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Spain calls emergency meeting as Storm Gloria death toll hits 13

Residents walk on a bridge over the Onyar river during the storm "Gloria" in Girona, Spain, January 22, 2020. / Reuters photo Spain's government will hold an emergency meeting on Friday to dea

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Sea foam covers holiday resort as storm lashes parts of Spain

00:27 Residents of the Spanish holiday resort of Tossa de Mar woke up to ocean foam covering parts of the town after Storm Gloria lashed a number of provinces in the country.Floodwater

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Over 30,000 homes without power after wild thunderstorms lash Australia's east coast

SYDNEY, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- A mammoth clean-up has been underway since Tuesday after freak thunderstorms lashed Australia's east overnight, leaving around 30,000 homes without power. Rolling through

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Spain walloped by heavy snow, rain, gales that leave 2 dead

Heavy snow, rain and gale-force winds lashed many parts of Spain on Monday, killing at least two people and prompting five provinces to go on top emergency alert.The st

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Pollution crisis: The Balkans' breathing problem

01:39 Until recently, nobody in Belgrade could have imagined the Serbian capital would be one of the most polluted towns in the world. That it would top huge industrial cities across t

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Fernando Alonso escapes car-rolling accident in Dakar Rally unhurt

Journalists shoot when Fernando Alonso's vehicle rolls over in Dakar Rally Stage 10 in Saudi Arabia, January 15, 2020. /CGTN Sports Scene Screenshot Dakar Rally finished the race of stage 10 o

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Hazardous bushfire smoke delays first day of Australian Open tennis qualifiers

Photo taken on Jan. 3, 2020 shows the smoke-shrouded city of Melbourne in Australia. The city is choking in smokes from bushfires. (Photo by Yan Jie/Xinhua) Thick bushfire smoke has delayed the fir

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Older than the sun: Stardust revealed as oldest solid material on earth

Scientists analysing meteorites found particles created as ancient stars died billions of years ago.

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Over 1,000 flights canceled in Chicago amid winter storm

More than 1,000 flights were canceled Saturday morning as a winter storm hit the Chicago area with heavy winds and rain. O'Hare International Airport cancelled over 950 flights, while the Midway Inte

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Death toll climbs to 11 as storms sweep across southern U.S.

At least 11 people have been killed as powerful storms swept across southern parts of the United States, with winds, tornadoes and floods. Of the victims, one police officer and one firefighter were

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Flood warning issued for Toronto due to heavy storm

The Greater Toronto Area is under a flood warning as a powerful storm is causing hazardous conditions in the area, according to an advisory issued by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority Sat

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Thousands protest as fire-triggered crisis engulfs Australia

Thousands of Australians took to the streets on Friday to protest against government inaction on climate change, as bushfires ravaged tens of thousands of square kilometers of bushland after month

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What's behind spread of Australian bushfires?

The Australian bushfires have engulfed more than 6 million hectares of bush, forest and parks, which is twice the size of Belgium.At least 25 people were killed, while

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What's behind spread of Australian bushfires?

The Australian bushfires have engulfed more than 6 million hectares of bush, forest and parks, which is twice the size of Belgium.At least 25 people were killed, while

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Wilderness, drought, lack of comprehensive plan blamed for Australia's worst bushfire

The scale of Australia's ongoing bushfire crisis has astounded onlookers around the globe, with at least 25 lives have been lost, thousands of homes destroyed and an estimated 480 million animals pe

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Firestorms: How Australia's bushfires create their own weather

Australia's bushfires have burned so intensely that they have hurled smoke as far away as Chile.They have also created their own weather systems, including deadly "firestorms" that produce dry lightn

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Australian authorities warn bushfire reprieve will be over soon

A motorbike lies next to a melted water tank at a burnt out property in Kiah, January 8, 2020. /Reuters Photo People were warned on Wednesday to prepare for another wave of evacuations as temp