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Rescuers dug their way through the remains of houses and businesses on Wednesday after a rare and deadly February tornado ripped through a small Oklahoma town on Tuesday night. The medical examiner’s office confirmed 8 people were dead, and local authorities said 46 were injured. Three people were rescued Wednesday after being trapped inside...
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DETROIT – Wind gusting more than 60 mph knocked out power to about 413,000 Michigan homes and businesses on Sunday as temperatures dipped back into the 20s and 30s. Meanwhile, flood warnings were posted throughout the Midwest as temperatures rose after a week of heavy snowfall. Forecasters said flooding was possible in areas of...
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Forecasters are warning of more rain as Brazil reels from devastating floods caused by torrential rains this week. Meteorologists have predicted at least some chance of rain on Saturday and Sunday. At least a hundred people have died with more than a dozen still missing. And tens of thousands of people in 14 cities...
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Hurricane Paloma, heading toward Cuba, is packing sustained winds of 135 mph and has been upgraded to Category 4 status, meteorologists said Saturday. Accuweater.com forecasters said Paloma was expected to make landfall late Saturday night or early Sunday morning along the south-central coast of Cuba. Rain and strong winds were already pounding the Cayman...
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Hurricane Paloma strengthened over the Caribbean and may become a Category 3 storm before hitting Cuba, which is still recovering from hurricanes Ike and Gustav. Paloma’s maximum sustained winds increased to 130 kilometers (80 miles) per hour, from 120 kph earlier today, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an advisory on its Web...
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Typhoon Sinlaku slammed into Taiwan with heavy rain and strong winds Sunday, flooding low-lying regions and causing landslides that disrupted traffic and halted trains and domestic flights, officials said. Sinlaku made landfall in coastal Ilan County in northeast Taiwan at 1:30 a.m. local time (1730 GMT), but quickly turned away...
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