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Disasters

Nepal official: 'No chance' of finding people missing in landslide

Rescuers have so far recovered only eight bodies of the more than 150 people who are believed to have been buried by a massive landslide in northern Nepal early Saturday. The landslide blocked a mountain river, causing the water to form a lake that was threatening to burst and sweep several villages. Fresh rainfall on Sunday hampered search attempts.
by The Associated Press

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'It's so terrible': Quake reportedly kills at least 150 in southwest China

Rescue crews are still working to find survivors who might have been trapped beneath the rubble caused by a 6.1-magnitude earthquake that hit Yunnan Province Sunday afternoon -- an effort that's complicated by recent mudslides that have made some roads impassible.

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Feds expand Minnesota flood disaster declaration

The state Homeland Security and Emergency Management division said Friday that the declaration now covers 32 counties and the Red Lake Band of Chippewa and Prairie Island Indian Community.
by The Associated Press

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State presses feds to widen disaster declaration from spring storms

President Barack Obama issued a disaster declaration last week for parts of Minnesota damaged by flooding, but only eight of 51 counties cited by the state as damaged were on the list.
by Jon Collins

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Man pulls mom, child from burning home

Man pulls mom, child from burning home

Richard Johann stepped outside the Tin Cup restaurant for a smoke and saw the building on fire.
by Tim Nelson

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2 power line workers shocked, 1 dies, in Renville County accident

One worker was electrocuted, another injured in the same incident while working on the CapX2020 Brookings County-Hampton power line, a 250-mile transmission project stretching from South Dakota to the suburban Twin Cities.
by Peter Cox

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2 Minnesotans killed in Kansas crash

The Kansas Highway Patrol says 69-year-old Kay Dianne Pautz and 70-year-old Gary Walter Pautz died in the accident north of McPherson on Thursday.
by The Associated Press

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Cleanup of burned school involves asbestos

The Roosevelt Education Center was built in 1920 when asbestos was often used in insulation and floor and ceiling tiles.
by The Associated Press

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Airliner missing after Algeria takeoff

The official Algerian news agency said air navigation services lost track of the Swiftair plane 50 minutes after takeoff. Flight AH5017 had been missing for hours before news was made public.

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