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Los Angeles Wildfire Declared ‘Major Emergency’; 100,000 Forced to Evacuate, Two Freeways Closed
At a Glance Residents of more than 23,000 homes in Los Angeles were ordered to evacuate. The 210 and 5 Freeways are closed because of the Saddleridge Fire. On Thursday, numerous mobile homes were destroyed in Calimesa, California, by a wildfire. Two deaths have been connected to the fires; one in Calimesa and one in…
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Tsunamis linked to spread of deadly fungal disease
The tsunamis that followed a huge earthquake in Alaska in 1964 caused massive damage – Education Images A major earthquake in Alaska in 1964 triggered tsunamis that washed ashore a deadly tropical fungus, scientists say. Researchers believe it then evolved to survive in the coasts and forest of the Pacific Northwest. More than 300 people…
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Infant among at least 20 dead after strong quake rocks eastern Indonesia
AMBON CITY, Indonesia: At least 20 people were killed and dozens injured after a strong earthquake struck Indonesia’s remote Maluku islands Thursday (Sep 26), destroying homes and triggering landslides that buried at least one of the victims. “The total number of people who died in the earthquake is 20,” national disaster mitigation spokesman Agus Wibowo said in…
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At least 52 injured in string of earthquakes in Albania – news portal
Everyone injured was rushed to hospitals, doctors are providing all the help necessary. © EPA-EFE/MALTON DIBRA ATHENS, September 22. /TASS/. At least 52 people have been injured in a series of earthquakes that rocked Albania on Saturday, Albanian Daily News reports. According to the news portal, everyone injured was rushed to hospitals, doctors are providing…
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As Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Drags On, Untracked Cases Sow Confusion
On tour in Africa, American officials said the U.S. would keep providing aid. But Congo’s response has been uneven, and the former health minister has been jailed. Health workers last month burying an Ebola victim in Beni, the Democratic Republic of Congo. Of about 3,100 Congolese with confirmed infections, almost 2,100 have died.CreditCreditHugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA,…
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Albania Earthquake Followed By Hundreds Of Aftershocks
Destroyed cars stand next to a damaged building after an earthquake in Tirana on September 21. Albanian authorities say more than 340 aftershocks have followed the 5.8-magnitude earthquake that hit the country on September 21, injuring 105 people and damaging hundreds of buildings. The aftershocks and safety hazards kept many residents of the capital, Tirana,…
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Michigan man went from ‘perfectly healthy to brain dead’ in 9 days after contracting rare mosquito-borne disease, report says
A man from Michigan went from “perfectly healthy to brain dead” in nine days after contracting a rare-mosquito-borne disease, according to a local report. Gregg McChesney, 64, died last month after a “nine-day illness,” according to his obituary. McChesney, of Kalamazoo County, reportedly died from Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). The disease is sometimes called Triple E, or sleeping sickness. MICHIGAN WOMAN…
