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Severe winter storm hits Israel, expected to worsen

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A severe winter storm hit Israel late Monday, December 12 and continued into Tuesday, claiming the life of at least one person and injuring 18. The weather system continues to bring heavy rains, hail, lightning and flooding. Further strengthening is expected over the coming days.
12/13/2016

Bushfire fears as south-eastern Australia swelters through record heat

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Emergency services in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory have predicted a worse than usual bushfire season, as this week’s heatwave breaks December records in south-eastern Australia.
Naaman Zhou
12/12/2016

Great Lakes unusually warm for this time of year

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Each of the lakes — Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario — as well as lake St. Clair, all have temperatures well up from this time last year.
Keith Matheny
12/05/2016

Worst flooding in 30 years hits southern Spain

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Unprecedented amounts of rain have caused severe flash flooding in parts of southern Spain over the weekend, culminating on Sunday, December 4, 2016. At least two people have been killed.
12/05/2016

‘Prepared for the worst': Bolivians face historic drought, and global warming could intensify it

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For weeks, hundreds of thousands of Bolivians have been stricken with drought, with some neighborhoods receiving water for only three hours every three days. Armed forces drive tanks into affected communities, where families form long lines to collect water.
Samantha Schmidt
11/30/2016

Catastrophic Fire Hits Southeast Tennessee Homes and Resorts

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What appears to be the most damaging wildland fire to strike a Southeast U.S. community in many decades tore into the tourist mecca of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, on Monday night.
Bob Henson
11/29/2016

Thunderstorm Asthma: What Is It and Why Does It Happen

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On Monday evening, a sudden drop in temperature from 35 degrees Celsius along with severe thunderstorms triggered mass pollen allergy asthma attacks, where over 8,000 people in the state of Victoria were rushed to the hospital.
11/28/2016

Australia: Death toll from thunderstorm asthma rises to 6

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A freak illness known as thunderstorm asthma has now killed at least six people in Australia.Thousands were hospitalized in Melbourne and other parts of Victoria last Monday with breathing problems due to a rare combination of weather and pollen.
James Griffiths and Reed Alexander
11/28/2016

Glacier National Park Glacial Retreat 1938 -

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Glacier Park has lost most of its glaciers since 1910 The mountains and valleys of Glacier National Park were sculpted by the action of glaciers over hundreds of thousands of years of glacial advance and retreat.[1] In 1850,

Severe flooding hits the Dominican Republic, 20 000 evacuated

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Two weeks of continuous heavy rainfall has caused severe flooding in the Dominican Republic, damaging more than 4 000 houses and displacing more than 20 000 people. So far, five deaths, including two children, have been reported.
11/17/2016
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