Natural Disasters
Violent storm spawns Midwest tornadoes, heads east
CHICAGO - A violent storm swept across the upper Midwest on Wednesday and headed toward the U.S. East Coast, spawning several tornadoes as well as damaging hail and high winds, but skirted Chicago without doing major damage.
Record floods reach Budapest, Suzuki halts plant
BUDAPEST - The river Danube was set to reach record levels in Budapest on Sunday night and dikes have been strengthened at critical points to protect the capital from flooding, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said.
Oklahoma TV weatherman vilified for tornado advice
REUTERS - An award-winning Oklahoma television meteorologist has been criticized as "irresponsible" for telling viewers on Friday to get in their cars and flee approaching tornadoes, and some are blaming him for putting people in grave danger on clogged roads.
Death toll reaches 18 in Oklahoma tornadoes, storms
REUTERS - The death toll from deadly tornadoes and severe flooding that struck Oklahoma on Friday and Saturday has risen to 18, including 12 adults and six children, with the bodies of seven people still unidentified, the state's chief medical examiner said on Monday.
Death toll reaches 14 in Friday's Oklahoma tornadoes
REUTERS - The death toll from deadly tornadoes that struck Oklahoma on Friday has risen by one to 14, with a child added to a tally that now includes nine adults and five children, the state's chief medical examiner said on Monday.
Death toll rises to nine from Oklahoma tornadoes
OKLAHOMA CITY - Nine people were killed in tornadoes that swept through central Oklahoma on Friday, part of a storm system that caused widespread flooding in Oklahoma City and its suburbs, the state's chief medical examiner said on Saturday.
More severe weather and tornadoes forecast for Oklahoma
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas - The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for parts of Oklahoma on Friday, describing weather conditions as "particularly dangerous" a day after more than a dozen reported twisters ripped through the region.
Tornadoes in Oklahoma, Arkansas injure at least five
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas - Severe storms spawned a dozen reported tornadoes in Oklahoma and Arkansas on Thursday, injuring at least five people and sending residents scrambling for cover 10 days after a powerful twister killed 24 people in Oklahoma.
Tornado warnings in Oklahoma, including oil hub Cushing
REUTERS - Tornado warnings urging residents to seek cover immediately in parts of northern Oklahoma were issued on Thursday, raising concern about another powerful storm after a twister in the area killed 24 people and injured more than 300 last week.
Chile, Argentina order evacuation around stirring southern volcano
SANTIAGO/BUENOS AIRES - Chilean and Argentine authorities on Monday declared a red alert and ordered the mandatory evacuation of a 25-km (15.5-mile) radius around the active Copahue volcano, which straddles the border between the two Andean nations.
Ethiopia and Eritrea: An elusive peace on the cards?
Ethiopia and Eritrea are still at each others’ throats. The two neighbours fought hammer and tongs in sun-baked trenches during a two-year war over a decade ago, before a peace deal ended their World War I-style conflict in 2000. Furious veRed Sea, UNrbal battles, however, have continued to this day.
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