Buffalo In State Of Emergency After Massive Snowfall
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Major storm pummels swaths of country with ice, snow, bitter cold
The storm, which has already caused power outages and a number of pileups, is expected to travel up the Northeast through Tuesday. A major winter storm plowed across the country on Monday, delivering heavy snow, ice, and temperatures so low they broke records in some places. More than 150 million Americans in 26 states, stretching…
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The Second-Generation COVID Vaccines Are Coming
After Pfizer and Moderna, a slew of other candidates could fill gaps in efficacy, production or distribution. AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine (pictured) is one of the first to receive authorization in the U.K. A number of exciting vaccines are still in the pipeline. Credit: Russell Cheyne Getty Images Six months ago, as the northern hemisphere was still battling…
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Japan Earthquake Today: Extreme Moderate 7.2 quake hits near Sendai, Japan
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Powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolts Fukushima area
The manager of a liquor store in the city of Fukushima cleans up after the earthquake on Saturday night. | KYODO A powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck late Saturday off the coast of Tohoku, leaving at least 30 people injured and knocking multiple power plants offline. The quake, which measured a strong 6 on the…
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Magnitude 7.2 quake strikes southeast of Loyalty Islands – EMSC
(Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck southeast of Loyalty Islands on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake’s epicentre was 424 km east of Tadine, New Caledonia, and was at a depth of 10 km, EMSC said. The quake, which was upgraded from an earlier magnitude of 7.1, followed at…
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World faces around 4,000 COVID-19 variants as Britain explores mixed vaccine shots
A dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is prepared by a member of the Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service at Basingstoke Fire Station, in Basingstoke, Britain Feb. 4, 2021. PHOTO BY ANDREW MATTHEWS /Pool via REUTERS LONDON — The world faces around 4,000 variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, prompting a race to improve vaccines, Britain said…
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The Global Food Trade Has Been Upended by a Container Crisis
Some food prices could go up if costs are passed to consumer Three in four containers leaving Los Angeles to Asia are empty Supply Lines is a daily newsletter that tracks Covid-19’s impact on trade. Sign up here, and subscribe to our Covid-19 podcast for the latest news and analysis on the pandemic. Food is piling up in…
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First came Covid lockdown. Now a bushfire is forcing these Australians to evacuate
Firefighters drive toward a property off Copley Road in Upper Swan as bushfires close in on the area on February 2, 2021 in Perth, Australia. (CNN)The state of Western Australia is facing an “unprecedented situation” as it battles a raging wildfire while millions of residents are under coronavirus lockdown, the state’s premier Mark McGowan said…
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7.0 magnitude earthquake shakes southern Philippines
MANILA, Philippines — A powerful earthquake shook parts of the southern Philippines on Thursday night, but authorities said it was too deep to cause major damage and no tsunami warning was issued. The quake measured magnitude 7.0 and was located 95.8 kilometers (60 miles) below the sea and about 210 kilometers (130 miles) southeast of…