'Like a massive dam collapsing'
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The island of Phuket, one of Thailand's top resorts, lies in tatters as people struggle to come to terms with the tragedy.
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Residents of Boscastle are counting the cost today of the damage estimated at millions of pounds caused by a freak downpour.
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Emergency services 'came close to collapse' as 3,500 evacuated from swamped homes.
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A report shows, in block-by-block detail, that a big storm would likely flood large swaths of the city.
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Thousands of residents who were evacuated from the path of a leaking dam were urged to stay away through Monday after authorities released a torrent of water to ease pressure on the barrier.
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Worst flooding for a decade leaves up to 1.5 million in need of emergency help.
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China's huge Three Gorges Dam hydropower project could spark environmental catastrophe unless accumulating threats are quickly defused, senior officials and experts have warned.
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&quot;The announcement by Tony Blair that next year&#39;s election campaign will be his last is a disaster ... The reality is that the prime minister will have to hand over the reins of power long before this government reaches the end of a third term .
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A deluge has created the conditions for an extended famine and taken the areaÂs woes to a whole new level.
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Zimbabwe will collapse within six months, possibly leading to a state of emergency, a report tells aid workers.
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Hundreds of people are believed to have died and many injured as heavy rains caused buildings in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, to collapse, according to provincial health and police officials.
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It's taking on water, and debt.
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A major flare on the Sun earlier this week generated what scientists are calling a solar tsunami.
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The Zambian government declares a national disaster to help deal with catastrophic floods.
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By CLIFTON ADCOCK  But after a recent collapse at a Big Splash ride, state officials may require it for water slides.
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New York, Sept. 5. (PTI): Winds howling in excess of 170 km per hour and huge tidal waves toppled power lines leaving more than two million people without power, brought down trees, tore up roads and sent
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Swollen rivers from torrential rain forced thousands of people from their homes, and forecasters warned Monday that water levels could rise to critical levels.