[STORMREPORTS] Current World Flooding News: Sudan, Cambodia, South Africa

From: Jesse Ferrell - WeatherMatrix (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Thu Aug 30 2001 - 08:21:13 EDT


1. KHARTOUM, Sudan (Reuters) --
Sudan's worst floods in years have displaced 7,000 families and
destroyed schools, mosques and even entire villages, the
government-owned Al-Anbaa newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Photo And More:
http://www.cnn.com/2001/WEATHER/08/29/sudan.floods.reut/index.html

2. PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (Reuters) -- The death toll from floods that hit
Cambodia this month has reached 35, and an estimated 700,000 people
are now homeless, officials said on Wednesday.

More:
http://www.cnn.com/2001/WEATHER/08/29/cambodia.floods.reut/index.html

3. CAPE TOWN, South Africa (Reuters) -- Cape Town, parts of which have
already been declared disaster areas, faced a growing humanitarian
crisis
Wednesday as new rains forced hundreds of families in waterlogged
shanty towns to evacuate their homes.

More:
http://www.cnn.com/2001/WEATHER/08/29/safrica.floods.reut/index.html

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