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Fukushima radiation to the North American coast
US scientists recently reported that radiation leaked from the Fukushima plant in Japan will spread to North American coasts this year.
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Indonesia: The volcano erupted as thousands of bombs exploded
Three Indonesians were killed on February 14, after the Kelud volcano on Java island erupted violently, blowing ash and rocks tens of kilometers into the air.
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Thousands of people were evacuated because of floods and landslides in the Philippines
On January 12, Philippine authorities said flooding and landslides in many countries had left at least eight people dead and a series of people missing, forcing thousand…
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Super typhoon Usagi entered the East Sea, wind gusts above level 17
There is a very strong storm currently operating in the northeast of the island of Luke (Philippines) and the international name is Usagi.
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Usagi super typhoon in the strongest year entered China
At 01:00 on September 21, the location of the center of the storm was about 20.4 degrees north latitude; 122.6 degrees east longitude, about 250km from the island of Leb…
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Usagi storm is rushing into Hong Kong gateway
At 04:00 on September 23, the location of the center of the storm was about 23.3 degrees Vi Bac; 113.2 degrees east longitude, about 140km from Hong Kong (China) to the…
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Japan evacuated hundreds of thousands of people to avoid super typhoons
Japan on September 16 evacuated nearly 300,000 households to avoid super typhoon Man-yi landing in the country, while traffic in many areas was stalled.
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Russia: Floods forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate
The country's Far East is suffering a serious flood when 6,018 houses in Amur, Khabarovsk provinces and Jewish autonomous regions are submerged in water and more than 20…
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Bagan, the land of thousands of forgotten temples
The ancient Bagan city was once the capital of the Pagan kingdom, a key cultural, economic and political center of the Pagan empire during the 9th to the 13th centuries.
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Breaking in Indonesia caused thousands of people to evacuate
At least one person was killed, eight seriously injured and thousands of others were forced to evacuate the area of Maluku province in eastern Indonesia after a large…
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Several thousand people died from floods in India
At least 5,000 people may have been killed by flash floods and landslides in northern India over the past week, an official admitted.
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Thousands of German and Hungarian people evacuated because of record high floods
Flood waters continued to rise in eastern Germany, forcing local officials to evacuate many families and a hospital, while Hungary increased protection against the risk…
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'Fire attack' raged in America, thousands of people evacuated
Forest fires in many localities in East and Southern Colorado of the United States have caused thousands of people to evacuate and many houses completely burned down.
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Indonesia: Heavy rain makes thousands of houses flooded
Heavy rains during the past week have caused serious flooding in many parts of Jakarta, causing tens of thousands of houses and public buildings to flood in the country,…
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Tens of thousands of flooded Mozambican people
On January 22, Mozambique officials began to deploy emergency evacuation in the southern region of the country - where an estimated 55,000 people are seriously threatene…