GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s president issued a natural disaster declaration Wednesday as 44 forest fires continue to burn across the Central American country. DESPERATE YOUNG GUATEMALANS TRY TO REACH THE US EVEN AFTER HORRIFIC DEATHS OF MIGRATING RELATIVES President Bernardo Arévalo said that 80% of the fires were started by people. Farmers often burn stubble and grass in their …
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The Republican leader of a suburb bordering New York City has Democrats up in arms over a plan to deputize private citizens for emergency situations. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman has continued to irk opponents on the issues of crime and women’s rights as he seeks to wrestle control of the state capital and give his constituents a greater say …
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Taiwanese officials are furious after the People’s Republic of China attempted to claim worldwide sympathies following a devastating earthquake. China, which makes disputed claims of ownership over Taiwan, thanked the global community for expressions of grief after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked the island. “We thank the international community for its expressions of sympathy and concern,” Chinese Deputy Permanent Representative …
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An earthquake is a sudden, fierce shaking of the Earth’s surface that’s caused by movements in the planet’s outermost layer, according to NASA. “It is estimated that there are500,000 detectable earthquakesin the world each year. 100,000 of those can be felt, and 100 of them cause damage,” the U.S. Geological Survey’s website says. The phenomenon could cause property damage as …
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An earthquake struck New Jersey and shook buildings in surrounding states this morning – leaving an estimated 42 million people feeling the seismic impacts of the phenomenon,according to the U.S. Geological Survey. “Our region just experienced an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.7, with an epicenter near Readington in Hunterdon County,” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said in a …
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Video captured the moment last weekend when a woman casually shopping in a Chinese department store disappeared as a possible sinkhole swallowed a portion of the floor. A construction worker on the first floor of a shopping mall in the city of Zhenjiang in Jiangsu, China, told local outlets a sinkhole opened up, trapping him and causing the floor above …
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ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — A tropical cyclone that swept across Madagascar has killed 18 people and left four missing after making landfall on the north of the Indian Ocean island nation earlier this week, authorities said on Friday. The storm has also caused severe flooding that partly submerged entire villages, displaced or affected some 47,000 people and set off landslides …
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Landslides occur around the world and have helped shape the Earth as we know it. They tend to garner little notice when they strike in remote, unpopulated areas, but they also have the potential to cause immense catastrophes. The landslide that destroyed a rural neighborhood and claimed 43 lives in Oso, northeast of Seattle, 10 years ago Friday was the …
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