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Disasters, Accidents & Crises

                   

River towing industry says it will close loopholes

wwltv.com
10 hrs ago 24 related
        

NEW ORLEANS -- After an improperly licensed river towboat pilot was involved in one of the nation's worst oil spills, a river towing industry official assured officials at a Coast Guard hearing Friday that safety standards...

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Pipe In Home Blast Was Subject Of Warning

wcco.com
11 hrs ago 6 related
        

FARGO, N.D. (AP) ― A leaky natural gas pipe blamed for a Sept. 2 house explosion in Fargo was the same kind involved in a blast three years ago in Cottage Grove, Minn. Â Â That blast prompted Minnesota to launch a program with...

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Norbert Weakens to Category 2, Bears Down on Mexico

foxnews.com
11 hrs ago 45 related
        

Norbert Weakens to Category 3 Storm; New Pacific Hurricane Named Norbert is expected to sweep across Baja on Saturday, cross the Gulf of California and then head toward the Mexican mainland. As of 8 a.m. EDT, the hurricane's...

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Washed away beaches threaten coastal eco system

panews.com
11 hrs ago
        

By Sherry Koonce The Port Arthur News By Sherry Koonce The News staff writer Long after blue tarps are replaced with new shingles and flooring in flooded homes is relaid with plush carpet, Southeast Texas’ extensive ecological...

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Possible sale catches Reliant customers off guard

khou.com
10 hrs ago
        

12:18 PM CDT on Saturday, October 11, 2008 Leigh Frillici / 11 News HOUSTON --Houston-based Reliant Energy could become a victim of the country's credit crisis. All, or part, of the company could be sold. When Hurricane Ike...

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Ike aftermath lingers

news8austin.com
8 hrs ago
        

By: Texas Parks and Wildlife Wildlife artist Albert Faggard lost everything to Hurricane Ike except for a couple of paintings. Small coastal towns along the Bolivar Peninsula still have little or no power, water or shelter...

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Fear rife of another Great Depression like period

ibnlive.com
10 hrs ago 3 related
        

New Delhi: There is financial turbulence all across the world. What started as a banking crisis in America has now ballooned into a full scale global financial tsunami washing away several major financial institutions and...

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NCAR Launches Intensive Study Into Future Hurricane Risk

medicalnewstoday.com
8 hrs ago
        

The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), working with federal agencies and universities as well as the insurance and energy industries, has launched an intensive study to examine how global warming will influence...

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DiCaprio helps tornado victims

breakingnews.ie
11 hrs ago 3 related
        

Leonardo DiCaprio has lent his support to another campaign - he is helping to rebuild an American city devastated by tornados. Residents in Greensburg, Kansas were given just 20 minutes to evacuate their homes and seek shelter...

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Stung by success - Tawes Pen bee farmer reaping sweet harvest

jamaica-gleaner.com
8 hrs ago
        

published: Saturday | October 11, 2008 JIS photo Bee farmer Alex Reid walks next to his boxes situated on lands at the back of Tawes Pen, St Catherine. Elaine Hartman Reckord, JIS Writer Although youth unemployment is high,...

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