Two strong earthquakes struck deep below ground in remote areas of South America on Saturday. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
A magnitude-6.1 temblor hit Brazil in the western Amazon state of Acre at about 9:30 a.m., 105 miles southeast of Cruzeiro do Sul, according to the Web site of the U.S. Geological Survey.
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A humpback whale with a tongue swollen to the size of a small car has been found on the rocky shores of Admiralty Island in southeast Alaska.
Scientists believe that a collision forced air into the male humpback's tongue and caused it to swell. A ship could be responsible for the death of the 40-foot (12-meter) whale, which was found last week.
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Scientists believe that a collision forced air into the male humpback's tongue and caused it to swell. A ship could be responsible for the death of the 40-foot (12-meter) whale, which was found last week.
A fierce heatwave that has scorched the northern and central regions since the beginning of this month will continue over the next several days, the Central Hydro-meteorology Forecast Centre has warned.
Temperatures will remain at between 35-36 degrees Celsius in the northern region for the next three or four days or more and could peak at 38 degrees Celsius in the central region for a week, the centre said.
Temperatures will remain at between 35-36 degrees Celsius in the northern region for the next three or four days or more and could peak at 38 degrees Celsius in the central region for a week, the centre said.
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| The Army have begun taking humanitarian aid to Upton-on-Severn, in Worcestershire, after the area was hit by severe flooding. |
All the way back to shore after an eight-foot tiger shark chomped into his left leg, Harvey Miller thought he might die. "I just remember saying, 'Oh God, not like this, no way,'" Miller said Friday, a day after the gray animal attacked him off Oahu's Bellows Beach.
The animal came after the a 36-year-old attorney from Toledo, Ohio, in clear blue waters in an area not known for shark attacks. The last such incident in that area dates back almost 50 years, the state's Shark Task Force said.
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| Miller, 36, was snorkeling off Bellows Beach along the windward side of Oahu when the attack occurred. |
The animal came after the a 36-year-old attorney from Toledo, Ohio, in clear blue waters in an area not known for shark attacks. The last such incident in that area dates back almost 50 years, the state's Shark Task Force said.
An earthquake in a northwest region of China destroyed 2,100 houses and left 8,000 people homeless, Xinhua news agency said Sunday.
The earthquake measuring 5.7 points on the Richter scale rocked northwest China's Xinjiang Yugur autonomous region, on the border with Kazakhstan, Friday.
According to Xinhua, no casualties have yet been reported in the quake.
The earthquake measuring 5.7 points on the Richter scale rocked northwest China's Xinjiang Yugur autonomous region, on the border with Kazakhstan, Friday.
According to Xinhua, no casualties have yet been reported in the quake.
BUCHAREST - Temperatures across central and southwest Europe threatened to top 42 degrees Celsius (107 Fahrenheit) on Saturday in a heat wave that has killed nine people in Romania and caused havoc from Hungary to Greece.
Record rainfall this week triggered floods, landslides and mud flows that killed 152 people in China and forced the evacuation of hundreds of thousands, state media reported Sunday.
Since the start of the annual rainy season in June, floods have hit nearly half of China's regions and killed at least 400 people, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
Since the start of the annual rainy season in June, floods have hit nearly half of China's regions and killed at least 400 people, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
KNIPPA, Texas - Storms dumped more than a foot of rain on parts of Texas on Saturday, stranding more than 170 passengers on an Amtrak train for hours and forcing rescue crews elsewhere to pull at least 50 people to safety.
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| A horse stands in floodwaters Saturday, July 21, 2007, near D'Hanis, Texas, after heavy rains caused the Seco Creek to overflow its banks, flooding the town and closing U.S. Highway 90. |
These are pictures of a fierce hail storm that pounded the town of Cananea Sonoroa, Mexico, last night.
"I was talking with my mother this morning," writes international viewer Ing. Héctor Manuel Germán Gardner, "and she says that in her whole life she didn't remember something like yesterday ever happening in Cananea, and she's almost 80 years old!!!"
You can see, hail the size of golf balls and bigger fell upon the town, along wth flooding rain.
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"I was talking with my mother this morning," writes international viewer Ing. Héctor Manuel Germán Gardner, "and she says that in her whole life she didn't remember something like yesterday ever happening in Cananea, and she's almost 80 years old!!!"
You can see, hail the size of golf balls and bigger fell upon the town, along wth flooding rain.
