PORT MORESEBY – Three bodies have been recovered and 16 people are missing, feared dead, after a massive landslide wiped out a remote Papua New Guinea village. Villagers had to walk three hours to alert authorities in Morobe Province, on …
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Floods in Fiji kill 8; thousands seek shelter
SUVA, Fiji (AP) — Authorities rushed on Monday to deliver clean drinking water and other supplies to thousands of villagers who fled flooding from tropical storms that have killed at least eight people on this Pacific island nation. The government …
34 dead, dozens missing from Costa Rica quake
The number of people killed from an earthquake in Costa Rica rose to 34 on Saturday, a government official said. Another 64 people were listed as missing two days after the 6.1-magnitude earthquake shook north-central Costa Rica, the official said. …
Death toll from Guatemalan landslide rises to 37
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The death toll from a landslide in northern Guatemala has risen to 37 after villagers discovered two more bodies. Rescue crew chief Sergio Cabanas said Wednesday that Aquil Grande residents found the bodies after spotting buzzards …
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Floods displace 67,000 people in Northern Mindanao
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The floods that hit three cities in Northern Mindanao have now affected at least 67,000 people, or more than 17,000 families, with seven persons reported missing and at least one dead, disaster councils reported late …
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