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Earthquake paralyzes Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido
An earthquake has paralyzed Hokkaido, Japan’s northern island, killing eight residents. Power is cut to 3 million households. Trains and mobile phone networks are idle. The jolt follows a typhoon over western Japan. Japan mobilized 20,000 rescue workers on Hokkaido on Thursday after being wracked by a magnitude-6.7 earthquake just south of Sapporo, Hokkaido island’s main…
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Deadly Indian ‘rat fever’ kills at least 12, with another 54 suspected deaths
Disease spread through water, soil or food containing rodent urine has infected 372 people in southern state of Kerala. “Rat fever” has killed at least 12 people with another 54 suspected fatal cases in the southern Indian state of Kerala since August, after the worst floods in almost a century, authorities said Tuesday. A total of 372…
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Puerto Rico governor raises Hurricane Maria death toll from 64 to 2,975
In this Oct. 5, 2017 file photo, a Puerto Rican national flag is mounted on debris of a damaged home in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in the seaside slum La Perla, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Puerto Rico’s governor on Tuesday raised the official death toll from Hurricane Maria from 64 to…
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Strong Quake in Western Iran Kills 3, Injures 253
KERMANSHAH (Tasnim) – Three people were killed and 253 others were injured in an earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale that hit Iran’s western city of Tazeabad in Kermanshah province on Sunday morning. According to Tasnim dispatches, the death toll from the quake that occurred at 2:43 am (local time) has increased to three…
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6.9-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Indonesia’s Lombok
A landslide is seen after an earthquake in Lombok, Indonesia, Aug. 19, 2018 in this still image obtained from a social media video. A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Lombok Sunday, just hours after a 6.3-magnitude quake shook the island, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Two smaller quakes were reported around the same…
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Heatwave causes record number of deaths in South Korea
Dozens dead as capital hit with highest temperatures in more than a century. At least 42 people have died in South Korea, as the country grapples with a record heatwave with temperatures unseen in more than 100 years. This is the highest number of deaths since South Korea began officially counting casualties due to heat…
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Lombok Earthquake
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