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Deaths in Malaysia orphanage landslide

At least twelve people have been killed in Malaysia after a landslide hit an orphanage, near Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, police said.


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US: The rain just keeps falling

Record rainfall hit Central Nebraska, causing the National Weather Service in Hastings to post flood warnings early Friday evening.
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© Independent/Barrett StinsonHeavy rain Friday afternoon caused both the Eddy Street and Sycamore Street underpasses to be closed. At least two cars stalled out in the Sycamore Street underpass, where this driver waits to be pulled out.
Heavy rain fell that afternoon and evening in Grand Island, flooding streets and closing the Eddy Street and Sycamore Street underpasses temporarily because of high water, which stranded several motorists. High water on streets throughout Grand Island made driving difficult and hazardous.

Flooding was also reported in Alda, Cushing, Dannegrog, Elba, Greely, Spalding, St. Libory, St. Paul and Wolbach.

At 5 p.m., the National Weather Service in Hastings reported that Grand Island had a record rainfall for Friday of 1.81 inches, with more rainfall expected through the evening. That broke the previous record of 1.32 inches set in 1957.

The heavy rain pushed Grand Island's precipitation to 4.81 inches for the month as of 5 p.m., but the heavy rain continued into the evening adding to that amount.

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India: Thunderstorm, rain kills 37

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At least 37 people were killed and 27 others injured in UP as thunderstorm, accompanied by lightning and rains, hit most of north India. Winds of 75-90 km/hr lashed through the states of UP, Bihar, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana
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In Shahjahanpur district, 16 people were killed in dust storm related incidents while nine people lost their lives and 18 others were injured in Badaun, a district administration official said here on Saturday. In an unconfirmed report, two persons died in Bareilly district because of the storm.

Eight persons died in Lakhimpur Kheri, including a three-year-old girl, when a house collapsed and trees got uprooted. Three persons have been reported dead in Ghaziabad and one in Azamgarh.

Principal secretary (revenue) KK Sinha said orders had been issued to provide speedy help and compensate the families of the victims.

Windstorm in north Kashmir's Kupwara district damaged 32 houses in the past two days, officials said.

The Met department attributed the thunderstorm and rains to upper cyclonic circulations over north India and Pakistan and southwesterly winds. More thunderstorms and rains have been forecast over the next 48 hours.

Power supply was badly hit in parts of UP, trains and vehicular traffic was disrupted in Bihar and in Himachal Pradesh, apple and stone fruit crops were damaged in many parts. Heavy rains lashed West Bengal, too.

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Australia: Tornado Rips through Perth suburb of Canning Vale, Front Dumps 26mm on City

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© Richard Polden PerthNowDESTRUCTIVE: A Mini-tornado has left a trail of damage through Canning Vale early today.
A MINI-tornado has ripped through the Perth suburb of Canning Vale early today, damaging houses and cars and removing tiles from roofs.

Several houses have lost roofs and at least one house has lost a pergola which was propelled through a neighbour's car.

McLean Rd, Canning Vale appears to have borne the brunt of the destructive, but small min-tornado.

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Tropical Storm Eyes Philippines and Japan

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Newly formed Tropical Storm 04W may pose threats for both the northern Philippines and eventually Japan.

As of Friday morning, EDT, the center of Tropical Storm 04W (which had yet to be given a name) was located approximately 200 miles east-southeast of the small island of Yap.

Due to light winds aloft, this storm will move very slowly over the next several days. The center of the storm will pass over or very close to Yap Sunday, EDT.

Early next week, the storm will be over the warm waters of the Philippine Sea, and should be able to strengthen into a typhoon.

The future track of the storm remains quite uncertain through the middle to end of next week. An upper-air trough of low pressure will dive southeastward over southeastern China. This upper-air trough will eventually steer the storm to the northeast.

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Tidal Waves Hit Fiji's Coral Coast

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Huge tidal waves hit Sigatoka and the Coral Coast areas of Fiji this morning strewing debris and fish along the Queen's Highway and sweeping belongings out to sea.

Fiji Under 20 rugby coach Inoke Male told FBC News - the team was training when the tidal waves struck.

The team lost belongings such as shoes, towels and clothes.

Anwa Khan from Sydney who was driving from Nadi to Suva called FBC News from Sigatoka to say waves have reached the highway which is now strewn with debris.

"The water was just coming right on-top of the road so we stopped the car and actually the water spray went right over the car and threw all the rubbish onto the road and went back. There were some fishes on the roads. The villagers have started coming to the road and started picking things. Patches on the roads you can see all the woods, coconuts, logs and coral. All the villages along the coast have water in their backyard."

There has been no confirmation as yet of major damages or injuries but details are still coming in.

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US: Denver rain to continue till weekend

As a strong Pacific storm moved across the state Wednesday, the metro area received heavy rain, hail and its first tornado warning of the year when at least three funnel clouds were spotted in Adams County.

There were no official reports of tornado touchdowns, but the National Weather Service said the hail was 2 to 3 inches deep on the ground in Thornton on Wednesday afternoon. It was no bigger than three-quarters of an inch in diameter, but it was so widespread that plows were used to clear the roads in the north suburbs.

As the rain continued into the evening, street flooding was reported in Thornton and some routes were temporarily closed.

Rain showers will linger over the Front Range foothills until the weekend and could create flash floods, especially in areas raked clean by destructive wildfires.

Denver already has received almost a half inch more rain than it normally receives in May, with the potential for another inch of rain by the weekend - and another Pacific storm teed up for Colorado next week.


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US: Tornado Damages Northeast Businesses

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© Michael Bryant / Staff PhotographerFrank Lubinsky Jr, of Union Roofing is on the collapse roof of R & R Car Repair at 9909 Northeast Ave. where a tornado was suppose to have touched down. One person was under it when it collapsed but was unharmed and crawled out right after the collapse.
A small tornado, born of storms that battered the Philadelphia region with heavy rain, touched down in the Far Northeast at midafternoon Wednesday, smashing a car-repair shop, crushing a beer distributorship, and ripping the roof off a crab house.

The mini-swirl of destruction, which also slightly damaged an apartment building and left three people in need of Red Cross care, carried winds of about 75 m.p.h., the National Weather Service said.

The tornado vanished as quickly as it appeared, touching at 1:50 p.m., and bumping along for just 300 feet, cutting a path of wreckage 100 feet wide.

Residents and shoppers in the area of Bustleton Avenue and Red Lion Road ran for safety, and police reported no injuries.

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Venezuela Extends Emergency Efforts As Heavy Rains Return

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Flooded areas in Barlovento, Miranda State, Venezuela, Dec 2010
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez has extended for 90 days in seven states and parts of Caracas a state of emergency called in response to violent rainfalls in late 2010 that may return this year.

The states included in the decree are Vargas, Miranda, Zulia, Falcon, Merida, Trujillo and Nueva Esparta, state media reported late Tuesday. Officials last ordered the state of emergency to be prolonged in February, according to the release.

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US: Denver, Severe Storms Bring Hail, Heavy Rain, Funnel Clouds to Metro Area

After an extremely dry winter, spring storms are bringing abundant moisture to metro Denver.

Severe weather erupted by early afternoon along the urban corridor, as funnel clouds were spotted in Adams and Broomfield counties, prompting two Tornado Warnings.