Housing communities and businesses that rely on agriculture have been destroyed in the country’s largest province.

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For many displaced by Hurricane Katrina, distance did not diminish their bond with the city they left behind, even as they built new lives.

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New Orleans after Katrina is a cautionary tale for every place in America that will one day face its own disaster.

The recent flooding that killed 31 in a single nursing home exposed flaws in emergency planning as China braces for more extreme and unpredictable weather.

The authorities warned of possible flash flooding as the remnants of Typhoon Danas passed through the region. Hong Kong suspended schools for Friday.

At least seven people have been killed in the flooding, which also swept away the main bridge connecting Nepal to China.

Most typhoons come ashore on the island’s sparsely populated east coast, but Danas scraped its crowded western edge. Nearly 300,000 households had no power on Monday.

Unmanned aerial vehicles are playing an increasing role in transporting supplies, and even people.

As heavy rains battered southwestern China, drones were deployed to deliver relief supplies, disinfect flooded areas and airlift a trapped resident.