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Pakistan's cultural capital sees record rainfall, flooding streets and affecting daily life

Pakistan's cultural capital sees record rainfall, flooding streets and affecting daily life

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s cultural city of Lahore saw record-high rainfall early Thursday, leaving at least three people dead, while flooding streets, disrupting traffic and affecting daily life, officials said, as the death toll from rain-r
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Wildfires in Colorado burn dozens of homes and structures, threaten hundreds more

Wildfires in Colorado burn dozens of homes and structures, threaten hundreds more

LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — A wildfire burning in Colorado’s heavily populated Front Range region has burned dozens of homes and outbuildings, while a second fire crept within a quarter-mile of evacuated homes near Denver on Thursday.
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Vermont gets respite from flood warnings as US senator pushes for disaster aid package

Vermont gets respite from flood warnings as US senator pushes for disaster aid package

MORGAN, Vt.
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Jasper mayor says plan underway for residents to see homes in burned townsite

Jasper mayor says plan underway for residents to see homes in burned townsite

The mayor of Jasper, Alta., says a plan is in place for residents of the burned community to return to see the state of their homes, but fire and weather are not co-operating.
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Protecting against floods, or a government-mandated retreat from the shore? New Jersey rules debated

Protecting against floods, or a government-mandated retreat from the shore? New Jersey rules debated

TOMS RIVER, N.J.
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Behind the lines of red-hot wildfires, volunteers save animals with a warm heart and a cool head

Behind the lines of red-hot wildfires, volunteers save animals with a warm heart and a cool head

COHASSET, Calif. (AP) — While firefighters continued to battle California’s biggest wildfire of the year, Norm Rosene was spending 18-hour days behind fire lines with a different task –- saving the animals.
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Sea lions are stranding themselves on California's coast with signs of poisoning by harmful algae

Sea lions are stranding themselves on California's coast with signs of poisoning by harmful algae

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Sea lions are stranding themselves on a long stretch of the California coast and showing signs that they may have been poisoned by a bloom of harmful algae, experts said Thursday.
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Emergency fuel waiver issued for four Midwest states to alleviate soaring gas prices after storms

Emergency fuel waiver issued for four Midwest states to alleviate soaring gas prices after storms

The Environmental Protection Agency is issuing an emergency fuel waiver to help alleviate gasoline shortages in four Midwest states after the shutdown of an refinery in Illinois.
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Connecticut man bitten by rare rattlesnake he tried to help ends up in coma

Connecticut man bitten by rare rattlesnake he tried to help ends up in coma

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — When Joseph Ricciardella saw the snake in the road, he stopped his car and tried to help it avoid getting run over.
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Death toll jumps to 30, with 35 others missing, in an area hit by heavy rains in southeastern China

Death toll jumps to 30, with 35 others missing, in an area hit by heavy rains in southeastern China

BEIJING (AP) — At least 30 people have died and 35 others are missing in a city in southeastern China after days of heavy rains tied to a tropical storm, state media said Thursday.
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