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Severe typhoon hits Hong Kong Hong Kong battened down Wednesday as Severe Typhoon Utor forced the closure of the city's financial market and schools and disrupted hundreds of flights after leaving six dead in the Philippines.

14 August 2013

Hundreds evacuated after Indonesia volcano erupts More than 500 people have been evacuated from a tiny Indonesian island where a volcano erupted at the weekend, spewing rocks and lava that killed five villagers.

12 August 2013

Lightning strike sparks Venezuela oil refinery blaze A lightning bolt ignited fuel at an oil refinery east of Caracas on Sunday, sending giant columns of black smoke into the sky and forcing hundreds to evacuate.

12 August 2013

Hundreds of homes deemed unfit after Greek quakes: officials Hundreds of homes in rural central Greece have been deemed unfit for habitation after a wave of quakes this week.

12 August 2013

Sudan floods kill 36: state radio Flooding has killed 36 people in a region north of Sudan's capital Khartoum.

12 August 2013

Death toll rises to six after torrential rain in Japan Japanese rescuers found four bodies Saturday at the scene of a landslide in the north of the country, taking the total death toll from record rainfall to six.

10 August 2013

California wildfire injures 6, doubles in size More than 1,600 Californian firefighters are battling a blaze east of Los Angeles that has injured six people and forced hundreds to flee their homes.

10 August 2013

21 dead as floods strike quake-hit Chinese province At least 21 people have been killed and four reported missing in floods and mudslides that hit a Chinese province where at least 95 others died this week in twin earthquakes.

27 July 2013

Rescuers battle to find China quake survivors Rescuers battled through dusty rubble Tuesday to try to reach victims of two shallow earthquakes in China that killed at least 89 people.

23 July 2013

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Mexico volcano ash disrupts US flights for second day Frustrated passengers stood in long lines at Mexico City's airport Friday as US airlines canceled flights for a second day after the Popocatepetl volcano spewed a new column of ash.

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Mexico volcano grounds US airlines Four US airlines canceled dozens of flights to and from Mexico City's international airport on Thursday after the Popocatepetl volcano blew ash and steam skyward.

05 July 2013

Scramble to reach Indonesia quake survivors as toll hits 22 Rescuers battled Wednesday to reach survivors from an earthquake in Indonesia's Aceh province that has killed at least 22 people.

04 July 2013

US air tankers help fight killer Arizona blaze The US military on Tuesday ordered four air tankers to join fire-dousing efforts in Arizona, where firefighters were battling a still out-of-control inferno which killed 19 of their comrades.

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US wildfire grows after killing 19 firefighters Reinforcements poured in Monday to battle a runaway wildfire in Arizona that quadrupled in size overnight after killing 19 firefighters in one of the worst such incidents in US history.

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Tropical Storm Dalila strengthens on way to west Mexico Rain was beginning to fall on Mexico's west coast from Dalila, the fourth named storm of the Pacific hurricane season, which was gaining strength as it approached land.

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Alberta faces '10-year recovery' after flood: Redford Flood damage was estimated in the billions of dollars Monday as residents of the Canadian city of Calgary and other districts began mopping up after deadly floods which killed three people and forced 100,000 to flee.

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