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11 Jun 2013

Guangdong braced for flood danger

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Floods hit Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland

4 Jun 2013

Volunteers piled up sandbags to keep a swollen river from overwhelming the Czech capital's historic centre yesterday after floods across central Europe forced factories to close, drove thousands...

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Six dead as floods hit Philippines disaster zone

23 Jan 2013

Six people have died and four others are missing in floods that swept through a southern Philippine region still reeling from a deadly typhoon disaster, authorities said on Wednesday.

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Four dead as floods paralyse Jakarta

17 Jan 2013

Heavy monsoon rain triggered severe flooding in large swathes of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, on Thursday, bringing the city to a halt with many government offices and businesses forced to...

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Flooding kills 673 in 2013

5 Jan 2013

Chinese authorities say 673 people have died in floods this year and another 159 people went missing from the disasters.

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Officials warned for years of dangers to New York from storm surges

1 Nov 2012

The warnings came, again and again.

For nearly a decade, scientists told city and state officials that New York faces certain peril - rising sea levels, more frequent flooding and extreme...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Rankings belie the real purpose of universities: to educate

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Howard Winn

Way to go

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Briefs, September 11, 2012

Suicide suspected in minister's death

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Asia must heed warning of recent floods

Are Asia's recent floods the result of bad luck, bad weather or bad design? Manila was left paralysed, with a third of the city under water and thousands evacuated from their homes.

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