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BREAKING NEWS Rain hampers rescue at flattened workers' camp in northern India SHIMLA, India (AFP) Jul 17, 2003 Heavy rains Thursday hampered an operation to rescue survivors from a flash flood triggered by a violent downpor that flattened a construction camp in a remote Himalayan valley, killing 100 workers. French minister to visit storm-hit region PARIS (AFP) Jul 17, 2003 France's interior minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, was to visit Thursday a southwest region devastated by storms that killed at least five people, officials said. Rain hampers rescue efforts after killer storm lashes India SHIMLA, India (AFP) Jul 17, 2003 Heavy rains Thursday hampered an operation to rescue any survivors from a flash-flood triggered by a sudden cloudburst which roared through a construction camp in a remote Himalayan valley, washing away up to 100 workers, officials said. |
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Several injured as storms hits Germany BERLIN (AFP) Jul 17, 2003 Heavy storms hit central and southern Germany overnight injuring several people and causing widespread damage, police and rescue services said Thursday. Bangladesh plans strategy as floods affect millions DHAKA (AFP) Jul 17, 2003 Bangladeshi officials met Thursday to plot anti-flood strategies, fearful that the miserable conditions for millions of waterlogged Bangladeshis could deteriorate further. India's dancing bears get a new lease of life in air-cooled dens AGRA, India (AFP) Jul 17, 2003 Damru and Bijli are active two-year-olds who love climbing trees, eating honey and bananas and investigating their surroundings, while Rasgolla and Gulab Jamun are too frightened to do anything but huddle in a corner. Europe's heat wave thrills tourists, dismays farmers PARIS (AFP) Jul 16, 2003 A summer heat wave across Europe has given a festive air to packed Mediterranean beaches, turned fountains in Paris and Rome into impromptu public showers, and filled parks and woods with picnickers desperate for shade. France on high alert after violent summer storms leave five dead PARIS (AFP) Jul 16, 2003 France on Wednesday issued storm alerts for several parts of the country after heavy rains and violent winds left five people dead in the south and west, interrupting a blistering summer heat wave. Death toll in French storms rises to five PARIS (AFP) Jul 16, 2003 A two-year-old girl who was hit by a falling tree at a campsite in southwestern France died of her injuries on Wednesday, bringing the death toll from violent storms lashing the country to five, officials said. |
Kaliningrad enclave, nature reserve safe from oil pollution: official KALININGRAD, Russia (AFP) Jul 16, 2003 A UN-listed national reserve in the Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad and other local beaches are safe from pollution after Russian troops cleaned up oil spills deposited by a storm, a regional official said Wednesday. 35 killed as flash flood hits construction camp in India SHIMLA, India (AFP) Jul 16, 2003 Around 35 people were killed and 22 injured Wednesday when a flash flood swept through a power project construction camp in the popular northern Indian resort district of Kulu, officials said. Claudette leaves two dead, thousands without electricity in Texas AUSTIN, Texas (AFP) Jul 16, 2003 Two people were dead and thousands were without electricity Wednesday after Hurricane Claudette swept over the Texas coast, ripping off roofs and snapping trees in its wake. France on high alert after violent summer storms leave four dead PARIS (AFP) Jul 16, 2003 France on Wednesday issued storm alerts for several parts of the country after heavy rains and violent winds left four people dead in the south and west, interrupting a blistering summer heat wave. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer sweats it out in polar heatwave ROVANIEMI, Finland (AFP) Jul 16, 2003 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and his 300,000 friends here in Santa's hometown are longing for winter as a rare heatwave has sent the mercury soaring to 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit), officials said Wednesday. Intense heat puts Matterhorn temporarily off-limits to climbers ZERMATT, Switzerland (AFP) Jul 16, 2003 One of Switzerland's leading attractions, the Matterhorn, is to remain off-limits to climbers until at least the weekend over fears that the intense summer heat could provoke further chunks of rock to break off the mountain, the local authorities said on Wednesday. |
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