| Death toll rises to 45 in Guatemala mudslides
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AP - Searchers on Monday pulled five more bodies from a mud-covered highway where back-to-back landslides buried bus passengers and then the people trying to save them. The deaths raised the confirmed toll from mudslides in Guatemala to 45 as torrential rains pounded the country.
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| Hermine comes ashore in Mexico as tropical storm
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AP - Forecasters say Tropical Storm Hermine has come ashore in extreme northeastern Mexico.
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| Hermine prompts hurricane watches in Mexico, Texas
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AFP - Tropical Storm Hermine pushed north in the Gulf of Mexico and readied to plow into the US-Mexico border area, threatening storm surges, tornadoes and mudslides, forecasters said.
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| The nation's weather
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AP - Southeastern Texas was forecast to welcome the Labor Day with unsettled weather activity as a tropical wave in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico approached the Texas and eastern Mexico coast.
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| Guatemala resumes rescue work after landslide
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Reuters - Emergency services in Guatemala on Monday resumed their search for victims of landslides that killed and buried dozens of people, as further rain was predicted for the Central American country.
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| In wake of Earl, U.S. eyes other potential storms
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Reuters - The remnants of Tropical Storm Gaston look very likely to strengthen again as a tropical cyclone in the Atlantic and could threaten the Caribbean's Leeward Islands in coming days on a westward track, U.S. forecasters said on Sunday. |
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| 'National tragedy' in Guatemala as landslides kill dozens
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AFP - Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom declared a "national tragedy" on Sunday after landslides killed at least 37 people and left rescuers digging in the mud for nearly two dozen still missing.
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| Earl loses tropical storm status after soaking Canada
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AFP - Earl lost its tropical storm status over Canada, US government forecasters announced, but the storm still left one person dead and nearly one million people without power in northeastern Canada.
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| As a Hurricane, Earl Looked Like 'Magnificent Chaos' From Space
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SPACE.com - The former
Hurricane Earl put on a striking weather display for astronauts on the
International Space Station, impressing the crew with its strength even as it
weakened to a tropical storm. |
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| Storm Hermine slams into far northeastern Mexico
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Reuters - Tropical Storm Hermine slammed into northeastern Mexico near the Texas border on Monday, dumping heavy rain on a region still recovering from Hurricane Alex's visit in June. |
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| Earl fizzles as it sweeps through Maritime Canada
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Reuters - Hurricane Earl made landfall in Canada on Saturday and fizzled after a series of scares along the U.S. East Coast, flooding roads, felling trees and cutting power to tens of thousands in the Atlantic province of Nova Scotia.
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| Weakened storm Earl moves toward Canada
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AFP - Tropical Storm Earl barreled toward Canada past the northeastern US state of Massachusetts early on Saturday after it weakened further and lost its hurricane status.
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