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Tornado injures 2 in Kansas as dangerous storms race across Midwest
Severe weather triggered several Tornado Warnings on Tuesday from Kansas through southeastern Iowa, with several of the twisters captured on…
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Quick-moving storm system to produce round of thunderstorms over Northeast
While Saturday felt wintry to some in the Northeast, a quick-moving storm system that will drop out of the Great Lakes…
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Heatwaves now last much longer than they did in the 1980s
People cool off during a heatwave in Amsterdam Koen van Weel/AFP via Getty Images An analysis of all the heatwaves…
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Earthquake in northwestern China kills at least 111 people, injures over 300 in Gansu and Qinghai provinces
BEIJING — At least 111 people were killed in a magnitude 6.2 earthquake in a cold and mountainous region in…
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6 dead, nearly 2 dozen injured after severe storms tear through central Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Severe storms that tore through central Tennessee killed six people Saturday and sent about two dozen…
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Rescuers race to find survivors over 48 hours after Morocco quake
Rescuers raced against time on Monday to find survivors in the rubble more than 48 hours after Morocco’s deadliest earthquake…
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Smoke in Edmonton jumps from 14 hours annually to 199+ in 15 years | Globalnews.ca
Between 1981 and 2010, the average amount of smoke Edmonton recorded annually was 14 hours. So far this year, that…
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Minnesota prison reaches resolution with inmates who refused to return to their cells in heat wave
A Minnesota prison has “resolved without incident” a situation involving about 100 inmates in one housing unit who would not…
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How much flood water does it take to damage a car? Does it matter if it is salt or fresh?
Between hurricanes, record rains and king tides; Americans have been driving through a lot of flooding and puddles. All that water…
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Center of Tropical Storm Hilary moves into California as storm wreaks havoc with flooding, mudslides
Tropical Storm Hilary’s worst impacts are being felt across Southern California and the Desert Southwest with flooding rain, mudslides and the occasional spotting…
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