Brazil gov’t says floods, slides leave more than 60K homeless; 14 dead in northeast

October 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party Monday said that all possible steps are being taken to deal with the flood situation in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Every possible effort is being undertaken at the centre and the state level to deal with the flood situation, Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singvi told reporters here.

October 2nd, 2009 ROME - At least 20 people were killed and 35 missing in flash floods in southern Italy, officials said Friday. The government has declared a state of emergency in the flood-hit town of Messina.

September 28th, 2009 HANOI - Four days of floods killed at least 17 people and left six missing in central Vietnam, the country's Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control said Monday. Heavy rains destroyed more than 9,600 homes and flooded some 2,500 hectares of rice and 5,800 hectares of vegetables, officials said.

September 24th, 2009 4 killed, 1 missing in Turkish floodsANKARA, Turkey — The state-run news agency says heavy rains in northeast Turkey have triggered floods and a landslide that killed 4 people. One person is reported missing.

July 28th, 2009 Heavy monsoon rains leave 22 dead in NepalKATMANDU, Nepal — Flooding and landslides brought on by two days of heavy monsoon rains in Nepal have left 22 people dead and several more missing, officials said Tuesday. Home Ministry official Iswor Regmi said the death toll from the rains that began over the weekend could rise as reports pour in from remote villages, some of them several days' walk from the nearest town or telephone.

July 19th, 2009 Heavy rains hit NKorea, raising fears of floodsSEOUL, South Korea — Heavy downpours have hit the capital and other parts of North Korea, the country's state news agency reported Sunday, raising the specter of a repeat of massive floods two years ago that left hundreds of people dead and devastated farmlands. Up to 11.3 inches (28.7 centimeters ) of rain fell in central and southern parts of the country between Friday and Saturday, with Pyongyang receiving 9.2 inches (23.4 centimeters), the official Korean Central News Agency said.

July 6th, 2009 BEIJING - Twenty people have died and over 700,000 left homeless following torrential rains and floods in southern China over the past one week, authorities said Monday. More than 700,000 people have been relocated as heavy rains destroyed houses, flooded crops, cut power lines, damaged roads and caused rivers to overflow, according to the latest figures from the provinces of Hunan, Fujian, Jiangxi and Guangdong and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

May 12th, 2009 Brazil flood chaos eases, but 265K still homelessSAO PAULO, Brazil — The chaos from epic flooding in northern Brazil has eased, with the number of homeless dropping from more than 300,000 to 265,000. Officials say people have started heading back home in some of the 10 states affected by the floods — an affected area three times the size of Alaska.

May 12th, 2009 Brazil floods ease, but 267K still homelessSAO PAULO — Thousands of Brazilians returned home Tuesday following devastating floods but water kept on rising in some places and civil defense officials used helicopters, trucks and boats to deliver aid to victims in isolated communities. The death toll declined from 42 to 39 because some deaths were mistakenly classified as flood-related, said officials in the sprawling jungle state of Amazonas.

May 11th, 2009 Brazil boosts flood aid effort for 300K homelessSAO LUIS, Brazil — Brazil intensified efforts Monday to ship aid to areas isolated by severe flooding as waters continued rising in a jungle state nearly the size of Alaska and more than 300,000 people remained homeless. At least 40 people have died in the worst northern flooding in at least two decades, and two were still missing Monday after an overloaded canoe capsized over the weekend.

May 11th, 2009 Floods ease in Brazil, but 300,000-plus homelessPEDREIRAS, Brazil — Floodwaters receded some in inundated towns across northern Brazil on Sunday, but the number of homeless rose above 300,000 and two people were missing after an overloaded canoe overturned in swift waters. Forty deaths had been confirmed in northern Brazil's worst flooding in decades, fed by two months of unusually heavy rains in a zone stretching from deep in the Amazon to normally arid areas near the Atlantic coast.

May 6th, 2009 Heavy rains leave 186K homeless in northern BrazilSAO PAULO — Floods and mudslides from heavy rains in northern Brazil have driven more than 186,000 from their homes and killed 19 people, officials said Tuesday. Television images showed the rooftops of houses poking out of inundated towns and people using boats to move around in their cities.

May 6th, 2009 Amazon floods leave 186K homeless, death toll 19SAO PAULO — Floods and mudslides from months of heavy rains in northern Brazil have driven more than 186,000 from their homes, killed at least 19 people and cut off shipments from a huge Amazon iron mine, officials said Tuesday. Television footage showed the rooftops of houses poking out of inundated towns and people using boats to move around in their cities.

May 6th, 2009 Heavy rains kill 19 in Brazil, leave 186K homelessSAO PAULO — Floods and mudslides from months of heavy rains in northern Brazil have driven more than 186,000 from their homes, killed at least 19 people and cut off shipments from a huge Amazon iron mine, officials said Tuesday. Television footage showed the rooftops of houses poking out of inundated towns and people using boats to move around in their cities.

May 5th, 2009 RIO DE JANEIRO - At least 14 people have died and more than 70,000 affected in flash floods in northern Brazil, officials said Tuesday. The government has announced a state of emergency in 29 cities and towns in the northern state of Maranhao, the worst affected region in the country, the Civil Defence Service said.