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Rare Tunnel Rescues Renew Hope as Nepal Flood Toll Tops 1,300

Specialist teams are racing to clear mud-filled hydropower tunnels to reach hundreds believed trapped.

Glacier Collapse Triggers Deadly Floods on Nepal–Tibet Border

Record Rain Floods Chiba, Leaves at Least Four Dead and Thousands Stranded

Death Toll Rises to 36 After Kyushu Quake, Mall Blast and Factory Collapse

Powerful Quake Ravages Kyushu as Mall Blast Hinders Rescue Efforts

Landslide Buries Homes in Chongqing, Killing at Least Eight

Flash Floods Sweep Texas Hill Country, Kill Two and Prompt Hundreds of Rescues

China Hit by Deadly Floods, Tornadoes and Landslide

7.8-Magnitude Earthquake in Southern Philippines Kills Dozens and Triggers Tsunami Alerts

NWS Confirms EF-2 in Runaway Bay and EF-1 Near Springtown After Deadly North Texas Storms

Cyclone-Fueled Floods Devastate Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka as Death Tolls Climb

Pumps and Drills Mobilized in Search for Missing Miner in Flooded West Virginia Mine

Powerful Offshore Quake Strikes Southern Philippines; Tsunami Threat Lifted

Afghan Quake Death Toll Climbs to 2,205 as Aftershocks Hamper Rescue

Flash Flood in Ruidoso Claims Three Lives as Recovery Begins

Death Toll From Central Texas Flash Floods Surpasses 100 as Federal Aid and Warning Reforms Are Readied

At Least 82 Dead in Texas Flash Floods as Search for Missing Continues

Flash Floods in Central Texas Leave 43 Dead, 27 Campers Missing

Pakistan Flood Toll Reaches 46 as Rescuers Hunt Missing Tourists