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At least 21 dead in flooding in U.S. state of Tennessee

At least 21 people died and dozens are missing after flooding in the southern U.S. state of Tennessee, local officials said on Sunday in what they warned was a prelimin

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A scary red sky blankets this Chinese city

00:30 An extreme dust storm in China turned the sky red for an entire day before the clouds slowly dissipated. Dust storms commonly originate in hot, dry regions and are caused by stron

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Local aboriginal culture center burns in Australian bushfires

02:02 Australia has been burning for months.More than seven million hectares of land have burned in the bushfires, forcing thousands to evacuate and killing untold numbers of animals.H

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US blasts off another satellite to boost weather forecasts

AnewUSsatellitethatoffersspeedy,high-resolutionimagesofstormsandmaysavelivesbymakingforecastsmoreaccurateblastedoffThursdayfromaNASAlaunchpad."Three,two,oneandl

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Climate change could make Sahel wet: study

ClimatechangecouldtransformoneofAfrica'sdriestregions,theSahel,intoaverywetone,astudyshowedWednesday.Butthisisnotnecessarilygoodnews.Whiletherewouldbemorewaterf

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At least eight killed, thousands displaced by storms in South Africa

InSouthAfrica,atleasteightpeoplehavebeenkilledaftermassivestormshitCapeTownaftermonthsofdrought,SouthAfricanauthoritiessaidWednesday.Amongthedeadisafamilyoffour

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Thousands in California and Nevada told to evacuate due to flooding

Heavy rains and flooding along rivers forced the evacuation of thousands of people in a California wine making region and an area of Nevada east of Lake Tahoe on Monday (Jan 9), officials said, with more storms on the way.

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Study: Typhoons that slam Asia much stronger since 1970s

Typhoons that slam into land in the northwestern Pacific--especially the biggest tropical cyclones of the bunch--have gotten considerably stronger since the 1970s, a new study concludes.

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Australian state lurches from bushfires to severe storms in days

Southern Australia's extreme weather has continued, lurching from an unseasonable heatwave, which caused a spate of bushfires in the area, to severe storms and flash flooding in the space of days.

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China lists dense fog, haze as meteorological disasters in new regulation

Dense fog and haze will now be classified as meteorological disasters in a new weather forecast regulation, according to an official notice on Friday.