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Huge quake of magnitude 8.2 on Alaska Peninsula triggers tsunami alert
A strong and shallow earthquake of magnitude 8.2 struck the Alaskan peninsula late on Wednesday, prompting tsunami warnings in the…
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4 killed as worst forest fire in decades buffets Cyprus
ARAKAPAS: A huge forest blaze in Cyprus killed four people, destroyed homes and forced evacuations of villages, police said on…
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Canadian military on alert as wildfires rage
OTTAWA: The Canadian military was on standby on Saturday to help evacuate towns and fight more than 170 wildfires fueled…
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Thousands flee DR Congo town as fresh eruption of volcano feared
GOMA: Tens of thousands of people fled the eastern DR Congo city of Goma on Thursday, choking highways, after the…
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Greek villages evacuated as forest fire rages
ALEPOCHORI: More than a dozen Greek villages were evacuated on Thursday as firefighters battled the country’s first major blaze of…
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Volcano erupts on Caribbean island
ST JOHN’S: A volcano erupted on Friday for the first time in 40 years on the Caribbean island of Saint…
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Icelandic volcano subsiding after first eruption in 900 years
GRINDAVIK: A volcano that spewed glowing red lava near Iceland’s capital Reykjavik after awakening for the first time in 900…
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Two-thirds of tropical rainforest destroyed or degraded: study
BRASILIA: Humans have degraded or destroyed roughly two-thirds of the world’s original tropical rainforest cover, new data reveals raising alarm…
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First bodies recovered from India’s flood disaster tunnel
TAPOVAN: Rescuers on Sunday pulled the first bodies from a blocked tunnel at a power complex in a northern Indian…
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Anger as hopes fade for Indian workers after glacier disaster
TAPOVAN: Dozens of angry and desperate relatives of about 30 people trapped in a tunnel since a glacier disaster in…
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