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A boy pushes another riding in an inflatable floater along an inundated street with others sitting atop a bulldozer in Morocco's northwestern city of Ksar el-Kebir on January 29, 2026 (Photo by Abdel Majid BZIOUAT / AFP via Getty Images)
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Morocco urges residents to leave flood‑risk areas as evacuations exceed 108,000

Over 100,000 people have been evacuated after authorities warned heavy rains are anticipated. Records state rainfall in the country is up 215% from last year.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 February, 2026
An aerial view shows cars and damaged property in a flooded section of road from Holland Bamboo to Middle Quarters in St Elizabeth, Jamaica, on October 31, 2025
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Environment
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Nearly 50 dead after Hurricane Melissa thrashes Caribbean

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 November, 2025
Rain clouds are pictured after the passing of the tropical storm Melissa before becoming a hurricane in Barahona, Dominican Republic on October 28, 2025
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Environment
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Downgraded Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Cuba

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 October, 2025
Women gather along the side of a flooded street in Sudan's capital Khartoum following heavy rain on August 27, 2025 (Getty Images)
Sudan
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Sudan recovers 270 bodies after Darfur landslide: rebel group

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 September, 2025
An injured Afghan man receives treatment at a hospital after an earthquake in Afghanistan's Jalalabad
Afghanistan
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Aftershocks rumble quake-hit Afghanistan as death toll tops 1,400

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 September, 2025
Turkey avalanche
Turkey
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Death toll rises to 38 in avalanche in Turkey

The New Arab & agencies
05 February, 2020
Turkey quake -- AFP
Turkey
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Turkey quake death toll rises to 31

The New Arab & agencies
26 January, 2020
Java Indonesia earthquake - afp
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One dead, several injured after powerful earthquake rocks Indonesia

The New Arab & agencies
03 August, 2019
Iran floods -- AFP
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2 million in need of aid after Iran floods

The New Arab & agencies
16 April, 2019
Iran floods -- AFP
weather
MENA
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Dozens dead in Iran floods as Tehran weighs costs

The New Arab & agencies
14 April, 2019
Iran floods -- AFP
Zarif
MENA
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Iran orders new evacuations amid fresh flood fears

The New Arab & agencies
06 April, 2019
Indonesia flag - Getty
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MENA
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Baby found as Indonesia flood death toll increases

The New Arab & agencies
18 March, 2019
Indonesia flag - Getty
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Indonesia landslide death toll reaches 32: official

The New Arab & agencies
07 January, 2019
indonesia quake [getty]
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Desperate searches as Indonesia tsunami-quake death toll tops 800

The New Arab & agencies
30 September, 2018
Cyclone Mekunu Socotra - Getty
Salalah
MENA
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Yemenis missing at sea as cyclone pounds Socotra

The New Arab & agencies
24 May, 2018
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Iran workers hurt in paper mill blaze

The New Arab & agencies
28 January, 2018