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Storm moves away from France's Mayotte after causing deadly floods in Madagascar

Tropical Storm Dikeledi was moving south of France’s Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Sunday after dumping heavy rains on parts of the archipelago just weeks after it…

Rescue efforts continue after deadly Nigeria floods • FRANCE 24 English

Rescue efforts were ongoing Thursday after floods that swept through Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state this week left at least 30 dead and hundreds of thousands displaced. #Nigeria #floods…

‘We are still finding bodies’: Libya’s Derna under reconstruction one year after floods

This week marks one year since the deadly floods in Libya’s Derna, which killed more than 4,500 people and left thousands missing. A year after this humanitarian catastrophe,…

Czech Republic braces for floods amid heavy downpours • FRANCE 24 English

River levels continue to rise in the Czech Republic as heavy rain pours down. “There are flood alerts in place in 120 parts of the country … the situation is expected…

Central Europe braces for heavy rains and flooding • FRANCE 24 English

Central European nations braced on Friday for severe flooding forecast to hit the Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, Germany, Slovakia and Hungary over the weekend. Residents are especially wary…

The huge African country with an ‘insane’ £7bn plan to flood itself | World | News

A bold and transformative plan aimed at turning barren desert land into thriving, arable farmland has long been under consideration for Egypt. As the African country faces a…

Southeast Asia ravaged by deadly floods, landslides after Typhoon Yagi • FRANCE 24 English

Hundreds of villagers in Myanmar waded or swam through chin-high waters, fleeing severe floods around the remote capital Naypyidaw on Friday, while Vietnam began clearing up after deadly…

Floods in Romania kill at least four people as rain batters central Europe • FRANCE 24 English

At least four people died and thousands of homes were damaged by flooding in eastern Romania on Saturday, officials said, as surging river levels put authorities on alert…

Hundreds evacuated as Storm Boris ravages eastern and central Europe • FRANCE 24 English

Hundreds of people have been evacuated or rescued from their homes in Romania as Storm Boris wreaks havoc across central Europe. Since Thursday, swathes of Austria, the Czech…

More rivers spill banks in central European floods, death toll rises • FRANCE 24 English

More rivers in central Europe spilled their banks on Monday in flooding that has killed at least 10 people from Poland to Romania and left many towns submerged…