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Fierce storm surge feared as Laura bears down on Gulf Coast
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Fierce storm surge feared as Laura bears down on Gulf Coast

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tropical Storm Laura entered the warm and deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday, gathering…
Heavy rain floods southern Japan; over a dozen presumed dead
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Heavy rain floods southern Japan; over a dozen presumed dead

TOKYO (AP) — Heavy rain in southern Japan triggered flooding and mudslides on Saturday, leaving more than a dozen people…
Twenty-two killed as ‘super cyclone’ ravages Bangladesh, India
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Twenty-two killed as ‘super cyclone’ ravages Bangladesh, India

At least 22 people died as the fiercest cyclone to hit parts of Bangladesh and eastern India this century sent…
Japan suffers worst economic slump in five years
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Japan suffers worst economic slump in five years

Japan has suffered its worst quarterly GDP contraction in more than five years, with a tax hike and a deadly…
Australian bushfires extinguished, but climate rows rage on
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Australian bushfires extinguished, but climate rows rage on

Australia’s “black summer” of devastating bushfires is finally coming to a close, but bitter arguments over how to tackle climate-fuelled…
Residents fear aftershocks more than cold after Turkey quake
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Residents fear aftershocks more than cold after Turkey quake

A dozen people bundled up in colorful blankets crouched around a makeshift fire in eastern Turkey. It is an icy…
Rainstorms douse bushfires across eastern Australia
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Rainstorms douse bushfires across eastern Australia

Rain and thunderstorms doused long-burning bushfires across much of eastern Australia Saturday, but they also brought a new threat of…
Philippines struggles to keep evacuees away from volcano
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Philippines struggles to keep evacuees away from volcano

Philippine authorities were struggling Wednesday to keep thousands of evacuees from returning to homes in areas threatened by a feared…
Philippines on alert as volcano spews ash, lava
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Philippines on alert as volcano spews ash, lava

Lava and broad columns of ash illuminated by lightning spewed from a volcano south of the Philippine capital on Monday,…
Thousands in shelters as Indonesia flood death toll hits 53
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Thousands in shelters as Indonesia flood death toll hits 53

Tens of thousands of Indonesians were still unable to return to their waterlogged homes Saturday after flooding hit the Jakarta…
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