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Hurricane Ida rapidly intensifies into dangerous Category 4
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Hurricane Ida rapidly intensifies into dangerous Category 4

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Ida was rapidly intensifying early Sunday, becoming a dangerous Category 4 hurricane on track for…
Louisiana braces for ‘life-altering’ Hurricane Ida
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Louisiana braces for ‘life-altering’ Hurricane Ida

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Residents across Louisiana’s coast Saturday were taking one last day to prepare for what is being…
Cleanup begins of Haiti town’s earthquake-crumbled homes
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Cleanup begins of Haiti town’s earthquake-crumbled homes

MANICHE, Haiti (AP) — At the edge of a pile of rubble, Michael Jules plunged an iron bar over and…
Study: Climate change makes European flooding more likely
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Study: Climate change makes European flooding more likely

BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say that global warming makes the kind of extreme rainfall that caused deadly flash flooding in…
Survivors grapple with aftermath of deadly Tennessee flood
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Survivors grapple with aftermath of deadly Tennessee flood

WAVERLY, Tenn. (AP) — Anna Mays woke up in a panic attack Monday, thinking she was back in the rising…
‘I don’t know what we’ll do’: Haiti quake survivors fear for children’s future
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‘I don’t know what we’ll do’: Haiti quake survivors fear for children’s future

CAMP-PERRIN, Haiti, Aug 23 (Reuters) – Many survivors of the earthquake that killed more than 2,200 people in southern Haiti…
EXPLAINER: Why it takes months to subdue some wildfires
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EXPLAINER: Why it takes months to subdue some wildfires

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — At nearly every community meeting on firefighting efforts in the U.S. West, residents want to know…
Henri hurls rain as storm settles atop swamped Northeast
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Henri hurls rain as storm settles atop swamped Northeast

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — The slow-rolling system named Henri is taking its time drenching the Northeast with rain, lingering early…
‘Everyone was crying’: grieving Haitians bury their dead a week after quake
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‘Everyone was crying’: grieving Haitians bury their dead a week after quake

MARCELINE, Haiti, Aug 22 (Reuters) – Families gathered in villages in southwestern Haiti this weekend to hold church and funeral…
Greece: Forest fire destroys jobs of pine resin collectors
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Greece: Forest fire destroys jobs of pine resin collectors

AGDINES, Greece (AP) — For generations, residents in the north of the Greek island of Evia have made their living…
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