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Deadly heat wave settles over South of the US

BETH RUCKER
AP
Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:51 UTC
A heat wave continued to bake parts of the South on Tuesday, raising the number of heat-linked deaths in Tennessee to at least five and buckling roads in Mississippi.

The temperature in Memphis hit at least 100 degrees again Tuesday, the fifth consecutive day of triple-digit highs, as hot air blanketed the south-central portion of the nation. Monday's top reading in the city was 105.
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The mystery of Scotland's disappearing common seals

Ian Herbert
The Independent
Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:21 UTC
There have been no obvious signs of them washed up on the shore; no evidence that disease or human hand is behind a dramatic reduction in numbers of the sea mammal. But a routine survey has delivered the baffling news that 5,000 common seals have disappeared from the shores of Orkney and Shetland.
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At least 14 killed by floods overnight in north Indian region


RIA Novosti
Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:48 UTC
At least 14 people died Monday night in the north Indian state of Himachal Pradesh as monsoon floods continued to devastate the region, local radio said.

About 30 people have been killed in the province over the past three days in ongoing torrential rains and landslides, which have destroyed buildings, roads and rail lines, and disrupted water and power supplies.
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Cloud Lightning

Microburst Throws Barn 200 Feet in Colorado

Lauri Martin
kktv.com
Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:39 UTC
A microburst blew through the town of Midway, a small area south of Fountain, lifting a barn and throwing it into a house. A microburst is straight-line winds with wind gusts up to 100 miles-per-hour that are confined to a small area.

"The force blew pieces of the barn through the house and ended up 200 feet over there," Mike Harder said as he points out the damage to his home.
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Floods hit southern Norway


UPI
Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:18 UTC
Heavy rains caused flooding in southern Norway Monday, forcing many residents to leave their homes.

Floods ripped through the northern tip of Randsfjord in southern Norway, Aftenposten reports.

Several homes were destroyed or severely damaged and cars were swept away after the heavy rains caused a dam to break, sending torrents of water rushing down the Nordraak River.
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Bad weather hampers search for Kenyan landslide victims


AFP
Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:48 UTC
Torrential overnight rain hampered a search on Monday for at least 16 people buried alive in a weekend landslide in western Kenya, police said.

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"We still believe there are more bodies buried in the rubble but rescuers have not been able to retrieve them due to bad weather. Overnight rains have hampered the exercise," said Peter Kavila, police chief of the Western Province.

Rescue teams from the national police force, the Kenya Red Cross Society, the ministry of works and the National Youth Service are sifting through rubble at Kuvasali village, 290 kilometres (180 miles) northwest of Nairobi, where a landslide that began on Friday buried scores of houses and livestock.
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Cloud Lightning

Quake shakes Hawaii as preparations for hurricane continue


Associated Press
Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:31 UTC
An earthquake on Monday jolted the Big Island of Hawaii, which is already under a hurricane watch and a tropical storm warning.

The magnitude 5.3 temblor struck at 7:38 p.m. local time, about 25 miles south of Hilo, according to a preliminary report from the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Global Warming Debate Reignited After NASA Quietly Corrects Temperature Data

David Silverberg
Digital Journal
Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:08 UTC
A Toronto blogger discovered a problem with how NASA records U.S. temperatures, concluding that 1934 is actually the hottest year on record, not 1998. The climate change controversy is heating up once again.
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Orang-utans home destroyed for bio-diesel

Thomas Bell
The Telegraph
Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:00 UTC
The Orang-utans of Borneo are facing an unprecedented threat as their habitat is destroyed to satisfy increasing global demands for bio-fuel.
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North Korea seeks help after floods ravage country


Reuters
Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:55 UTC
North Korea is seeking international help after it reported massive flooding had left hundreds of people dead or missing and washed away many buildings, a U.N. aid agency spokesman said on Tuesday.

North Korea, which has struggled with chronic food shortages for years, also said in a report early on Tuesday that floodwaters caused "tens of thousands of hectares of farmland (to be) inundated, buried under silt and washed away."

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Pyongyang has been badly hit by flooding.

Paul Risley, Asia spokesman with the U.N. World Food Programme, said: "If the figures are borne out by our own assessment, then we are very concerned that this is a significant emergency crisis."
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