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submitted by Grace 56 weeks 2 days 20 hours 47 minutes ago
A series of wildfires Sunday in Southern California led to evacuations in some areas, including the dormitories at Pepperdine University's campus in Malibu, and shut down the Malibu section of the Pacific Coast Highway.
Flames engulfed Castle Kashan located at the top of a hill in Malibu,...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 11 weeks 2 days 23 hours 22 minutes ago
Some residents of picturesque Los Palacios, in the province of Pinar del Río, have already rebaptized their town: They now call it The Ruins.
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 9 weeks 2 days 23 hours 22 minutes ago
Hurricane Ike weakened to a tropical storm Saturday afternoon after the monster hurricane with winds of 110 mph pounded Galveston ...
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submitted by Augie Brown 54 weeks 1 day 14 hours 32 minutes ago
For the smallest and most vulnerable among Tabasco state's flood victims, the Villahermosa Women's Hospital provides shelter from the storm.
Doctors at the gleaming new hospital, which sits on high ground in the waterlogged city, have delivered 62 babies from women made homeless by the floods. Some...(more)
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submitted by AB 26 weeks 1 day 2 hours 40 minutes ago
Eight days after a massive earthquake struck southwest China, 129 students and 10 teachers were rescued in an isolated small town in Wenchuan County, Chinese state media reported Tuesday.
Early reports about the rescue in the town of Yinxing, carried by the official Xinhua news agency, provided...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 2 days 22 minutes ago
Calmer winds in southern California help firefighters battling wildfires, but officials warn of tough days ahead.
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submitted by Julia Leigh 3 days 1 hour 34 minutes ago
Calmer winds Sunday aided firefighters battling wildfires that destroyed hundreds of homes in Southern California, forced thousands of residents to flee and left much of the region under a thick blanket of smoke.
Fires burned in Los Angeles County, to the east in Riverside and Orange counties,...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 12 weeks 6 days 6 hours 22 minutes ago
MADRID, Spain -- Spanair says the plane that crashed in Madrid experienced overheating in an air intake valve prior to a first attempt at takeoff. It is not clear if this had anything to do with the crash that killed 153 of the 172 people...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 8 weeks 3 days 7 hours 22 minutes ago
With life taking on shades of normalcy since Hurricane Ike flooded 80% of this city a week ago, people looked forward to taking ...
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submitted by Augie Brown 64 weeks 2 days 23 hours 52 minutes ago
Aiming to protect resurgent neighborhoods from the choking effects of blight, New Orleans leaders last year passed a law that gives property owners four months to gut and secure their properties, or face getting hauled into court and fined for the cost of the work.
But nearly...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 3 days 11 hours 23 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15 -- Erratic, ember-blowing firestorms tore through Southern California on Saturday, consuming more than 10,000 acres, or about 15 square miles, forcing the shutdown of power in several neighborhoods and sending tens of thousands of people fleeing from their homes. The worst...(more)
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