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2 children, great-grandmother perish in California wildfire

2 children, great-grandmother perish in California wildfire

The death count from a rapidly growing northern California wildfire rose to five Saturday after two young children and their great-grandmother who had been unaccounted for were confirmed dead.
by Associated Press

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'Terrifying' tornadoes of flame burn California city; 2 dead

'Terrifying' tornadoes of flame burn California city; 2 dead

A wildfire that roared with little warning into a Northern California city claimed two lives as thousands of people scrambled to escape before the walls of flames descended from forested hills onto their neighborhoods, officials said Friday.
by The Associated Press

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NTSB: Recordings show change in weather before boat sank

NTSB: Recordings show change in weather before boat sank

Video and audio recordings from a fatal tourist boat accident in Missouri show that the lake went from calm to deadly dangerous in a matter of minutes, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday.
by The Associated Press

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Huge flood from failed dam in Laos has now spread to Cambodia

Huge flood from failed dam in Laos has now spread to Cambodia

The flooding has killed at least 27 people in Laos. In Cambodia, the Sekong River rose to nearly 12 meters (almost 40 feet) on Thursday -- a height that flooded 17 villages.

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Are we prepared for the next pandemic?

Are we prepared for the next pandemic?

The author of "I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us" spoke with host Kerri Miller about the next, inevitable, outbreak of disease and what it'll take to survive it.
by Kerri Miller and Marcheta Fornoff

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Hundreds missing after hydroelectric dam collapses in Laos

The official Lao news agency KPL said the Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam in Attapeu province collapsed Monday evening, releasing large amounts of water that swept away houses and made more than more than 6,600 people homeless.
by The Associated Press

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Duck boat that sank in deadly accident is raised from lake

Duck boat that sank in deadly accident is raised from lake

The duck boat that capsized and sank last week on a sightseeing cruise was raised from a Missouri lake Monday, more than three days after the accident that killed 17 people near the tourist town of Branson.
by The Associated Press

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