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August, 2007

NIGER: Floods wreak havoc across the country

Source: IRIN Large-scale flooding has hit seven of Niger's eight regions, affecting close to 13,000 people across the country
– some of whom may be inaccessible to aid organisations, according to the Nigerien government.

NIGER: Floods wreak havoc across the country

Source: IRIN Large-scale flooding has hit seven of Niger's eight regions, affecting close to 13,000 people across the country
– some of whom may be inaccessible to aid organisations, according to the Nigerien government.

Mexico to assess coffee, sugar crops after storm

Source: Reuters MEXICO CITY, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Mexico's Agriculture Minister Alberto Cardenas said on Thursday it was too early to say if coffee and sugar crops had been damaged or output hurt after the passage of ...

Mexico to assess coffee, sugar crops after storm

Source: Reuters MEXICO CITY, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Mexico's Agriculture Minister Alberto Cardenas said on Thursday it was too early to say if coffee and sugar crops had been damaged or output hurt after the passage of ...

Somalia : Floods affecting vulnerable Shabelle Region

As of 23 August, Somalia's Shabelle River, which passes through Middle Shabelle province in south-central Somalia has reportedly

Haiti: Floods may affect crops

As of 23 August, strong winds and rains associated with hurricane Dean have caused localized flooding, structural damage and at

BANGLADESH: Effective systems keep diarrhoea in check even during floods

Source: IRIN Appropriate technology, strong government maintenance and repair structures, and good
preparedness are mitigating the humanitarian impact of perennial flooding in Bangladesh. In the latest crisis, more than 10 million people were affected and hundreds of people killed, after torrential
monsoon rains battered much of Bangladesh over the past month.

Floods hit Asia hard, but few states demand aid

Source: Reuters By Peter Apps

LONDON, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Heavy flooding across Asia has devastated crops and may cause lasting damage as well as food shortages, but experts said governments in India, China or ...

M 5.2, Fiji region

August 23, 2007 11:34:24 GMT

amp;quot;No hopeamp;quot; of survivors in China mine disaster

Source: Reuters BEIJING, Aug 23 (Reuters) - There is "no hope" of finding survivors from a flood in a Chinese coal mine which has trapped 181 workers, a senior official said on Thursday, adding those ...

Russia island quake on Aug. 2 left 8,000 homeless

Source: Reuters YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia, Aug 23 (Reuters) - An earthquake this month on Russia's Pacific island of Sakhalin left 8,000 people homeless, four times more than initially announced, the local ...

M 5.0, Guam region

August 23, 2007 07:43:21 GMT

M 5.0, Guam region

August 23, 2007 07:43:16 GMT

South Korea sends aid to flood-ravaged North

Source: Reuters SEOUL, Aug 23 (Reuters) - South Korea sent its first batch of emergency aid on Thursday to relieve flooding in North Korea that has killed hundreds, and a top Pyongyang official said the North is ...

Minnesota Severe Storms and Flooding

Major Disaster Declaration number 1717 declared on Aug 23, 2007

M 5.0, Buryatiya, Russia

August 23, 2007 04:49:20 GMT

Hurricane Dean slams Mexicos Gulf coast, kills two

Source: Reuters (Updates with another death in Mexico)

By Tomas Bravo

POZA RICA, Mexico, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Hurricane Dean ripped into Mexico's Gulf coast on Wednesday with screaming winds and torrential rain ...

Hurricane Dean slams Mexicos Gulf coast, kills two

Source: Reuters (Updates with another death in Mexico)

By Tomas Bravo

POZA RICA, Mexico, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Hurricane Dean ripped into Mexico's Gulf coast on Wednesday with screaming winds and torrential rain ...

Hurricane Dean slams Mexicos Gulf coast, weakens

Source: Reuters (Updates death toll, paragraph 5)

By Tomas Bravo

POZA RICA, Mexico, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Hurricane Dean ripped into Mexico's Gulf coast on Wednesday with screaming winds and torrential rain that ...

Hurricane Dean slams Mexicos Gulf coast, weakens

Source: Reuters (Adds storm fizzling out, no damage to coral reef)

By Tomas Bravo

POZA RICA, Mexico, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Hurricane Dean ripped into Mexico's Gulf coast on Wednesday with screaming winds and ...

Mexican islands reefs spared by Hurricane Dean

Source: Reuters By Ed Stoddard

COZUMEL, Mexico, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Magnificent coral reefs on Mexico's Caribbean island of Cozumel appear to have been unscathed by Hurricane Dean, delighting dive operators and ...

Eight dead as floods plague central United States

Source: Reuters (Adds new data from Ohio, Iowa, Oklahoma)

CHICAGO, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Rivers from Nebraska east to Ohio climbed out of their banks on Wednesday, swollen from thunderstorms that soaked the central ...

M 5.0, Fiji region

August 22, 2007 22:24:37 GMT

Hurricane Dean slams Mexicos Gulf coast

Source: Reuters (Adds storm downgraded, quotes, no major crop damage seen)

By Tomas Bravo

POZA RICA, Mexico, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Hurricane Dean ripped into Mexico's Gulf coast on Wednesday with screaming winds and ...

Hurricane Dean crashes into Mexicos Gulf coast

Source: Reuters (Updates with quotes, color, hurricane weakens)

By Tomas Bravo

POZA RICA, Mexico, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Hurricane Dean ripped into Mexico's Gulf coast on Wednesday with screaming winds and torrential ...