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Hundreds of houses flooded in Boyolali

Hundreds of houses in Kismoyono village, Boyolali district, Central Java, were on Wednesday inundated after heavy ...

Nearly 25,000 people displaced by flashfloods in southern Philippines

Nearly 25,000 people in the southern Philippines were displaced by flashfloods triggered by heavy downpour, local ...

Rains let loose land mines, shut Peru-Chile border

Flooding rivers in Peru and Chile have ruined houses, displaced people, and turned up something more sinister: land ...

Floods in urban areas said to increase poverty in East Asia-Pacific

The World Bank has stated that flooding in urban areas and cities creates a higher risk of increasing poverty in the ...

Australia`s New South Wales floods force road closures, isolate residents

Heavy rain and localized flooding have forced the closure of the Pacific Highway at the town of Grafton in northern ...

Hundreds garbage sacks collected from Ciliwung River

More than 100 sacks of garbage had been collected from Ciliwung river in an environmental care action launched by the ...

Govt must set up flood early warning systems : legislator

The government needs to establish flood early warning systems with people`s active participation in upstream and ...

2nd round of flooding hits Thailand

A hundred of households in southern province of Songkhal`s Hat Yai district were inundated by a second round of ...

Jakarta predicted to experience flooding in January-March period

Anybody planning to visit Jakarta in January-March this year should be prepared to have to cope with flooding if a ...

33 people die in South India cyclone

At least 33 people died when a cyclone hit southern India, officials said on Saturday as engineers rushed to restore ...

US `ready` to help Philippines after deadly storm

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sent condolences to the Philippines Saturday after more than 600 people were ...

ADB revises RI`s 2012 economic growth down to 6.5 pct

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has predicted the Indonesia economy will expand 6.6 percent this year while revising ...

Jakarta alerted over possible massive flooding

With the current rainy season expected to peak in January and February, Jakarta city authorities have been called ...

news focus: ASEAN leaders agree to enhance cooperation in flood prevention

Floods hitting several Southeast Asian nations, Thailand in particular, received special attention from ASEAN leaders ...

Clinton to visit Thailand, Philippines next week

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who leaves Wednesday for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, will also ...