Past and Current Event

The worst of the dangerous, deadly winter flood is over in the St. Louis area, leaving residents of several water-logged communities to assess damage, clean up and figure out how to bounce back - or in some cases, where to live.
Farther south, things were getting worse: Record and near-record crest predictions of the Mississippi River and levee breaks threatened homes in rural southern Missouri and Illinois. Two more levees succumbed Friday, bringing to at least 11 the number...

A massive relief operation is continuing to get food and medicines to tens of thousands people. Many residents are living in shelters after their homes were submerged.
Railways and Chennai's main airport, which has been flooded, are due to resume some operations on Saturday....

Germany's parliament is due to vote on whether the country should provide military support in the fight against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria.
MPs are expected to back the controversial plan, a BBC correspondent in Berlin reports.
Tornado reconnaissance aircraft, a naval frigate and a 1,200 soldiers will then be sent to the region. But German forces will not engage in combat....

A hippopotamus has killed three adults and critically injured a child in South Africa, a private emergency response service says.
The incident happened late on Wednesday night in a town close to the border-crossing with Zimbabwe.
ER24 says that when its paramedics arrived at the scene they found the adults had "sustained fatal injuries"....