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A man on the remains of a bridge in Zimbabwe

Environment

Images show the devastation of Cyclone Idai

Cyclone Idai has devastated parts of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi with winds reaching 170 kilometres per hour

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Flood

Earth

Devastation continues more than a week after Hurricane Florence

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Japan flooding disaster

Environment

Rescue efforts underway after more than 130 die in Japan floods

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More than 100 dead as floods and landslides devastate south-west Japan

Environment

More than 100 dead as floods and landslides devastate south-west Japan

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The stranded boys and their coach

Health

Thai rescue: How to help the boys survive months in a cave

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Parts of San Francisco are sinking faster than the sea is rising

Earth

Parts of San Francisco are sinking faster than the sea is rising

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England's soggy place names could predict the climate future

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NY cabs in flooded lot

Earth

New York should prepare for 15-metre storm surges by 2300

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Thousands of Puerto Ricans evacuated as dam threatens to breach

Life

Thousands of Puerto Ricans evacuated as dam threatens to breach

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The downtown Houston skyline and flooded highway 288 are seen August 27, 2017 as the city battles with tropical storm Harvey and resulting floods

Earth

Houston got rich on urban sprawl, and now it’s paying the price

Unfettered economic growth guaranteed Houston's vulnerability to a natural disaster that hit the poorest hardest, says analyst Owen Gaffney

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Earth

The cities in the firing line for the next Hurricane Harvey

Analysis

Earth

Texas may be just as vulnerable when next big hurricane hits

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Earth

Satellite shows clear-up operation after severe floods in China

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Earth

Rising seas could double the number of severe coastal floods

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