rains

Super typhoon dumps rains in Philippines; 10 dead (AP)

October 19th, 2010

A resident prepares to cut fallen trees blocking the highway at the onslaught of typhoon Megi (local name 'Juan') Monday Oct.18, 2010 at Cauayan, Isabela province in northeastern Philippines. The strongest cyclone in years to buffet the Philippines knocked out communications and power as residents took shelter Monday. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP - Super Typhoon Megi dumped heavy rains over the Philippine capital as it departed Tuesday after killing 10 people, creating a wasteland of fallen trees in the north and…

Rains cause floods in Haiti; officials say 12 dead (AP)

October 18th, 2010

AP - Steady rains flooded portions of the Haitian capital over the weekend, turning streets into rivers and leaving at least 12 people dead, civil protection officials said Monday.

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Weeks of rains leave thousands homeless in Mexico (AP)

September 8th, 2010

People use make-shift boats to cross a flooded avenue in Villahermosa in Mexico's Tabasco state, Tuesday Sept. 7, 2010. Weeks of torrential rains have unleashed flooding in huge swaths of southern Mexico, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes. (AP Photo/America Rocio)AP - Tens of thousands of people have abandoned their homes across southern Mexico to escape flooding from weeks of torrential rains, and forecasts are predicting even more rainfall.


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More rains hit flooded Pakistan, Islamists step up (AP)

August 7th, 2010

** CORRECT NAME OF PHOTOGRAPHER TO MOHAMMAD SAJJAD ** A Pakistani flood-affected person use plastic sheet to protect himself from rain as he sleep along the roadside in Azakhel near Pabbi, in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. More rain soaked flood-ravaged Pakistan on Saturday and even heavier downpours were forecast for coming days, deepening a crisis in which hard-line Islamists have rushed to fill gaps in the government's patchy response. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - Authorities evacuated thousands of Pakistanis living along expanding rivers on Saturday as forecasts predicted even more heavy rain could deepen the country’s flood crisis. As the prime minister…

Rio’s Christ the Redeemer closed after rains (AP)

April 13th, 2010

A man rests next to the rail used by the trolley ride that carries tourists up a mountain to the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. The threat of new mudslides forced officials to begin evicting some 2,600 families from at-risk areas as they embarked on a slum demolition program on Rio de Janeiro's hills. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue will be closed indefinitely because of damage to access roads from heavy rains last week, authorities said Tuesday.


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Rio’s worst rains in history kill at least 95 (AP)

April 6th, 2010

A rescue worker carry a baby as other victims are helped after a landslide in a flooded area of Campo Grande neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Torrential rains in Rio de Janeiro triggered landslides that killed 95 people as rising water paralyzed traffic and suspended most business. (AP Photo/Jadson Marques, Agencia O Globo)AP - The heaviest rains in Rio de Janeiro’s history triggered landslides Tuesday that killed at least 95 people as rising water turned roads into rivers and paralyzed Brazil’s second-largest…

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