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Hundreds reported missing in Laos after dam collapse: State media

Hundreds of people are missing and several believed dead after the collapse of a hydropower dam under construction in southeast Laos, according to state media. The accident happened at a dam in Sanamxay district of southeastern Attapeu province late on Monday, releasing five billion cubic metres of water, Laos News Agency said on Tuesday. "Several human lives claimed, and several hundreds of people missing," the report said. Several houses in […]

24 July 2018

International News

Sierra Leone appeals for urgent help for flood victims

The president of Sierra Leone says his country needs "urgent support now" for thousands of people affected by flash flooding and mudslides in and around the capital Freetown. Ernest Bai Koroma fought back tears on Tuesday as he said at a news conference in the hilltop community of Regent that the disaster "was overwhelming". "Entire communities have been wiped out," Koroma said at the site where heavy rains streaming down […]

16 August 2017

International News

Rescuers, locals dig for Colombia flood victims as 254 die

Families and rescuers searched desperately on Sunday through mud-plastered rubble for victims of flooding and landslides in Colombia that have killed 254 people, injured hundreds and devastated entire neighborhoods. Several rivers burst their banks near the southwestern city of Mocoa in the early hours of Saturday, sending water, mud and debris crashing down streets and into houses as people slept. Volunteers and firefighters tended to 82 bodies downstream in the […]

3 April 2017

flood victims

Hundreds reported missing in Laos after dam collapse: State media

Sierra Leone appeals for urgent help for flood victims

Rescuers, locals dig for Colombia flood victims as 254 die

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