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Five days of torrential rains kill 4 in Brazil


PressTV
Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:52 UTC
Five days of continuous torrential rains have left four people dead and displaced thousands in Brazil, government and media say.

Rivers overflowed and flooded 58 cities and towns across the far-southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, the state's Civil Defense Agency said in a statement.
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Cloud Lightning

88-degree temperature ties September record high in Cleveland, Ohio

Patrick O'Donnell
The Plain Dealer
Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:49 UTC
Temperatures around Greater Cleveland hit 88 degrees Tuesday, tying a 107-year-old record.

The normal high for this time of year is 69 degrees. But National Weather Service meteorologist Walter Fitzgerald said hot air circulating clockwise out of the Gulf of Mexico led to the record-tying temperatures.

The last time Cleveland hit 88 degrees on Sept. 25, Germany had a kaiser, Russia had a czar and the United States had Ohioan William McKinley as president.
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Snowman

Flashback 35-degree temperature ties September record low in Toledo, Ohio


toledoblade.com
Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:00 UTC
Yesterday's low of 35 degrees at Toledo Express Airport tied the record low for Sept. 16 that was set in 1966, the National Weather Service said.

The record was tied with a 7 a.m. reading.

Similar temperatures prevailed throughout the region, but temperatures remained balmy enough - barely - for flowers, tomatoes, and soybeans to survive.
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Cloud Lightning

New York breaks temperature records

William Moyer
PressConnects.com
Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:46 UTC
National Weather Service reported a temperature of 82.9 degrees at 2 p.m. Tuesday, breaking the record high temperature for the date of 81 degrees set in 1970.
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Cloud Lightning

Temperature Records Broken in Ontario

UNNATI GANDHI
TheGlobeAndMail.com
Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:41 UTC
After a record-setting spring and summer, Mother Nature decided to make it a hat trick yesterday.

With the temperature reaching as high as 33 in Toronto, not only did the city have the warmest Sept. 25 on record (the old standard, in 1958, was 28.3), it was the highest temperature for any fall day dating back to the beginning of record keeping in 1840.
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Cloud Lightning

25 Yard, Half Foot Deep Lightning Trench in Florida

Jene' Young
WKRG.com
Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:51 UTC
For all of us on the Gulf Coast, lightning is nothing new. But many people have never seen a lightning trench as visually compelling as one we heard about at a local family cemetary.

This story first began after the Labor Day Weekend. The strike left behind the mysterious trench that has family members checking for any damage to their families graves.

©Alan Sealls, WKRG-TV
Lightning trench in West Mobile created when lightning struck tree, travelled down to ground and then horizonatally just below ground surface.
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Fertilizers linked to frog deformities

Bill Scanlon
Rocky Mountain News
Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:36 UTC
Fertilizers from farms and lawns are responsible for frog deformities cropping up in ponds and lakes across North America, a new study shows.

The finding not only has implications for worldwide amphibian declines, but could shine light on such diseases as cholera, malaria, West Nile virus and diseases affecting coral reefs, said assistant professor Pieter Johnson of the University of Colorado's ecology and evolutionary biology department.

©Pieter Johnson / University Of Colorado
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Bizarro Earth

Flashback 9-legged frog raises concerns


11Alive.com
Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:53 UTC
If you are a parent, then you know kids will sometimes bring home a new pet. But when a little boy brought a 9-legged frog home to Kansas, some adults got worried.

©11Alive.com
The 9-legged frog is raising concerns about a former landfill.

Looking from above, the frog may seem normal. But with a closer look, it's clear there is a problem.
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Bizarro Earth

5.6 Magnitude Quake Off Papua New Guinea


AP
Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:27 UTC
An earthquake struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea but there was no threat of a major tsunami, officials said Thursday.
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Bizarro Earth

Gang of 350 Baboons Terrorize South African Town


NBC10.com
Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:32 UTC
A criminal gang being blamed for countless burglaries, thefts and vandalism in South Africa is made up entirely of baboons.

Residents of Cape Peninsula said the gang is at least 350 baboons strong.

©Unknown

Comment: Hard to believe the Neocons have the time to visit South Africa regularly.

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