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Park Fire becomes California's biggest wildfire of 2024

A burning car pushed into a gully sparked California’s largest wildfire of the year. The Park Fire has burned more than 164,000 acres.

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Devastating wildfire burns down part of western Canadian tourist town

A raging wildfire has devastated the western Canadian tourist town of Jasper, potentially destroying up to 50% of structures, and firefighters are trying to save as many buildings as possible, authorities said.

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Typhoon Gaemi lashes China after pounding Taiwan, Philippines

Typhoon Gaemi pummeled towns on China's coastal Fujian province on Friday with heavy rains and strong winds as the most powerful storm to hit the country this year began its widely watched trek into the populous interior.

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Philippines races to contain oil spill after tanker capsizes in Manila

A Philippines-flagged tanker carrying 1.4 million litres (369,840 gallons) of industrial fuel has capsized off the coast of the Philippine capital, Manila, prompting fears of the worst oil spill in the country’s history. Transportation S...

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Alberta premier holds back tears as wildfire rages

A raging wildfire has devastated the western Canadian tourist town of Jasper, potentially destroying up to 50% of structures, and firefighters were working to save as many buildings as possible, authorities said.

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Typhoon Gaemi hits China after pounding Taiwan, Philippines

Typhoon Gaemi has reached southeastern China after churning across the Taiwan Strait. The typhoon has prompted warnings of swelling rivers, flash floods, and waterlogging in cities and provinces that were hit by extreme rains several wee...

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Deadly typhoon sinks freighter as it barrels through Taiwan

Typhoon Gaemi swept through northern Taiwan, killing two people, triggering flooding and sinking a freighter offshore before heading across the sea and into China where it is expected to dump more torrential rain.

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Typhoon Gaemi sweeps over Philippines

Relentless rain drenched the northern Philippines, triggering flooding in the capital Manila and landslides in mountainous regions as Typhoon Gaemi intensified the seasonal monsoon.

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Nepal plane crash kills 18; pilot only survivor

A passenger plane has crashed and caught fire shortly after taking off from Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, killing 18 people, aviation officials say. The pilot was the only survivor of the crash and was treated in hospital.

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Typhoon Gaemi brings heavy rain to Manila, forcing evacuation

Heavy rain from Typhoon Gaemi has flooded the Philippine capital Manila and nearby cities, forcing authorities to shut schools, offices and cancel flights and declare a state of calamity in a region that is home to 13 million people.

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Nepal plane crash at Kathmandu airport kills 18

At least 18 people were killed when a regional passenger plane belonging to Nepal's Saurya Airlines crashed and caught fire while taking off from the capital Kathmandu on Wednesday, officials said. The pilot, who was pulled from the wrec...

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Raging wildfire torches Jasper National Park, closes in on townsite

An intense wildfire burning through Alberta’s Jasper National Park has forced at least 25,000 people to flee the park and the town of Jasper, as the flames move dangerously close to the community.

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At least 229 killed in Ethiopia landslides

More than 200 people have been killed in two landslides in southern Ethiopia, authorities said. The first landslide, triggered by heavy rains in a remote region of Gofa zone, occurred on Monday and was followed by a second one that burie...

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Thousands flee as wildfires rage in western Canada

Thousands of people in Alberta and British Columbia have been evacuated, while thousands more prepare to flee, as raging wildfires threaten homes, roads and remote communities.

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Wildfires drive thousands from their homes in western Canada

Alberta officials say at least 7,500 people have been forced to evacuate as massive wildfires threaten homes and roads, while thousands in British Columbia have been told to be ready to leave on a moment’s notice.

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China highway bridge collapse kills eleven

Chinese authorities say at least 11 people have died and 30 are missing in the partial collapse of a highway bridge in the northwest of the country following heavy storms and flooding. A similar number are missing in the southwest after ...

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Polio virus found in Gaza as soaring temperatures threaten drought

Polio has been detected in samples of sewage that is starting to take over Gaza in the grip of a devastating war, health authorities in the Hamas-run territory and Israel said Thursday. Meanwhile, soaring summer temperatures are adding t...

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Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash marks a decade

A ceremony has been held in the Netherlands to commemorate ten years since Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing nearly 300 people.

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Death toll rises to 40 from heavy rains, flash floods in Afghanistan

Heavy rains in eastern Afghanistan have killed at least 40 people and injured nearly 350 others, Taliban officials said. At least 400 houses have also been destroyed as rain and hail lashed eastern Nangarhar Monday evening. The Taliban g...

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Severe summer storm causes flash floods in Toronto

A severe storm in Toronto dumped more than 10 centimetres of water on the city, causing flash floods, closing a stretch of highway and knocking out power for thousands. Experts say Toronto, and other communities, need to expect more seve...

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UNICEF says 50,000 seek refuge in Sudan's Qadarif

Around 50,000 people have arrived in the eastern Sudanese town of Qadarif, UNICEF said on Monday (July 15), with more expected in the coming days. The war has sparked waves of ethnically-driven violence, blamed largely on the Rapid Suppo...

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Burials begin for pupils killed in Nigeria school collapse

Families in Busa Buji community in Nigeria's north-central Plateau state started burying children killed in a school building collapse on Sunday (July 14). Twenty-two people were killed in the disaster at The Saints Academy last Friday.

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Nepal: Dozens missing after landslide sweeps buses into river

More than 60 people are still missing in Nepal - after a landslide swept two buses into a river. Rescue teams are searching for survivors but after days of heavy rain, hopes are fading any will be found alive.

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Twenty-two pupils killed as Nigeria school building collapses

The Saints Academy college in the north-central Plateau state's Busa Buji community collapsed shortly after pupils, many of whom were 15 years old or younger, arrived for classes.

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Bodies of cross-Atlantic sailors found in life raft

A life-raft carrying the remains of two people was found washed up on Sable Island, N.S. Police believe they are the bodies of two sailors from Canada who went missing last month while attempting an Atlantic crossing.

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77 whales die in mass stranding in Scotland

Seventy-seven long-finned pilot whales have died after being stranded on an island off the north coast of Scotland, a rescue charity said. Whales can get stranded on shore for a range of reasons, such as when they lose their way or get t...

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Rescue efforts suspended after Nepal landslide

Hundreds of rescuers and more than two dozen divers in Nepal have suspended their search for 51 passengers who are missing after a landslide swept the buses in which they were travelling, into a swollen river, authorities said.

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Aftermath of Hurricane Beryl in Texas

Pressure is mounting on Houston's power utility as millions still don't have electricity nearly four days after Hurricane Beryl made landfall.

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U.S. wildfire risk rises amid hot conditions, low humidity

The authorities in the west of the US warning of the rising risk of wildfires as hot conditions and low humidity dry out the landscape amid a protracted heat wave. California's top fire official said that so far this year the state has r...

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Rains, tornado in South Africa leave seven dead, others missing

Seven people have died and at least another seven are missing in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal after the southeastern province was hit by heavy rain and a tornado, local authorities said.

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