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Usnews.nbcnews.com reports that...
At least 51 people, including 20 children, were among the victims of an enormous tornado that roared through the suburbs of Oklahoma City Monday, pulverizing entire city blocks and leaving behind miles of mangled cars and splintered wood.
Officials warned the death toll was likely to climb, making it among the deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history.
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Huffingtonpost.com reports that...
A once-fearsome cyclone that was threatening Bangladesh and Myanmar dissipated quickly, causing some deaths but largely relieving authorities who had told more than 1 million people to leave vulnerable coastal areas in preparation for a far worse storm.
Cyclone Mahasan lost power as it shed huge amounts of rain and then veered west of its predicted path, sparing major Bangladeshi population areas, including Chittagong and the seaside resort of Cox’s Bazar, said Mohammad Shah Alam, director of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department.
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News.yahoo.com reports that...
Six people were dead and seven missing after a powerful tornado ripped through a north Texas neighborhood that included housing for the poor, in the deadliest severe storm outbreak in the United States this year.
Authorities were assessing damage and searching through rubble on Thursday, hoping to find survivors among the twisted metal and splintered wood of flattened homes.
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Circleofblue.org reports that...
Kenya is struggling to help the 90,000 people displaced by spring floods, which have also destroyed crops, AlertNet reported. The country’s cycle of floods and droughts have spurred calls for better disaster management at the national level.
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Bbc.co.uk reports that...
The Gulf state of Oman has suffered flooding this week as thunderstorms have struck the Arabian Peninsula.
BBC Weather’s Philip Avery explains the causes of this extreme weather.
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Bbc.co.uk reports that...
Helen Willetts talks to Global’s Ros Atkins about the extreme weather seen in Afghanistan recently.
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Usnews.nbcnews.com reports that...
Heavy river flooding in six Midwestern states that forced evacuations, shut down bridges, swamped homes and caused at least three deaths was at or near crest in some areas Sunday evening. Rivers surged from the Quad Cities to St. Louis Sunday, with water levels reaching record heights. Hours earlier, National Guardsmen, volunteers, homeowners and jail inmates pitched in with sandbagging to hold back floodwaters that closed roads in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan.
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Guardian.co.uk reports that...
Heavy rain over much of the country, provoking flash floods in some areas and severe weather warnings from the Met Office, is set to continue through the weekend but is unlikely to ease the drought gripping most of England.
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Allafrica.com reports that...
AS rains continue to cause havoc in the country, more than 1,000 people in Kisii have fled their homes due landslides and flooding. The affected people from Bogisero and Kabero wards have been sleeping outside for the last three days. A visit to Bogisero by the Star, established that most families vacated to safer grounds.
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Google.com reports that...
Kenya’s Red Cross says two children buried in a landslide overnight have died, as the country’s death toll from heavy flooding rose to 41.
