Natural disasters and extreme weather
The latest news and comment on natural disasters and extreme weather
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More than 300 LA flights cancelled and hundreds of homes evacuated over mud slide fears in one of state’s strongest storms in years
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Preliminary report into event that killed nine people in Melbourne finds emergency services responded well, despite failures in communications
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Monoculture plantations and too few fire breaks contributed to 11 deaths and devastation of 2,000 sq miles
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The La Hacienda hotel collapses into the swollen waters of the Sicra river in the Peruvian town of Lircay on Thursday
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The fast-spreading blazes of recent weeks have destroyed about 385,000 acres of forest and killed eight people, including a firefighter and two police officers who died on Wednesday
World weatherwatch Weather bombed north-east US feels the chill