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Slobozia Conachi (AFP) Sept 15, 2024 - Four people have died in Romania in floods triggered by Storm Boris, which has brought torrential rains and widespread disruption to central and eastern Europe, rescue services said Saturday.
Jun 26, 2026
Houma, United States (AFP) Sept 12, 2024 - Francine weakened Thursday as it moved inland from Louisiana, where the storm left hundreds of thousands without power, but it was continuing to dump dangerous levels of rain across the US south, forecasters said.
Jun 26, 2026
Vienna (AFP) Sept 16, 2024 - Flooding sparked by Storm Boris in central Europe has burst dams, knocked out power and killed at least 18 people, authorities said on Monday, as more people were evacuated.
Jun 26, 2026
Warsaw (AFP) Sept 17, 2024 - The death toll in the extreme weather and flooding let loose by Storm Boris in central Europe has risen to 22, authorities said on Tuesday, after three more victims were reported in Poland and one in Austria.
Jun 26, 2026
Acapulco, Mexico (AFP) Sept 26, 2013 - Authorities in Acapulco closed schools and evacuated dozens of residents Thursday after heavy rains sparked new floods in the Mexican Pacific resort still reeling from deadly tropical storms.
Jun 26, 2026
Key West, Florida (AFP) Sept 7, 2008 - Boarding up windows and battening down everything else, residents of south Florida turned a wary eye to deadly Hurricane Ike Sunday as it tore into the Caribbean.
Jun 26, 2026
Manila (AFP) Sept 9, 2021 - At least one person died and 17 were missing after a storm dumped heavy rain and caused flooding in the Philippines, authorities said Thursday, as a powerful typhoon barrelled towards the country.
Jun 26, 2026
Washington (AFP) Sept 11, 2009 - US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack stood up Friday for pigs and hog farmers, saying their name has been dragged through the mud by people who insist on calling the A(H1N1) influenza pandemic swine flu.
Jun 26, 2026
Beijing (AFP) Sept 4, 2020 - China issued a fierce rebuke Friday to UN experts who said a draconian national security law imposed upon Hong Kong poses a serious risk to the city's freedoms and breaches international legal obligations.
Jun 26, 2026
Arbil, Iraq (AFP) Sept 27, 2018 - Voters in Iraq's Kurdistan elect a new parliament Sunday, with the autonomous region mired in an economic crisis a year after an independence referendum that backfired disastrously.
Jun 26, 2026
Brussels (AFP) Sept 6, 2011 - Honey from nations such as Argentina and China using genetically-modified cereals could face import restrictions into the EU following a key judicial ruling, the European Commission said Wednesday.
Jun 26, 2026
Paris (AFP) Sept 4, 2011 - Scientists said Sunday they had produced the first stemcells from endangered species, a breakthrough that could potentially save dozens of animals teetering on the brink of extinction.
Jun 26, 2026
New York (AFP) Sept 27, 2024 - Rising waters are slowly but surely swallowing Carnie Reimers's backyard in the Marshall Islands, pushing her toward an agonizing choice: stay in the only home she's ever known or leave and face the prospect of becoming a climate refugee.
Jun 26, 2026
Geneva (AFP) Sept 7, 2016 - More than 100 countries pledged Wednesday to clear unexploded cluster munitions used in conflict zones worldwide by 2030, a new step in the unfinished battle to prevent deaths by the weapons.
Jun 26, 2026
Montreal (AFP) Sept 1, 2017 - A state of emergency was extended Friday in Canada's western province of British Columbia, where thousands of firefighters have been battling wildfires for months.
Jun 26, 2026
Kashgar, China (AFP) Sept 13, 2023 - Chinese travellers throng the bazaars of old Kashgar, munching mutton kebabs and soaking up heavily commodified Uyghur culture - part of a government push to remould troubled Xinjiang into a tourism paradise.
Jun 26, 2026
