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US: Northeast Hit by Major Winter Storm


The New York Times
Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:29 UTC
A major winter storm struck the northeast Friday morning, with snowfall causing massive delays at airports, closing schools and snarling traffic on streets and highways in the region.

Snow started falling earlier than expected, before daybreak, with four inches measured at mid-morning in Manhattan's Central Park. A total of six to nine inches was expected before the snow is to change to sleet and rain in the afternoon.

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Employees clearing snow in a commercial area in Queens.

Arrival delays of more than five hours were reported by the Federal Aviation Administration at Kennedy and Newark airports with a lesser delay of slightly more than three hours at La Guardia.
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Cow Skull

Record cold kills cattle and rice in Vietnam


The Earth Times
Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:10 UTC
Record-setting cold weather has killed more than 8,000 cattle and 100,000 hectares of paddy rice in northern Vietnam since mid-January, officials said Tuesday. Most of the cattle have died in northern mountainous provinces, where temperatures during the month-long cold spell have sometimes dropped to below zero Celsius, a rarity in Vietnam.
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Attention

Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake Hits Nevada

James Nelson & Mary Milliken
Reuters
Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:37 UTC
UPDATE

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck near the town of Wells in northeastern Nevada at dawn on Thursday, shaking residents in their beds and causing some damage, the U.S. Geological Survey and residents reported.

"It lasted about 10-15 seconds," area resident Susan Shaw told Reuters by telephone. "I live about 20 miles from Wells and it shook the whole house. It was scary but there was no major damage."

Nevada Earthquake
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A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck Nevada on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
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Evil Rays

Norway's biggest quake hits Svalbard archipelago


Reuters
Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:19 UTC
An earthquake of 6.2 magnitude -- the biggest in Norwegian history -- jolted the sparsely populated Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic on Wednesday night, the Norsar seismic research institute said on Thursday.

"This is the biggest earthquake on Norwegian territory in history," the institute said in a statement.
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Ambulance

Philippine floods leave 12 dead, 100,000 displaced


terradaily.com
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:07 UTC
At least 12 people have been killed and more than 100,000 displaced by flash floods and landslides as heavy rain lashed the central Philippines, relief workers said Thursday.

The military has begun flying relief supplies to some of the worst affected areas and rescuing residents trapped by rising flood waters.
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Better Earth

Total lunar eclipse to turn Moon red

Roger Highfield
telegraph.co.uk
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:38 UTC
A total eclipse will turn the Moon red in the small hours of Thursday morning for about an hour.
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Snowman

New freezing weather hits Saudi Arabia


RIA Novosti
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:33 UTC
Northern regions of Saudi Arabia have been hit by the second cold spell this winter, the Al-Watan daily said on Wednesday.

This winter is said to be the coldest in Saudi Arabia in 30 years.

Temperatures in northern and northwestern parts of the country plunged to -5 degrees Centigrade (23 Fahrenheit) with bitterly cold winds raging at speeds of 60 km/ph (37 m/ph). Local residents are staying indoors whenever possible amid fears of hypothermia.
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Cold spell claims over 1,100 lives in Afghanistan


RIA Novosti
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:14 UTC
The amount of people killed by freak freezing weather in Afghanistan since December last year has risen to over 1,100, the country's Ministry for Emergency Situations said on Wednesday.

This winter is the coldest in the last 30 years in Afghanistan, with temperatures reaching lows of -30 degrees Centigrade (-22 Fahrenheit) in 17 of the country's 34 provinces, national weather authorities said.
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Bizarro Earth

Major earthquake off coast of Greece


USA Today
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:08 UTC
Greece was just hit by its second major earthquake in less than a week.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 6.2 temblor was centered about 140 miles southwest of Athens. A quake with the same strength was recorded in that area on Valentine's Day.

Earlier today, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake shook Indonesia. Reuters says it killed at least three people and injured more than two dozen others.
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Ambulance

Update: Three killed by Indonesian quake


BBC News
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:19 UTC
At least three people have been killed and 25 seriously injured by a 7.5-magnitude quake near Indonesia's western Aceh province, officials say.

Indonesia Quake
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