As reported by Yahoo.com, tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes in Calgary and throughout the rest of southern Alberta over the past 36 hours, as swollen streams and rivers overflowed their banks, some with so little warning that residents had no choice to flee to the roof of their house to await rescue. Read Article
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As reported by Cnn.com, vacationers at Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks this summer should make extra efforts to wash their hands, the National Park Service urged Wednesday, after noting a spike in sicknesses among visitors so far. Read Article
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AS REPORTED BY ALERTS.WEATHER.GOV, THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS HAS ISSUED A MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER. THE NORTH BORDER IS NORTHGATE BOULEVARD AND OLD NORTH GATE ROAD. Read Article
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According to allvoices.com, temperatures that topped 100 degrees triggered at least three wildfires in Colorado by mid-day Tuesday. Two of them were near tourist areas and a third near subdivisions. Humidity was in single digits with 3 percent reported in Denver. A fourth fire was reported not far south of Denver in Pike National Forest […]
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As reported by Abc.net.au, the worst of the flooding seems to be over in the Czech capital of Prague, as floodwaters shift north to eastern Germany where 10,000 people have been forced to evacuate their homes. Read Article
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Ruvr.co.uk reported that parts of central Europe have been hit by floods with parts of the Czech Republic, Germany and Hungary hit hardest. The Bavarian town of Passau saw river levels at their highest for 500 years. VoR’s Scott Craig spoke to Jessica Ware of the online news site thelocal.de. Read Article
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According to focustaiwan.tw, two people were killed, one was reported missing, and more than 80 were injured as of Sunday evening after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck central Taiwan earlier in the day, according to the Central Emergency Operation Center. A male tourist, identified as Liu Chin-lu, who was with a group of seven other […]
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According to a Reuters report, Chilean and Argentine authorities on Monday declared a red alert and ordered the mandatory evacuation of a 25-km (15.5-mile) radius around the active Copahue volcano, which straddles the border between the two Andean nations. The volcano – located some 500 km (310 miles) south of capital Santiago, between Chile’s Bio […]
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Sptimes.ru reports that at least 9,000 people were evacuated from Moscow buildings on Friday as the capital experienced its first tremors from an earthquake in 35 years. The scare came as a strong earthquake off the coast of Sakhalin in the Far East sent shockwaves throughout Russia, causing buildings to lightly shake in Moscow, about […]
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According to fox10tv.com, an Alaska volcano eruption is prompting regional airlines to cancel flights to nearby communities, including a town that reported traces of fallen ash. Pavlof Volcano released ash plumes as high as 22,000 feet over the weekend, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory. Clouds obscured the volcano Monday, but U.S. Geological Survey scientists […]
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