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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Tornadoes ravaged portions of Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open. The tornado in Shawnee was one of several that touched down in the nation’s midsection on Sunday. Twisters, hail and high winds also struck Iowa and Kansas as part of a massive, northeastward-moving storm system that stretched from Texas to Minnesota. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Asia’s flood-prone cities should fund major drainage, water recycling and waste reduction projects to stem deluges and secure clean supply for rising populations, experts said yesterday at a water security forum. Rapid urbanisation has heaped pressure on water resources and drainage systems across Asia, leaving low-lying areas exposed to massive floods such as those that paralysed Jakarta and Manila last year and central Thailand in 2011. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Chinese authorities say rainstorms that battered southern China this week have killed 33 people and left 12 people missing. The Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs website says at least nine provinces have had storms and some flooding and landslides since Tuesday. It says Guangdong province has been hit the hardest with 19 deaths and 11 missing people. Guangdong’s weather service said some areas received more than 21 centimetres of rain in nine hours on Thursday. It forecasts more rain in the coming days and warns of mudslides. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Cyclone Mahasen weakened late yesterday into a tropical storm, causing far less damage than had been feared as it passed over coastal Bangladesh and spared Myanmar almost entirely. At least 18 deaths related to Mahasen were reported in Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka, but officials had prepared for a far greater storm. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The outer bands of Cyclone Mahasen struck the southern coast of Bangladesh on Thursday, lashing remote fishing villages with heavy rain and fierce winds that flattened mud and straw huts and forced the evacuation of more than one million people. The eye of the storm was expected to reach land Thursday evening, but at least 18 deaths related to Mahasen already have been reported in Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A massive evacuation to clear low-lying camps ahead of a cyclone has run into a potentially deadly snag: Many members of the displaced Rohingya minority living in the camps have refused to leave, distrustful of Myanmar authorities. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 
Snow is reported in Shropshire and on Dartmoor as winds of up to 65mph hit Devon and Cornwall.
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Several overcrowded boats carrying more than 100 Rohingya Muslims capsized off the coast of western Myanmar while trying to escape an approaching cyclone, and only 42 were known to have survived, the United Nations said yesterday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 2nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The Arctic’s sea ice melted at a record pace last year, the ninth-hottest year on record, compounding concerns about climate change underscored by extreme weather such as Hurricane Sandy, the UN weather agency said on Thursday. In a report on the situation last year, the World Meterological Organisation said that during the August to September melting season, the Arctic’s sea ice cover was just 3.4 million square kilometres. That was a full 18 per cent less than the previous record low set in 2007. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 27th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> In a week that has seen Britain discuss the very future of the pound sterling and the possible break-up of the United Kingdom, Hong Kong’s money changers have provided an unwitting boost to the Scottish independence movement by offering a separate – and more favourable – rate for Scottish pound notes. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The cough-inducing effects of taking the “cinnamon challenge”, in which thrill-seekers try to swallow a spoonful of cinnamon without water in less than a minute, is flooding the internet. Some health experts have voiced concerns over the dare taken on mostly by teenagers, but the lead researcher in a new report published online on Monday says it may lead to inflamed and scarred tissue common in lung diseases like pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Tepco halted the cooling system for a spent fuel pool at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Monday, the third time a cooling system has been offline there in the past five weeks, underlining the challenges the utility faces in trying to shut down the facility. The company, formally known as Tokyo Electric Power Company, said in a statement that it halted the system for the No 2 unit’s spent fuel pool for inspection after it found dead rats near a transformer. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> One month after Hugo Chavez died, his leftist legacy goes on the line after a swift but bitter race between Maduro, the acting president who casts himself as the late leader’s “son,” and opposition leader Henrique Capriles. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Britain’s lawmakers will gather for a special session of parliament on Wednesday to debate the legacy of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, whose death on Monday exposed bitterly divided views on the “Iron Lady’s” 11 years in power. Fellow Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron will lead proceedings, while the head of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, and Labour leader Ed Miliband are also expected to pay their respects. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Chinese state media say three miners have been rescued after spending 2½ days trapped underground because of flooding in a coal mine that killed three of their colleagues. Xinhua News Agency says they were lifted to safety from the mine in Guizhou province’s Wengan county early on Monday. They have been in hospital in stable condition. Three other miners remain missing. The mine flooded at around 10pm on Friday, trapping nine miners. Rescuers on Sunday had been waiting for the water level to recede before entering the shaft. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By LISA W. FODERARO, on April 6th, 2013 A 856-foot-wide channel formed by Hurricane Sandy in a New York barrier island has helped flush out the bay beyond, but residents blame it for increased flooding.
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By , on April 5th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Argentine police and soldiers searched house to house, in creeks and culverts and even in trees for bodies on Thursday after floods killed at least 57 people in the province and city of Buenos Aires. As torrential rains stopped and the waters receded, the crisis shifted to guaranteeing public health and safety in this provincial capital of nearly 1 million people. Safe drinking water was in short supply, and more than a quarter-million people were without power, although authorities said most would get their lights back on overnight. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 4th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> NEW YORK (AP) — Early gains for U.S. stock market futures were shaved Thursday after the Labor Department reported an unexpected increase in weekly unemployment applications. The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid rose to the highest level since late November last week, although the increase partly reflects seasonal distortions around the spring holidays. Dow Jones industrial average futures added 2 points to 14,489. Nasdaq 100 futures gave up 1.5 points to 2,785.50. Standard & Poor’s 500 futures added 1 point to 1,549.50. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 4th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The death toll from massive flooding in Argentina has risen to 56, prompting the government to declare three days of national mourning and drawing a message of concern from Pope Francis. Most of the victims were found on Wednesday after a second day of record rainfall in Buenos Aires and nearby La Plata, where flooding submerged cars and sent people scrambling to rooftops for safety. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on March 31st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Exxon shut the Pegasus pipeline, which can carry more than 90,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil from Pakota, Illinois, to Nederland, Texas, after the leak was discovered on Friday afternoon, the company said in a statement. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Tornadoes level homes in Oklahoma, one dead
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Tornadoes ravaged portions of Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open. The tornado in Shawnee was one of several that touched down in the nation’s midsection on Sunday. Twisters, hail and high winds also struck Iowa and Kansas as part of a massive, northeastward-moving storm system that stretched from Texas to Minnesota. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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