LA PAZ -- At least three people died and dozens of communities were devastated after two rivers overflowed in the rural Bolivian province of Potosi, local authorities said Monday.

The fatal victims, a woman in her seventies and two children aged 3 and 8 respectively, were washed away Sunday by the floods in the municipality of Cotagaita, Genaro Mendez, secretary of agricultural development and food security of the Potosi government, told reporters. (Bolivia-Flooding-Killed)

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TOKYO -- A 116-year-old woman recognized as the oldest person in Japan died of old age in Kashiwara, Osaka Prefecture, on Tuesday morning, local media reported.

Fusa Tatsumi, born on April 25, 1907, had recently spent most of her days in bed at a nursing home in Kashiwara, Kyodo News said. (Japan-Oldest Person-Death)

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YANGON -- Myanmar authorities have seized 9.09 kg of illegal drugs in the eastern state of Shan, according to the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) late Monday.

Acting on a tip-off, anti-narcotic police searched a vehicle in Hopong Township, Shan State on Dec. 10 and confiscated 9.09 kg of Happy Water and 100 g of Ketamine. (Myanmar-Drug-Seizure)

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HARARE -- At least 100 elephants have died in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe's largest game reserve, from the El Nino-induced drought, an international animal welfare and conservation group said Monday.

Summer rains are five weeks late due to the ongoing El Nino phenomenon, as dozens of elephants have already died in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe's largest protected area, home to about 45,000 elephants, said the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) in a statement. (Zimbabwe-Drought) Enditem

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