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India Needs $2.4 Trillion For Climate Infrastructure By 2050: World Bank
India needs to invest more than $2.4 trillion by 2050 to build climate-resilient urban infrastructure, as its fast-expanding cities face growing challenges from extreme weather events linked to climate change, the World Bank said on Tuesday.
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Torrential Rain Kills 18 In South Korea, 9 Missing After Floods, Landslides
Severe wet weather in South Korea eased on Monday following days of torrential rain that triggered floods and landslides and left at least 18 people dead, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety said on Monday.
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From Missouri To Gaza: The Global Grief Of Families With Missing Loved Ones
Ambiguous loss can be intimate or global, as in the cases of the missing from the September 11 attacks, tsunamis in the Indian Ocean and Japan, the Turkey-Syria earthquake, the Israel-Hamas war and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Millions At Risk After Trump's Funding Cut Stalls Water Projects Globally
The Trump administration's decision to slash nearly all U.S. foreign aid has left dozens of water and sanitation projects half-finished across the globe.
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"Then, Now & Forever": Kamran Akmal Memes Viral After Pakistan Star's Blooper In World Championship Of Legends
Kamran Akmal memes flooded the internet on Saturday morning. The reason: a missed chance behind the stumps
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54 Dead In 24 Hours As Heavy Rain Hits Pakistan, Death Count Rises To 180
Heavy rains have been linked to 54 deaths in the past 24 hours in Pakistan, taking the toll to about 180 since the arrival of the monsoon in late June, the government's disaster agency said on Thursday.
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"I Thought I Was Going To Die": Sailor Recounts Houthi Attack In Red Sea
Filipino seafarer Cocoy was off-duty and resting in his cabin when the captain's voice boomed over the intercom of the cargo ship: "We are under attack".
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3 Dead, Over 1,000 Evacuated As South Korea Hit By Heaviest Rain In 120 Years
At least three people were killed and more than 1,000 evacuated Thursday after South Korea was hit by torrential rains, officials said, with one region pummelled by the most rainfall per hour since full records began.
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Video: Subway Lines, Roads Submerged As Flash Flood Batter New York, New Jersey
Heavy rain pummeled parts of the United States' Northeast on Monday, submerging sections of New Jersey and New York with flash flooding that inundated major roads, stranded vehicles, closed subway lines and caused long flight delays.
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"Only An Evil Person Would Ask": Trump On Reporter's Texas Flood Question
US President Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter for questioning the government's efforts on the Texas floods, particularly over claims that timely warnings could have saved dozens of lives.
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Opinion | Gurugram And Its 'Manhattan' Dreams: Fake It Till You Flood It
While news pages are moaning about waterlogged roads in the city, there is a builder boldly advertising, in a newspaper jacket, "luxe suites" in an imaginatively titled "South of Gurugram".
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A Texas Family Clung To Life On Their Roof, Capturing Terrifying Flooding
Jane Towler's grandfather bought the property in Texas Hill Country in the 1930s, and she's lived through many floods in her 70 years, losing a canoe or chairs here and there. But last Friday was different.
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Mourning Begins In Texas Where More Than 170 Are Still Missing From Flash Floods
Shock has turned into grief across Texas where at least 120 people have died from flash floods and more were missing as the search for victims moved methodically Thursday along endless miles of rivers and rubble.
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US Man Refuses To Hand Sons To Locals During Flood. They Are Swept Away
Mr Burgess was camping in an RV camp with his wife and two boys. His two sons and wife, Julia Anderson Burgess, are still missing.
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Tibetan Glacial Lake Drainage Sparked Deadly Nepal Flood: Climate Body
The deadly flood in Nepal's Bhote Koshi River that killed at least nine people this week was triggered by the draining of a supraglacial lake in the Tibet region of China, according to a regional climate monitoring body.
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India Needs $2.4 Trillion For Climate Infrastructure By 2050: World Bank
India needs to invest more than $2.4 trillion by 2050 to build climate-resilient urban infrastructure, as its fast-expanding cities face growing challenges from extreme weather events linked to climate change, the World Bank said on Tuesday.
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Torrential Rain Kills 18 In South Korea, 9 Missing After Floods, Landslides
Severe wet weather in South Korea eased on Monday following days of torrential rain that triggered floods and landslides and left at least 18 people dead, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety said on Monday.
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From Missouri To Gaza: The Global Grief Of Families With Missing Loved Ones
Ambiguous loss can be intimate or global, as in the cases of the missing from the September 11 attacks, tsunamis in the Indian Ocean and Japan, the Turkey-Syria earthquake, the Israel-Hamas war and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Millions At Risk After Trump's Funding Cut Stalls Water Projects Globally
The Trump administration's decision to slash nearly all U.S. foreign aid has left dozens of water and sanitation projects half-finished across the globe.
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"Then, Now & Forever": Kamran Akmal Memes Viral After Pakistan Star's Blooper In World Championship Of Legends
Kamran Akmal memes flooded the internet on Saturday morning. The reason: a missed chance behind the stumps
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54 Dead In 24 Hours As Heavy Rain Hits Pakistan, Death Count Rises To 180
Heavy rains have been linked to 54 deaths in the past 24 hours in Pakistan, taking the toll to about 180 since the arrival of the monsoon in late June, the government's disaster agency said on Thursday.
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"I Thought I Was Going To Die": Sailor Recounts Houthi Attack In Red Sea
Filipino seafarer Cocoy was off-duty and resting in his cabin when the captain's voice boomed over the intercom of the cargo ship: "We are under attack".
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3 Dead, Over 1,000 Evacuated As South Korea Hit By Heaviest Rain In 120 Years
At least three people were killed and more than 1,000 evacuated Thursday after South Korea was hit by torrential rains, officials said, with one region pummelled by the most rainfall per hour since full records began.
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Video: Subway Lines, Roads Submerged As Flash Flood Batter New York, New Jersey
Heavy rain pummeled parts of the United States' Northeast on Monday, submerging sections of New Jersey and New York with flash flooding that inundated major roads, stranded vehicles, closed subway lines and caused long flight delays.
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"Only An Evil Person Would Ask": Trump On Reporter's Texas Flood Question
US President Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter for questioning the government's efforts on the Texas floods, particularly over claims that timely warnings could have saved dozens of lives.
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Opinion | Gurugram And Its 'Manhattan' Dreams: Fake It Till You Flood It
While news pages are moaning about waterlogged roads in the city, there is a builder boldly advertising, in a newspaper jacket, "luxe suites" in an imaginatively titled "South of Gurugram".
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A Texas Family Clung To Life On Their Roof, Capturing Terrifying Flooding
Jane Towler's grandfather bought the property in Texas Hill Country in the 1930s, and she's lived through many floods in her 70 years, losing a canoe or chairs here and there. But last Friday was different.
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Mourning Begins In Texas Where More Than 170 Are Still Missing From Flash Floods
Shock has turned into grief across Texas where at least 120 people have died from flash floods and more were missing as the search for victims moved methodically Thursday along endless miles of rivers and rubble.
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US Man Refuses To Hand Sons To Locals During Flood. They Are Swept Away
Mr Burgess was camping in an RV camp with his wife and two boys. His two sons and wife, Julia Anderson Burgess, are still missing.
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Tibetan Glacial Lake Drainage Sparked Deadly Nepal Flood: Climate Body
The deadly flood in Nepal's Bhote Koshi River that killed at least nine people this week was triggered by the draining of a supraglacial lake in the Tibet region of China, according to a regional climate monitoring body.
