Death toll from landslides, floods in northern Vietnam rises to 22

October 11th, 2009 MANILA - The toll in floods and landslides caused by the tropical storm Parma in the Philippines last week has risen to 300 after more bodies were recovered by the rescue workers Sunday as the weather cleared, officials said. The mountainous Cordillera region was the worst hit, where more than 40 landslides occurred, killing 227 people, said Olive Luces, civil defence director of the region.

October 9th, 2009 MANILA - At least 113 people were killed in a series of landslides and floods brought about by days of heavy rains in the northern Philippines, officials said Friday. Seventy of the victims were killed in landslides in La Trinidad town in Benguet province, 210 km north of Manila, according to provincial Governor Nestor Fongwan.

October 9th, 2009 MANILA - At least 181 people were killed in a series of landslides and floods brought about by days of heavy rains in the northern Philippines, officials said Friday. Thousands of people were also trapped on the roofs of their houses in more than 20 towns in Pangasinan province because of floods that have turned roads and highways into raging rivers.

October 8th, 2009 MANILA - At least 75 people were killed in a series of landslides brought about by days of heavy rains in the northern Philippines, officials said Friday. Seventy two remained missing in the landslides, which occurred in Benguet and Mountain provinces since Thursday.

October 8th, 2009 KATHMANDU - The death toll from flooding and landslides in western Nepal rose to 54 with thousands displaced from their homes, officials said Thursday. The flash floods and landslides were triggered by heavy rains which began Sunday evening and left a trail of destruction as the system moved east across the Himalayan nation.

October 3rd, 2009 Toll in south India floods rises to 134HYDERABAD, India — Soldiers plucked marooned villagers from rooftops in rescue operations Saturday after flash floods and landslides killed 134 people in southern India, officials and news reports said. Army helicopters and thousands of soldiers stepped up relief efforts, dropping food packets and drinking water to thousands of people stranded in the floods triggered by four days of torrential rains, officials said.

October 2nd, 2009 Report: Toll in south India floods rises to 102NEW DELHI — At least 35 more people died Friday after flash floods washed away thousands of homes in southern India, pushing the death toll from this week's heavy rains to 102, officials and media said. In worst-hit Karnataka state, floods have destroyed at least 26,000 houses, submerged roads and snapped communication links in many areas.

October 1st, 2009 UN: Indonesia death toll rises to 1,100UNITED NATIONS — The U.N.'s humanitarian chief said Thursday the powerful earthquakes that struck Indonesia have killed at least 1,100 people. John Holmes said the latest figures "suggest the death toll has risen already to 1,100" and that there are "many hundreds of injured people as well" because of Wednesday's 7.6-magnitude earthquake, which originated in the sea off Sumatra island.

September 29th, 2009 MANILA - The death toll in the devastating floods brought about by storm Ketsana in the Philippines has climbed to at least 240, with 37 still missing, the government said Tuesday. Nearly two million people were affected by the deluge in Manila and northern provinces, the National Disaster Coordinating Council said.

September 28th, 2009 MANILA - Philippine authorities were struggling Monday to help hundreds of thousands of people displaced by devastating floods in the capital and outlying areas as the death toll topped 200. Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said the government was focussing on providing relief to nearly 500,000 people affected by tropical storm Ketsana.

July 31st, 2009 KATHMANDU - At least nine people were killed and four injured after landslides hit three districts in western Nepal, officials said Friday. The landslides followed heavy monsoonal rains since Thursday night.

July 23rd, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The death tally in Orissa's flash floods, due to nearly two weeks of incessant rains, went up to 41 Thursday even as the officials said the water level has started receding in most of the rivers and streams. The death toll has risen to 41, D.N.

July 19th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The death toll in the Orissa flash floods, triggered by heavy monsoon rains over the past week, rose to 27 Sunday after two more people died in Ganjam district, an official said. The highest number - 11 deaths - have been reported from Nayagarh district followed by four in Ganjam.

July 15th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The death toll in flash floods that was triggered by heavy monsoon rains rose to 15 in Orissa Wednesday, officials said. The toll, however, could be more than 20, according to non-official sources.

June 13th, 2009 Death toll from Mexican day care fire rises to 46MEXICO CITY — A health official says the death toll from a day care center fire in northern Mexico has risen to 46 following the death of a toddler. Sonora state Health Secretary Raymundo Lopez Vocovich says the 3-year-old boy died Friday at a hospital in the central city of Guadalajara.