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Rain-fed landslides, flooding kill at least 19 in Brazil
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Rain-fed landslides, flooding kill at least 19 in Brazil

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Landslides and flooding caused by heavy rains killed at least 19 people in Brazil’s most populous…
Drinking water, ash big concern as Tonga assesses damage after tsunami
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Drinking water, ash big concern as Tonga assesses damage after tsunami

SYDNEY/WELLINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Australia and New Zealand sent surveillance flights on Monday to assess damage in Tonga, isolated…
Tsunami threat recedes from huge Pacific volcanic eruption
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Tsunami threat recedes from huge Pacific volcanic eruption

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The tsunami threat around the Pacific from a huge undersea volcanic eruption began to recede…
Safety doors failed in NYC high-rise fire that killed 17
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Safety doors failed in NYC high-rise fire that killed 17

NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators sought answers Monday for why safety doors failed to close when fire broke out in…
Grave injuries remain following NYC fire that killed 19
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Grave injuries remain following NYC fire that killed 19

NEW YORK (AP) — Hospitals worked Monday to save the lives of multiple people gravely injured by smoke in a…
Climate change, new construction mean more ruinous fires
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Climate change, new construction mean more ruinous fires

The winter grassland fire that blew up along Colorado’s Front Range was rare, experts say, but similar events will be…
Philippine supertyphoon Rai ‘exceeded all predictions’ – forecaster
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Philippine supertyphoon Rai ‘exceeded all predictions’ – forecaster

SINGAPORE, Dec 22 (Reuters) – The rapid intensification that turned this week’s Typhoon Rai into the strongest storm to hit…
Food running out, Philippine typhoon survivors warn
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Food running out, Philippine typhoon survivors warn

MANILA, Dec 21 (Reuters) – Philippine officials and residents of areas that bore the brunt of Typhoon Rai pleaded for…
Prosecutors start closing arguments in Dutch murder trial over downed MH17 flight
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Prosecutors start closing arguments in Dutch murder trial over downed MH17 flight

AMSTERDAM, Dec 20 (Reuters) – Dutch prosecutors on Monday began three days of closing arguments during which they will make…
Biden visiting storm-ravaged Kentucky to offer aid, support
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Biden visiting storm-ravaged Kentucky to offer aid, support

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the fifth time since taking office less than a year ago, President Joe Biden is taking…
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