal earthquake today, would devastate much of Britain
Dangerous quake zone: The city of Lisbon was ripped open by the 1755 earthquake which left fissures 15 feet wide in the city center. July 17, 2013 – BRITAIN – Swathes of Britain could be left totally...
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Russia’s Far East hit by the worst floods in 120 years
August 19, 2013 – RUSSIA – Up to 100,000 people may be evacuated from flood-hit regions in Russia’s Far East. Water levels at local reservoirs have already reached historic highs, and officials say...
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Record rainfall: more than 60% of Philippine capital under water
August 20, 2013 – MANILA – Flooding caused by some of the Philippines’ heaviest rains on record submerged more than half the capital Tuesday, turning roads into rivers and trapping tens of thousands...
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68 believed buried in Mexico mudslide: death toll rises, as country pummeled...
September 20, 2013 – MEXICO - Rescue teams were searching Thursday for an estimated 68 people believed buried in a mudslide after multiple storms battered large swaths of Mexico, killing nearly 100...
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Super Typhoon Usagi threatens Taiwan, Northern Philippines, and Hong Kong
September 20, 2013 – TAIWAN - Super Typhoon Usagi, the equivalent of a Category 5 Atlantic hurricane, intensified rapidly Thursday in the western Pacific Ocean and will threaten parts of Taiwan, the...
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Torrential rains and floods claim 45 lives in Thailand and Vietnam
September 25, 2013 – BANGKOK - Floods triggered by heavy rains claimed at least nine lives in Thailand this month and affected up to 1.5mn people, officials said yesterday. Flooding was reported in 23...
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Typhoon Wutip takes aim at Vietnam and South China: 74 reported missing
September 30, 2013 – CHINA - Seventy-four people are missing after three Chinese fishing boats sank in the South China Sea amid stormy weather caused by a typhoon, state media reported Monday. The...
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Category 4 Tropical Cyclone Phailin makes landfall in India: 500,000 evacuated
October 12, 2013 – INDIA – As many as 500,000 people in India have been evacuated as a massive cyclone sweeps through the Bay of Bengal towards the east coast. Cyclone Phailin, categorized as “very...
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Typhoon Wipha sideswipes Tokyo, at least 17 dead
October 16, 2013 – TOKYO, JP – A typhoon killed 17 people in Japan on Wednesday, most on an offshore island, but largely spared the capital and caused no new disaster as it brushed by the wrecked...
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Runoff down slopes of extinct Philippine volcano wreaks havoc on Magalang...
October 17, 2013 – PHILIPPINES – AYALA, Magalang — Rampaging runoff from the steep slopes of the fabled Mt. Arayat here at the height of Typhoon ‘Santi’ on Friday evening cut a wide swath of...
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Body bags rushed to devastated areas after typhoon onslaught in the...
November 9, 2013 – Tacloban, PHILIPPINES (CNN) – Officials rushed body bags to devastated communities Saturday after Super Typhoon Haiyan left more than 100 bodies strewn on the streets of one coastal...
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Weakened Haiyan continues north to China and Vietnam, killing 14
November 11, 2013 – VIETNAM - Typhoon Haiyan continued on its destructive path into Vietnam and China Monday, although it had weakened slightly and was later downgraded to a tropical storm. At least...
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‘Apocalyptic’ torrential rains wreak havoc on Italian island of Sardinia,...
November 19, 2013 – SARDINIA, Italy - A storm has killed at least 16 people on the Italian island of Sardinia, with two people unaccounted for and fears the death toll will rise, officials say....
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Gale force winds batter Europe, as thousands in U.K. face more flooding
December 7, 2013 – LONDON - Hundreds of people in Britain mopped up flooded homes on Friday after a powerful storm that scoured northern Europe with hurricane-force gusts kicked up the biggest tidal...
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