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Powerful typhoon strikes Japan


thewest.com.au
Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:02 UTC
A powerful typhoon hit the southern Japanese island of Okinawa today, pounding them with torrential rains and high winds, and was later expected to head north towards the nation's main islands.

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A satellite image shows Typhoon Man-yi off the east coast of Taiwan.

Up to 500mm of rain was expected to fall on some parts of Japan's southernmost main island of Kyushu by tomorrow morning, further battering areas already hit by heavy rains and flooding earlier this week.

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Better Earth

Butterfly shows evolution at work


BBC
Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:25 UTC
Scientists say they have seen one of the fastest evolutionary changes ever observed in a species of butterfly.

The tropical Blue Moon butterfly has developed a way of fighting back against parasitic bacteria.

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The bacteria selectively kills male Blue Moons before they can hatch
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Bizarro Earth

New Mexico Ranchers Fight Caterpillar Invasion

SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN
Associated Press
Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:38 UTC
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - It has all the makings of a potential rangeland disaster: thousands of acres of grass and the herds of cattle, antelope and other animals that need to eat it versus an emerging army of spiky caterpillars with voracious appetites. But ranchers hope quick action will take care of the caterpillars _ also known as range worms _ before they can destroy pastures in northeastern New Mexico.
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Cloud Lightning

1 dead as heavy rain continues in western Japan


Associated Press
Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:29 UTC
A man died Wednesday in Kumamoto Prefecture after falling into a swollen river as heavy rain continued in western Japan.
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Star

Sleepless and Sizzling in Seattle

Kris Crocker
kxly.com
Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:26 UTC



They are suffering in Seattle, and throughout western Washington, with record heat. A heatwave of historic proportions peaked today. The high in Seattle: 98 degrees. That broke the old record of 95, set back in 1951, but fell short of the all-time Seattle record of 100 degrees.
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Bizarro Earth

Magnitude 3.0 Earthquake Recorded In The Geysers, California


cbs5.com
Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:32 UTC
THE GEYSERS - A magnitude 3.0 earthuqake was recorded Wednesday morning in The Geysers area, a remote section of Lake County, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

The minor quake generated no reports of any injuries or damage, authorities said.

The quake's epicenter was one mile west-northwest of The Geysers, a seismically active area along the Sonoma-Lake county border, according to the USGS.
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Bizarro Earth

Minor earthquake hits southwest of Portland


LocalNewsDaily.com
Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:28 UTC
A 3.3 magnitude earthquake shook the southwest Portland metro area at 8:53 p.m. Wednesday.

The quake was centered just west of Barlow, nine miles south of Tualatin and about 19 miles southwest of Portland. Some buildings shook but no one was injured.
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Bizarro Earth

Earthquake, Magnitude 6.0, shakes Peru


AFP
Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:25 UTC
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck Peru on Thursday near the city of Pucallpa in the Amazonian rain forest, US seismologists said.

The US Geological Survey said the quake occurred at 12.43am (05H23 GMT) and had a depth of 152 kilometres.
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Cloud Lightning

Rains, flooding continues to hit Oklahoma

Heather Moyer
DNN
Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:06 UTC
A flood-weary region cringed again early this week as more rain fell, causing more high water.

Storms drenched parts of Oklahoma and Texas, dropping 3 to 6 inches of rain. Thunderstorms were forecast for the region for the rest of the week.

©National Weather Service - Wichita, Kansas
Residents cleaning up from flooding in Coffeyville must cope with an oil spill as well.
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Cloud Lightning

China floods 75 villages to ease swollen river


Reuters
Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:39 UTC


©Reuters
Local residents check a bridge which is partially submerged by the floods in southwest China's Chongqing municipality

China flooded dozens of evacuated villages on Tuesday to ease pressure from a swollen river after torrential rains that have killed more than 100 people nationwide.
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