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Beijing sees April pollution levels rise as industry curbs end
Pollution levels in China's capital Beijing rose by 20.8 percent year-on-year in April as industries, including steel, ramped up output…
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Hawaii volcano erupts again, prompting new evacuations
The Kilauea volcano erupted again on Tuesday, spewing toxic gases out of two new vents and prompting authorities to call…
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Hawaiians brave volcanic gases, lava to retrieve pets, belongings
Many of the 1,700 people under orders to evacuate from the Leilani Estates neighborhood on the eastern side of the…
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Hawaiians race home for pets, essentials during lull in volcano eruptions
Image: Lava advances along a street near a fissure in Leilani Estates, on Kilauea Volcano’s lower East Rift Zone, Hawaii,…
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Stronger quake, magnitude 6.0, hits Hawaii close to erupting volcano: USGS
Image: The Kilauea Volcano’s Pu’u ‘O’o crater is seen in this aerial image after the volcano erupted following a series…
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Nine teenagers dead, one missing in southern Israel flash flood
Image: People look on as Israeli rescue services helicopter operates near the site where a group of Israeli youths was…
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Emergency alerts loom as drought takes hold in war-torn Afghanistan
Afghanistan faces the threat of serious drought this year after recording the lowest snowfall and rain in years over the…
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California risks severe ‘whiplash’ from drought to flood: scientists
Image: FILE PHOTO: Waves crash against a sea wall in San Francisco Bay beneath the Golden Gate Bridge in San…
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Hundreds flee homes as 4.4 magnitude quake strikes Indonesia
Image: Rescue workers and volunteers clear an area of debris following yesterday’s 4.4 magnitude quake in Kertosari Village, Banjarnegara, Central…
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Wind-fanned wildfires threaten to spread in parched Oklahoma
Image: The Rhea fire burns through a grove of red cedar trees near Seiling, Oklahoma, U.S. April 17, 2018. REUTERS/Nick…
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