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NOAA delays the cutoff of key satellite data for hurricane forecasting

NOAA delays the cutoff of key satellite data for hurricane forecasting

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday it is delaying by one month the planned cutoff of satellite data that helps forecasters track hurricanes.
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Crews from P.E.I. deployed to aid in Yukon wildfire fight

Crews from P.E.I. deployed to aid in Yukon wildfire fight

WHITEHORSE — Firefighters from several jurisdictions across North America are slated to join the wildfire fight in Yukon.
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A week of heavy rains and floods across Pakistan kills 46 people including 13 family members

A week of heavy rains and floods across Pakistan kills 46 people including 13 family members

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Nearly a week of heavy monsoon rains and flash floods across Pakistan has killed at least 46 people and injured dozens, officials said Monday.
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Severe heat wave hits southern Europe and raises wildfire risks

Severe heat wave hits southern Europe and raises wildfire risks

ROME (AP) — Major heat waves across southern Europe have pushed temperatures above 40 C (104 F) in countries including Italy, Spain and Greece, as local authorities issued fresh warnings against the risk of wildfires.
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Home to North Carolina iconic attraction reopens after Hurricane Helene's devastation

Home to North Carolina iconic attraction reopens after Hurricane Helene's devastation

CHIMNEY ROCK, N.C.
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Interstate 40 in the Smoky Mountains reopens faster than expected after rock slide and flooding

Interstate 40 in the Smoky Mountains reopens faster than expected after rock slide and flooding

HARTFORD, Tenn. (AP) — Crews on Friday reopened a section of Interstate 40 along its narrow corridor through the Great Smoky Mountains after flooding and a rock slide closed the major cross country highway for nine days.
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The government cuts key data used in hurricane forecasting, and experts sound an alarm

The government cuts key data used in hurricane forecasting, and experts sound an alarm

Weather experts are warning that hurricane forecasts will be severely hampered by the upcoming cutoff of key data from U.S.
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Flash floods in Pakistan kill 8 after deluge sweeps away dozens

Flash floods in Pakistan kill 8 after deluge sweeps away dozens

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Flash floods triggered by pre-monsoon rains swept away dozens of tourists in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing at least eight people.
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Construction to protect Chignecto Isthmus from floods 'several years' away: minister

Construction to protect Chignecto Isthmus from floods 'several years' away: minister

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's minister of public works says it will be "several years" until construction begins to protect a low-lying strip of land that links the province to New Brunswick.
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Death toll from this month's flooding in South Africa rises to over 100

Death toll from this month's flooding in South Africa rises to over 100

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The death toll from severe floods that inundated parts of South Africa’s rural Eastern Cape province two weeks ago has risen to 101, with a 12-month-old baby the youngest fatality, authorities said Thursday.
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