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Death toll from Maui wildfire reaches 89, making it the deadliest in the US in more than 100 years

Death toll from Maui wildfire reaches 89, making it the deadliest in the US in more than 100 years

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — A raging wildfire that swept through a picturesque town on the Hawaiian island of Maui this week has killed at least 89 people, authorities said Saturday, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire of the past century.
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Evacuations ordered in communities along Alberta-NWT boundary due to wildfires

Evacuations ordered in communities along Alberta-NWT boundary due to wildfires

FORT SMITH, N.W.T. — Evacuation orders have been issued for several communities along the boundary between Alberta and the Northwest Territories due to nearby wildfires.
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Children of man who died in N.S. floods question why roads open, alerts delayed

Children of man who died in N.S. floods question why roads open, alerts delayed

TANTALLON, N.S. — It doesn't make sense to Robie Holland that — as 250 millimetres of rain poured down in rural Nova Scotia — there was nothing to stop his father from travelling down a rapidly flooding road.
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Look way up tonight: Annual Perseid meteor shower reaching its peak

Look way up tonight: Annual Perseid meteor shower reaching its peak

The annual Perseid meteor shower is reaching its peak this weekend, which means there could be quite a light show for those who know where and when to look.
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Heat wave tests stamina, resourcefulness at major Southern youth baseball event

Heat wave tests stamina, resourcefulness at major Southern youth baseball event

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China evacuates residents and searches for mudslide victims as storms lash parts of the country

China evacuates residents and searches for mudslide victims as storms lash parts of the country

BEIJING (AP) — Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in China's southwest after heavy rain caused hillsides to collapse, while two people died and 16 are missing following a mudslide in the country's west, state media repor
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South Koreans rally in Seoul against Japanese plans to release treated nuclear wastewater into sea

South Koreans rally in Seoul against Japanese plans to release treated nuclear wastewater into sea

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Anxious about Japan’s impending release of treated nuclear wastewater from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, hundreds of South Koreans marched in their capital on Saturday.
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Searching for the missing on Maui, some wait in agony to make contact. And then the phone rings

Searching for the missing on Maui, some wait in agony to make contact. And then the phone rings

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — Leshia Wright heard the crackle of the fast-moving inferno closing in on her home in Lahaina and decided it was time to evacuate.
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New fire prompts evacuation as survivors of Maui's wildfires return after death toll rises to 67

New fire prompts evacuation as survivors of Maui's wildfires return after death toll rises to 67

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — A new fire burning on the Hawaii island of Maui on Friday night triggered the evacuation of a community to the northeast of the area that burned earlier this week, police said.
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Barrels of drinking water for migrants walking through Texas have disappeared

Barrels of drinking water for migrants walking through Texas have disappeared

HEBBRONVILLE, Texas (AP) — As one of the worst heat waves on record set in across much of the southern United States this summer, authorities and activists in South Texas found themselves embroiled in a mystery in this arid region near the border wit
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