Today: September 20, 2024
Today: September 20, 2024

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Heavy rains in India's Mumbai impact transport, shut schools

Heavy rains flooded roads and railway lines on Monday in India's financial capital Mumbai, disrupting flights and forcing the closure of schools

Heavy rains in India's Mumbai impact transport, shut schools
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Tourists still flock to Death Valley amid searing US heat wave blamed for several deaths

Hundreds of Europeans touring the American West and adventurers from around the U.S. are still being drawn to Death Valley National Park, even though the desolate region known as one of the Earth’s hottest places is being punished by a dangerous heat wave blamed for a motorcyclist’s death over the weekend

Tourists still flock to Death Valley amid searing US heat wave blamed for several deaths
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Indonesian landslide triggered by heavy rain leaves 11 dead and dozens missing at illegal gold mine

A landslide triggered by torrential rains has crashed onto an unauthorized gold mining operation on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 11 people

Indonesian landslide triggered by heavy rain leaves 11 dead and dozens missing at illegal gold mine
Economy|Environment|News

Oil settles lower on worries Hurricane Beryl could hit US demand

Oil prices settled down about 1% to a one-week low on Monday as Hurricane Beryl shut U.S. refineries and ports along the Gulf of Mexico, and on hopes a possible ceasefire

Oil settles lower on worries Hurricane Beryl could hit US demand
Environment|Science

June sizzles to 13th straight monthly heat record. String may end soon, but dangerous heat won't

The European climate service Copernicus says Earth's more than year-long streak of record-shattering hot months kept on simmering through June

June sizzles to 13th straight monthly heat record. String may end soon, but dangerous heat won't
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Deputies find 13 hikers who disappeared where forest fire burned

Deputies find 13 hikers who disappeared where forest fire burned

Deputies find 13 hikers who disappeared where forest fire burned
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You need to get out now': 15 households were evacuated from their homes as Lake Fire continues to grow

You need to get out now': 15 households were evacuated from their homes as Lake Fire continues to grow

You need to get out now': 15 households were evacuated from their homes as Lake Fire continues to grow
Environment|Travel

Grand Canyon National Park announces closures for waterline construction project

Grand Canyon National Park announces closures for waterline construction project

Grand Canyon National Park announces closures for waterline construction project
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Shelter-in-place order briefly issued at North Dakota derailment site, officials say

Officials at the remote site of a derailed train carrying hazardous materials that sparked a fire in North Dakota briefly issued a shelter-in-place notice early Sunday

Shelter-in-place order briefly issued at North Dakota derailment site, officials say
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Hurricane Beryl intensifying as it nears Houston, warning of 'deadly storm'

Hurricane Beryl strengthened as it neared the Texas coast on Sunday, the U.S.

Hurricane Beryl intensifying as it nears Houston, warning of 'deadly storm'
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Record temperatures scorch US West as Americans sweat through extreme heat

A widespread heat wave is expected to deliver a fresh batch of record temperatures along the U.S.

Record temperatures scorch US West as Americans sweat through extreme heat
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Largest Texas ports close as Hurricane Beryl nears

The largest ports in Texas closed operations and vessel traffic on Sunday as Hurricane Beryl intensified as it approached the

Largest Texas ports close as Hurricane Beryl nears
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Death Valley sets a new daily record with a searing 128 degrees as West Coast heat wave drags on

Death Valley sets a new daily record with a searing 128 degrees as West Coast heat wave drags on

Death Valley sets a new daily record with a searing 128 degrees as West Coast heat wave drags on
Environment|Health|News

Torrid heat bakes millions of people in large swaths of US, setting records and fanning wildfires

Roughly 130 million people are under threat from a long-running heat wave that has shattered records with dangerously high temperatures

Torrid heat bakes millions of people in large swaths of US, setting records and fanning wildfires
Environment|Travel

An Alaska tourist spot will vote whether to ban cruise ships on Saturdays to give locals a break

Each year, a crush of tourists arrives in Alaska’s capital city on cruise ships to see wonders like the fast-diminishing Mendenhall Glacier

An Alaska tourist spot will vote whether to ban cruise ships on Saturdays to give locals a break
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Heavy rains trigger landslides in Nepal, 11 killed, 8 missing

Heavy rains triggered landslides and flash floods killing at least 11 people in the last 36 hours in Nepal and blocking key highways and roads, officials said on

Heavy rains trigger landslides in Nepal, 11 killed, 8 missing
Economy|Environment|Health

Underpaid and overlooked, migrant labor provides backbone of Maryland Eastern Shore's local economy

With more than 2 million migrant workers finding food processing jobs in rural America, their struggle to find adequate health care remains elusive.

Underpaid and overlooked, migrant labor provides  backbone of Maryland Eastern Shore's local economy
Economy|Environment|Travel

Wildfires are a severe blow to Maui's tourism-based economy, but other iconic destinations have come back from similar disasters

Wildfires on Maui are a crippling blow to the island’s tourism industry, which generates half of its jobs. But New Orleans and Kauai show that comebacks are possible.

Wildfires are a severe blow to Maui's tourism-based economy, but other iconic destinations have come back from similar disasters
Economy|Environment|News|Opinion

Maui wildfires: Extra logistical challenges hinder government's initial response when disasters strike islands

An expert on Puerto Rico’s recovery from Hurricane Maria explains why it’s hard for the US to deliver disaster aid in places like Hawaii and Puerto Rico.

Maui wildfires: Extra logistical challenges hinder government's initial response when disasters strike islands
Environment|Science

The largest male specimen of the world’s most venomous spider has been found in Australia

The largest male specimen of the world's most venomous spider that boasts fangs powerful enough to pierce a human fingernail has found a new home after being discovered north of Sydney, Australia

The largest male specimen of the world’s most venomous spider has been found in Australia
Business

The warming ocean is leaving coastal economies in hot water

Global ocean temperatures have been at record highs almost daily for over a year, and economies are feeling the heat.

The warming ocean is leaving coastal economies in hot water
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Japanese consumers are eating more local fish in spite of China's ban due to Fukushima wastewater

Fishing communities in Fukushima feared devastating damage to their businesses from the tsunami-wrecked nuclear power plant’s ongoing discharge of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea

Japanese consumers are eating more local fish in spite of China's ban due to Fukushima wastewater
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New York City owl Flaco was exposed to pigeon virus and rat poison before death, tests show

New York City's celebrity owl Flaco was suffering from a pigeon-borne illness and high levels of rat poison when he crashed into a building and died last month

New York City owl Flaco was exposed to pigeon virus and rat poison before death, tests show
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Uranium is being mined near the Grand Canyon as prices soar and the US pushes for more nuclear power

The largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work at a mine less than 10 miles from the rim of the Grand Canyon

Uranium is being mined near the Grand Canyon as prices soar and the US pushes for more nuclear power
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Motorists creep along 1 lane after part of California's iconic Highway 1 collapses

Motorists crept along one lane of a scenic stretch of California's iconic Highway 1 after a giant chunk of the highway collapsed into the ocean following heavy weekend rains

Motorists creep along 1 lane after part of California's iconic Highway 1 collapses

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