Summer Rainfall
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Over 30 dead as heavy rains trigger landslide in Sri Lanka
TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (MNA) – Sri Lanka stopped passenger trains and closed roads in some parts of the country where landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains have caused more than 30 deaths, officials said Thursday.
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More rain in northern China takes death toll in floods to 13
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – At least three more people have died in heavy rains in northern China, state media said on Tuesday, taking to 13 the death toll in recent storms across the region, with five still missing and no let-up in rain forecast.
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Over 150 missing in flood-hit northwest Pakistan
TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (MNA) – More than 150 people are missing in northwest Pakistan, the head of the provincial disaster authority said Sunday, after flash floods that have killed at least 344 people in the country.
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Rain in northern China kills 2, forces thousands to relocate
TEHRAN, Jul. 27 (MNA) – Heavy rain around Beijing and across north and north-east China has killed two and forced thousands to relocate as authorities warned of further widespread rain and risks of disasters including landslides and flooding.
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Heavy overnight rain floods Moscow in just hours
TEHRAN, Jul. 21 (MNA) – Heavy rainfall that began Sunday night brought a month’s worth of precipitation to Moscow in just a few hours, according to the city’s municipal services department.
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Heavy rains kill 2 in Central China
TEHRAN, Jul. 01 (MNA) – Heavy rains in central China killed two people and left six others missing, state media reported on Tuesday, as the country endures a summer surge in extreme weather.