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Vanuatu

Tiny Pacific Vanuatu cleans up after devastating Cyclone Pam

Vanuatu has been counting the cost of Cyclone Pam, which has wrecked the tiny Pacific nation and taken an unknown number of lives. The first aid

Japan

Anger at huge 'anti-tsunami' sea walls in Japan

Japan is building a series of controversial concrete walls along parts of its northern coastline to protect against tsunamis. Nearly 400 kilometres

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South Africa: Homes destroyed in raging Cape Town wildfires

Madagascar

Madagascar floods kill 14 and displace thousands

Floods in Madagascar have killed 14 people and forced more than 21,000 people from their homes in and around the capital Antananarivo. The

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Heavy flooding in Bolivia leaves hundreds of families homeless

Italy

Hundreds evacuated from homes as huge sinkhole appears in Naples

A ten-metre wide sinkhole has appeared in a street in suburban Naples after heavy rains and a burst underground water pipe caused the ground to give

India

Memories of Indian Ocean tsunami haunt survivors

The Indian Ocean quake and tsunami ten years ago caused huge numbers of deaths across coastal villages and towns but also devastated the lives of

Indonesia

A decade since the Indian Ocean tsunami

December the 26th, 2014, marks the 10th anniversary of the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that resulted in the deaths of over 230,000 people.

Indonesia

Ten years on: Indonesia remembers the tsunami

Ten years on from the tsunami that swept across the Indian Ocean killing more than 230,000 people, special services have begun in the region to

World News

Heaviest monsoon rain in decades displaces tens of thousands in Malaysia and Indonesia

Record-breaking rainfall in Malaysia and Indonesia has forced around 100,000 residents from their homes. Although people here are used to dealing

Indonesia

Death toll reaches 37 after mudslide near Jakarta, Indonesia

At least 37 people are now known to have died in Indonesia after more than 100 homes were swept away by mud gushing into Jemblung village in the

Philippines

Hagupit death toll rises to 27 as storm heads for Manila

Typhoon Hagupit weakened into a tropical storm on Monday. The Philippine Red Cross said that it had left at least 27 people dead in its wake, most

Philippines

Philippines impact from Typhoon Hagupit lower than feared

The Red Cross in the Philippines has confirmed reports of 21 deaths from Typhoon Hagupit. After authorities near the storm’s first contact with land

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Several die in south of France flash floods

CapeVerde

Hundreds flee as volcano erupts on Cape Verde islands

Spain

Tornado tears up Spanish resort

Japan

Dozens injured in Japan earthquake

Romania

Earthquake measuring 5.6 strikes Romania

China

More than 1,000 students trapped in China by floods triggered by Typhoon Haiyan

World

Typhoon-hit Philippines near anarchy in desperate Tacloban