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'Epic' winter storm wallops US, leaving 1 million without power

More than a million US power customers were in the dark Friday as a "bomb cyclone" winter storm walloped the country, closing highways, grounding flights and causing misery for Christmas travelers.

Americas 3 years ago

Arctic storm brings holiday travel chaos to US

A "once-in-a-generation" winter storm with temperatures as low as -40 degrees Fahrenheit (-40 Celsius) caused Christmas travel chaos in the United States on Thursday, with thousands of flights canceled and major highways closed.

Academia 3 years ago

Climate change: More disasters or more data?

You would think that the UN would know better especially when its top bureaucrats are using language that sounds like Armageddon is here.

Environment 3 years ago

Iraq yet again hit by increasingly frequent dust storms

Iraq was yet again covered in a thick sheet of orange as it suffered the latest in a series of dust storms that have become increasingly common.

Environment 3 years ago

Brazil storm death toll rises to 16

The death toll from torrential downpours that triggered flash floods and landslides in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state rose to 16, with three people still missing.

Academia 4 years ago

Semeru's eruption was triggered by rain and storms, making it much harder to predict

Saturday’s eruption produced an ash plume that reached 15km into the atmosphere, along with hot pyroclastic flows – dense, fast-moving clouds of solidified lava, ash and gas. Volcanic mudflows called lahars also tumbled down the volcano’s steep slopes. Heavy ash blanketed nearby villages and plunged some areas into temporary darkness.

SE Asia 4 years ago

Death toll in Philippines storm rises to 19

Severe Tropical Storm Kompasu dumped more than a month's worth of rain in two days as it swept across the archipelago nation this week, national disaster agency spokesman Mark Timbal told AFP.

World 4 years ago

Biggest sandstorm in decade turns Beijing skies yellow

City residents used goggles, masks and hairnets to protect themselves from the choking dust and sand, with landmarks including the Forbidden City partly obscured behind an apocalyptic-looking haze.

World 5 years ago

Major storm to hit northeastern US after dumping snow on capital

The National Weather Service issued storm warnings from Virginia to Maine -- home to tens of millions of people -- and predicted snowfall of 18 to 24 inches (45-60 centimeters) in southern New York, northeastern New Jersey and parts of southwest Connecticut.

World 5 years ago

Super cyclone levels Fiji villages

Yasa made landfall late Thursday as a top-of-the-scale Category Five cyclone, lashing Fiji's second-largest island, Vanua Levu, with wind gusts of up to 345 kilometers an hour (210 miles an hour).

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'Epic' winter storm wallops US, leaving 1 million without power

Arctic storm brings holiday travel chaos to US

Climate change: More disasters or more data?

Iraq yet again hit by increasingly frequent dust storms

Brazil storm death toll rises to 16

Semeru's eruption was triggered by rain and storms, making it much harder to predict

Death toll in Philippines storm rises to 19

Biggest sandstorm in decade turns Beijing skies yellow

Major storm to hit northeastern US after dumping snow on capital

Super cyclone levels Fiji villages

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'Epic' winter storm wallops US, leaving 1 million without power

Arctic storm brings holiday travel chaos to US

Climate change: More disasters or more data?

Iraq yet again hit by increasingly frequent dust storms

Brazil storm death toll rises to 16

Semeru's eruption was triggered by rain and storms, making it much harder to predict

Death toll in Philippines storm rises to 19

Biggest sandstorm in decade turns Beijing skies yellow

Major storm to hit northeastern US after dumping snow on capital

Super cyclone levels Fiji villages

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