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Here’s Why Hurricane Milton Is Sucking Water Out of Tampa Bay

Here’s Why Hurricane Milton Is Sucking Water Out of Tampa Bay The effect is called a reverse storm surge, but it won’t last, and the water could come rushing back. Even as some parts of Florida’s western coast were enduring a surge of seawater on Wednesday night, Hurricane Milton’s heavy winds were pushing water out […]

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Hurricane Helene: More than 40 dead as storm cuts through Florida, southeastern US

Hurricane Helene: More than 40 dead as storm cuts through Florida, southeastern US Tropical Storm Helene brought life-threatening flooding on Friday to wide sections of the U.S. Southeast, where at least 43 people have been killed by a storm that swamped neighborhoods, triggered mudslides, threatened dams and left more than 4 million homes and businesses

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IFAD and Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries partner with the private sector to boost small-scale producers’ coffee production sustainably in Tanzania

Tokyo, 20 September 2024 – The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF) and two of Japan’s leading companies, coffee manufacturer UCC Ueshima Coffee Co.,Ltd. (UCC) and trading company Marubeni Corporation (Marubeni), launched a pilot project to support small-scale coffee producers in Tanzania to sustainably

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Vietnam’s Typhoon Yagi death toll passes 250, scores still missing

HANOI – The death toll in Vietnam from Typhoon Yagi and the landslides and flash floods it triggered rose to 254 on Sept 13, authorities said, as flood waters receded and search efforts pressed on. The South-east Asian country is still reeling from the strongest storm to hit Asia this year which made landfall on

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Floods in Myanmar leave 19 dead, displace thousands

At least 19 people were killed in Myanmar after heavy rains triggered floods in and around the war-torn country’s capital city, with rescuers moving some of the 3,600 people displaced to safer areas on boats, according to the national fire service. Adverse weather brought on by Typhoon Yagi, the strongest storm to hit Asia this

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Death toll in Vietnam from Typhoon Yagi rises to 58

HANOI — Typhoon Yagi and the landslides and floods it triggered have killed at least 58 people and 40 others are missing in northern Vietnam, the disaster management agency said on Tuesday (Sept 10). Most of the victims were killed in landslides and flash floods, the agency said in a report, adding that nearly 750 people

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Super Typhoon Yagi headed for southern China after deadly pass through Philippines

Powerful gales and heavy rain from the deadly Super Typhoon Yagi drenched southern China on Friday, with schools shut for a second day and flights cancelled as Asia’s strongest storm this year headed for landfall along the coast of Hainan province. Packing maximum sustained winds of 245 km per hour (152 mph) near its centre, Yagi registers as the world’s second-most

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Six dead, dozens injured as Typhoon Shanshan batters Japan with torrential rains

TOKYO, Aug 31 — At least six people were dead as Typhoon Shanshan crept eastward through Japan today, drenching large areas with torrential rain, triggering landslide and flood warnings hundreds of kilometres from the storm’s centre. Footage on national broadcaster NHK showed homes with roofs partly sheared off while cars drove wheels-deep on flooded roads

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Over 5 million told to evacuate as Typhoon Shanshan slams into Japan.

More than five million people were told to evacuate from their homes as Typhoon Shanshan lashed southwest Japan on Thursday. After hovering over the southerly Kyushu Island for the next few days, the storm is expected to approach Tokyo around the weekend. Strong winds and heavy rain knocked out power and forced major factories to

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ASIA TODAY: Three missing after Typhoon Shanshan brings heavy rain to Japan.

Three other people have been injured. A typhoon has begun dumping rain on southern Japan, with strong winds, high waves and significant rainfall expected in most of the country. Typhoon Shanshan has prompted the highest-level warnings from the Japan Meteorological Agency. Three people have been injured and three others are missing due to a storm-related

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