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A once-in-a-century drought in southwestern China has resulted in a shortage of drinking water for millions of people and livestock, the Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday.

Tropical Cyclone Tomas battered Fiji for a second day as more than 10,000 people took shelter in evacuation centres Tuesday throughout the Pacific island nation.

Rescuers have found 33 bodies in southern Kazakhstan, where heavy rains swept away two dams last week, causing massive flooding, authorities said.

An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale Sunday struck Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, an official said here.

A storm in Madagascar left 14 people dead, 27,000 homeless and thousands of houses damaged after ravaging the tropical island, national television reported Saturday.

Fiji declared a state of emergency for the northern and eastern regions Tuesday as Tropical Cyclone Tomas battered the Pacific island nation.

An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale hit Chile Monday, the US Geological Survey said.

An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale jolted northeastern Japan Sunday, authorities said.

An earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter scale struck the eastern Indonesian islands Sunday morning in North Maluku province, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, meteorologists said.

Keeping the mass destruction in the recent Chilean earthquake in mind, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Saturday said that all existing healthcare infrastructure like hospitals should be modified with new technology to make them disaster resistant.