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Powerful storm hits disaster-ravaged Japan
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Powerful storm hits disaster-ravaged Japan

  A powerful storm slammed into central Japan on Sunday, bringing heavy rains as it churned across western areas already…
Disaster-hit Japan braces for powerful typhoon
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Disaster-hit Japan braces for powerful typhoon

  A powerful typhoon hurtled towards Japan on Saturday, prompting local authorities to issue early evacuation orders, with western areas…
Rescuers scour scorched towns after Greek wildfires kill 74
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Rescuers scour scorched towns after Greek wildfires kill 74

  Rescue workers in Greece scoured charred homes and burned-out cars on Wednesday as the toll from some of the…
Greek wildfires kill 50; hugging bodies found near beach
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Greek wildfires kill 50; hugging bodies found near beach

  Wildfires raged through seaside resorts near the Greek capital, torching homes, cars and forests and killing at least 50…
Landslide warnings as Japan digs through rain devastation
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Landslide warnings as Japan digs through rain devastation

  Desperate relatives braced for bad news Monday as rescuers dug through landslides in the wake of severe floods that…
Papua New Guinea officials say whole villages flattened by deadly quake
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Papua New Guinea officials say whole villages flattened by deadly quake

Whole villages were flattened and water sources spoiled by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 20 people, residents said…
Taiwan quake kills 4, tilts buildings; over 140 missing
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Taiwan quake kills 4, tilts buildings; over 140 missing

Rescuers were working Wednesday to reach five people trapped and more than 140 people unaccounted for in several buildings damaged…
Philippine volcano spreads lava almost 2 miles from crater
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Philippine volcano spreads lava almost 2 miles from crater

Lava fountaining regularly from the Philippines’ most active volcano has flowed up to 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from the crater…
Magnitude 8.2 Alaska earthquake prompts tsunami warning
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Magnitude 8.2 Alaska earthquake prompts tsunami warning

An 8.2 earthquake in the Gulf of Alaska triggered a tsunami warning in the US state and parts of Canada.…
Philippines raises volcano alert again; hazardous eruption seen imminent
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Philippines raises volcano alert again; hazardous eruption seen imminent

The Philippines raised the alert level at its Mayon volcano on Monday after a loud explosion in the wake of…
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