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UN raises over $600-million to boost aid to Ethiopia
A police officer walks past the flags of Ethiopia and Eritrea ahead of Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki's visit to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia July 13, 2018. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri
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Lightning, rains kill 49 in Pakistan as authorities declare state of emergency in southwest
A Pakistani sits beside a flooded park caused by heavy rain in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, April 15, 2024. Lightening and heavy rains killed dozens of people, mostly farmers, across Pakistan in the past three days, officials said Monday, as authorities declared a state of emergency in the country's southwest following an overnight rainfall to avoid any further casualties and damages. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
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Heavy rains set off flash floods, killing 33 people in Afghanistan
Afghan men sit atop of military vehicles as they cross through a flooded area in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province on April 13, 2024, after a flash flood following a heavy rainfall. (Photo by Sanaullah SEIAM / AFP) (Photo by SANAULLAH SEIAM/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia’s Kurgan governor calls on residents to evacuate flooded areas
Locals queue for drinking water in the flood-hit city of Petropavl in northern Kazakhstan close to the border with Russia on April 14, 2024. (Photo by Evgeniy Lukyanov / AFP) (Photo by EVGENIY LUKYANOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russians stage a rare protest after a dam bursts and homes flood near the Kazakh border
Emergency workers use a boat to evacuate local residents in a flooded street after a part of a dam burst, in Orsk, Russia on Monday, April 8, 2024. Floods caused by rising water levels in the Ural River broke a dam in a city near Russia's border with Kazakhstan, forcing some 2,000 people to evacuate, local authorities said. The dam broke in the city of Orsk in the Orenburg region, less than 12.4 miles north of the border on Friday night, according to Orsk mayor Vasily Kozupitsa. (AP Photo)
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Record flood waters rise in Russia’s Urals, forcing thousands to evacuate
In this image taken from a video released by the Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service on Saturday, April 6, 2024, emergency workers evacuate local residents with their pets after a part of a dam burst causing flooding, in Orsk, Russia. Floods hit a city in the Ural Mountains areas after a river dam burst there, prompting evacuations of hundreds of people, local authorities said. The dam breach in Orsk, a city less than 20 kilometers north of Russia's border with Kazakhstan, occurred on Friday night, according to Orsk mayor Vasily Kozupitsa. (Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP)
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Mayor of Russia’s Orenburg orders evacuations amid ‘critical’ flooding
People sit in a cafe during snowfall in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, April 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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B.C. unveils flood strategy, adds $39 million in funding for flood mitigation
British Columbia has released a new comprehensive flood strategy to help communities reduce risk and respond to extreme flooding. Water is pumped out from a flooded home near the Bonaparte River as sandbags line a sidewalk in Cache Creek, B.C., on Sunday, May 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Early ban on open burning across northeastern B.C., starting March 28
Open burning will be banned across much of northern British Columbia starting next week, earlier than usual, after officials warned dry conditions could mean wildfire activity this spring. Flames from the Donnie Creek wildfire burn along a ridge top north of Fort St. John, B.C., Sunday, July 2, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Noah Berger
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B.C. community’s flood recovery plan stalls over lack of funding
A washed out portion of the former Highway 8 is seen along the Nicola River near Spences Bridge, B.C., on Wednesday, November 9, 2022. A temporary road linking Spences Bridge with Merritt is seen on the other side of the river. Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail
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Quebec lender ending new mortgages in flood zones ‘just the beginning’
A truck driver makes his way through the flooded President-Kennedy road (R173), near Beauceville, Que. on Nov. 1, 2019.
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Alberta outlines five-year, $125-million plan to protect communities from drought, floods
Rebecca Schulz speaks at a campaign launch rally in Calgary on Sat., April 29, 2023.The Alberta government is promising to invest $125 million over the next five years to protect communities against flood and drought. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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The high cost of investors’ forgetting the past
Sam Sivarajan
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Rainstorms and snow melt escalate B.C. flood risk
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B.C. River Forecast Centre issues flood warning for Sumas River, tributary of Fraser
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Atmospheric rivers swamp B.C. coast, melting snow and triggering flood advisories
A person carries an umbrella as heavy rain falls in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. Balmy weather and a series of rainstorms forecast for British Columbia’s South Coast have set off flood advisories for rivers, streams and low-lying areas.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Parts of B.C. under flood watch as atmospheric rivers wash over South Coast
British Columbia Premier David Eby listens while responding to questions during a news conference in Surrey, B.C., Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. The province is moving to restrict the use of cellphones in schools as part of a measures that Eby says will help protect young people from online threats. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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A winter storm brings wind, snow, rain to Atlantic Canada
A pedestrian makes their way through wind and sleet in Halifax, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. Wind and rainfall warnings are in place for much of Nova Scotia following the snow that fell overnight. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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More than 300 rescued from floodwaters in northeast Australia
This picture shows cars amid floodwaters at Cairns Airport in Cairns on December 18, 2023. Flash floods swamped northeastern Australia on December 18, with raging waters severing roads and flushing crocodiles into towns. (Photo by Brian CASSEY / AFP) (Photo by BRIAN CASSEY/AFP via Getty Images)