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Thousands Still Without Power in Upstate New York After Snow Storm
Offbeat  (tags: environment, interesting, weather )

Marty
- 1661 days ago - foxnews.com
Nearly 40,000 utility customers remain without power in eastern New York a day after more than a foot of snow fell on some areas.
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Tokyo Sees Most Lightning in 50 Years in July
Offbeat  (tags: weather, world, climate, unusual, interesting, environment, bizarre )

Marty
- 1732 days ago - mdn.mainichi.jp
Lightning was observed in downtown Tokyo on a total of seven days in July, the highest number over a one-month period in the capital in 50 years, Meteorological Agency data has shown.
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Before It's Time...
Offbeat  (tags: climate-change, globalwarming, endangered, nature, oceans, weather, water, environment )

Monica
- 1767 days ago - news.xinhuanet.com
However, millions more have been able to see on the Internet (www.epatagonia.gov.ar/glaciar) the moment when the huge ice wall more than 50 meters long collapsed, making a tremendous noise amid shouts and applause from the people present.
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Major Transmission Line Failure Causes Outage
Offbeat  (tags: weather, energy, safety, technology, police )

Ginger
- 1908 days ago - local10.com
MIAMI -- A massive power outage is being reported throughout Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Florida Power & Light in Fort Lauderdale said there is a "major transmission line failure" that caused the outage.
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Record Cold for Northern Minn.: 40 Below (The 'Icebox of the Nation')
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Mamabear
- 1922 days ago - news.yahoo.com
MINNEAPOLIS - It lived up to its name: The temperature in International Falls fell to 40 below zero Monday, just a few days after the northern Minnesota town won a federal trademark making it officially the "Icebox of the Nation
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My Way - News - Strange--Giraffe's Jacket a Creature Comfort
Offbeat  (tags: animals, giraffe, coat, weather, off-beat )

Claire
- 1931 days ago - news.myway.com
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Like many a lady of a certain age, Tiki feels the cold these days. So workers at the Oakland Zoo are having a custom-fit coat made to keep the giraffe cozy this winter.
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Baby, It's Cold Outside for NFC Title Game
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Mamabear
- 1945 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
So cold, one team has practiced with footballs straight out of the freezer. But not too frigid, because many players say they still will go sleeveless.
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Snow Day in the Sands of Baghdad - EarthLink - International News
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, news, interesting, bizarre, humans, unusual, weather, Iraq )

Thunderr
- 1954 days ago - my.earthlink.net
The flakes melted quickly.But the smiles,wonder and excited story-swapping went on throughout the day: It snowed in Baghdad.The morning flurry Friday was the first in memory in the heart of the Iraqi capital.Summer temperatures in Baghdad are routinely >
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"If You Needed Someone, He Was There" Rescue Workers, Family Pay Respects to Frederick Firefighter
Offbeat  (tags: interesting, death, world, safety, weather, winter, firefighter, friend )

Laurie Ca
- 1959 days ago - fredericknewspost.com
Frederick MD - When the hundreds of firefighters, EMS workers and police officers had filled the pews at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, they began standing in the aisles, sometimes two or three deep.
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New ERA at Hand
Offbeat  (tags: animals, bali, carbonemissions, ClimateChange, CO2emissions, conservation, ecosystems, environment, energy, greenhousegases, habitatdestruction, science, water, whales, weather, world, abuse, americans, congress, constitution, cover-up, corruption, health )

Ronald
- 1972 days ago - nnw.berlios.de
The New ERA is at hand starting in old Euriope. The netherlands and hopping fast to the USA. Please stay reading your own newspapers. First the your newspapers will be surported.
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One Million Displaced By 140mph Cyclone
Offbeat  (tags: weather, cyklone, mass evacuation )

Lars
- 2011 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
The mass evacuation is intended to prevent the huge loss of life seen during the Bengal cyclones of 1970 and 1991 which killed 500,000 and 143,000 people respectively.
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