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Storms that pounded U.S. South seen easing to light rain along East Coast
Image: Korey Jackson, with Jackson’s Tree Service, surveys damage at a park behind the town hall after a deadly storm…
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PNG National Weather Service: Prepare for rainy weather ahead
The PNG National Weather Service has forecast frequent rainfall over the first five months of 2017. The predicted La Nina…
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Road Section of Highlands Highway Damaged by Flooding
Traffic along the 41 mile section of the Highlands Highway has slowed to a crawl after flooding damaged road sections.…
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Five dead, around 100 rescued after fire on Indonesia tourist boat
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Five people were killed and around 100 people rescued on Sunday after a fire ripped through a…
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Magnitude 6.2 quake hits near Sumbwa, Indonesia – USGS
Image Source: National Turks SYDNEY (Reuters) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck on Friday off the island…
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Magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes off Solomon islands: USGS
SYDNEY (Reuters) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 struck off the Solomon Islands on Tuesday, according to the…
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No Signs of Volcano Eruption Following 7.9 Quake
By Alphonse Aime (DWU Journalism Student) The Rabaul Volcanological Observatory says last weekend’s 7.9-magnitude earthquake, although it was a big…
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Quake hits east of Papua New Guinea, tsunami warnings scaled back
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 struck 157 km (98 miles) east of Rabaul in…
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Magnitude 7.9 strikes New Ireland Province
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake has been detected by the US Geological Survey, 46 kilometres east of Taron in New Ireland Province…
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Under smog alert, Beijing orders factories to shut or cut output
Image: Buildings are seen in heavy smog in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China, December 17, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing’s city…
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