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Hurricane Maria pummels small Caribbean island of Dominica as Category 5 storm
Hurricane Maria, the second Category 5 storm to hit the Caribbean this month, plowed into the small island nation of…
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Storm kills eight in Romania, damage hits Serbia, Croatia
Road and rail traffic in parts of Romania was halted by fallen trees. Several hospitals, schools and apartment buildings had…
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Hurricane Maria seen strengthening into major hurricane in next two days
That storm, one of the most powerful ever recorded in the Atlantic with winds up to 185 miles per hour…
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Wind and rain lash Vietnam as Typhoon Doksuri hits
Nearly 80,000 people have been evacuated from coastal regions in preparation for Doksuri. Winds exceeded 130 km (80 miles) per…
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Hurricane Max downgraded to tropical storm, moves inland over Mexico
The storm is expected to continue weakening dramatically as it moves inland over Southern Mexico, and it will likely be…
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Caribbean faces hard road to recovery after Irma's ravages
The prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, said Irma had wreaked "absolute devastation" on Barbuda, which he described…
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Florida governor requests major disaster declaration
There is a serious threat of significant storm surge flooding along the entire west coast of Florida and 15 feet…
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Thousands of homes wrecked by huge Mexican quake, death toll at 90
Image: Relatives mourn on top of the coffin of police officer Juan Jimenez, who was a victim of the earthquake…
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Mexican quake death toll rises to 90 as Oaxaca reports more fatalities
Image: A man stands amidst the remains of a house after an earthquake struck the southern coast of Mexico late on…
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Hurricane Irma churns through Caribbean islands, possibly en route to Florida
Residents of Texas and Louisiana were still recovering from Harvey, which struck Texas as a Category 4 hurricane on Aug.…
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