Tsunami Survivor Fights Wildfire to Save Hometown Scarred by 2011 Disaster
Otsuchi — Fifteen years after losing his family home in Japan’s devastating 2011 tsunami, volunteer firefighter Ryota Haga is battling
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Japan Mobilizes 1,400 Firefighters as Wildfires Threaten Coastal Town
Otsuchi — Japan has deployed 1,400 firefighters and 100 Self-Defense Force personnel to contain major wildfires burning for a fifth
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New Zealand Issues Evacuations as Cyclone Vaianu Nears Auckland
Wellington— Authorities in New Zealand issued evacuation orders in parts of the North Island on Saturday as Cyclone Vaianu approached,
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Quake kills eight from one family near Kabul as tremors jolt northeast Afghanistan
Kabul— An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck northeastern Afghanistan on Friday night, killing eight members of the same family in
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Deadly storm batters Greece, floods and transport chaos hit Athens region
Athens— A powerful storm front sweeping across Greece killed one person near Athens on Thursday, as gale-force winds, heavy rain
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Powerful 7.4 quake strikes Indonesia, triggers tsunami alert, leaves one dead
Jakarta — A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Ternate island in the Northern Molucca Sea on Thursday, damaging buildings
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Nigeria’s worst floods in a decade kill 600, displace 1.3 million
Abuja — According to a revised toll announced on Sunday, it is now known that more than 600 people died
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Nigeria’s worst floods in a decade kill 500, displace 1.4 million
Abuja (AFP) — About 500 people have died in Nigeria’s worst floods in a decade and 1.4 million others have
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