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Bomb Cyclone storm brings heavy rains and hurricane-level winds to California, leaves 180,000 without power

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Hundreds of thousands of Californians are without power as a so-called “bomb cyclone” storm batters the West Coast, leaving several dead and a trail of wreckage across the region. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a Flood Watch in many areas of the state, which lasted until 4 p.m. on Thursday. A High Wind Warning was also issued as trees fell and businesses collapsed throughout the Bay... 

Dam Collapses in China's Henan Province Due to Major Flooding

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During China’s rainy season, floods are a frequent occurrence, causing annual destruction and washing away highways, crops, and homes. However, the threat has grown over time, partially due to the extensive construction of dams and levees that have cut connections between rivers and lakes and altered floodplains that had helped absorb the surge. A dam near the city of Zhengzhou in central China’s... 

East Africans complain over 'worst locust invasion in 25 years', why won't they Eat them?

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So a huge locust swarm has invaded East Africa and they complain and whine that there’s too many of them and they eat the plants, bla bla bla, but question, why won’t they eat the locusts? Not only Africans used to eat bugs for thousands of years from generation to generation and only now recently they got civilized and they stopped eating insects but also, now the liberal psychos of the... 

USDA revises crop estimates dramatically lower

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) gave its assessment of the historic drought Friday, forecasting national corn production at 10.8 billion bushels, down 13% from 2011 and the lowest production since 2006. The report is the USDA’s first official assessment of the impact of the drought that has hit the Corn Belt and is considered to be the worst since 1956. The government report said corn... 

Obama Pleads For Russian Help As US Drought Apocalypse Grows

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A startling report prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture that is circulating in the Kremlin today states that the Obama regime has begun making “strident overtures” for Russia to expand it grain exports this year as the United States faces its worst agricultural disaster in over a quarter century, and perhaps its greatest since the Dust Bowl era of the Great Depression. Fears of another Russian... 

Venezuela Rains make 1000s Homeless

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Two people have died and thousands of people have lost their homes in Venezuela, after heavy rainfall hit different regions of the country causing massive landslides, Press TV reports. Almost 2,000 people have been forced to leave their homes due to the landslides during the past days, which also killed two people in the Capital Caracas, a Press TV correspondent reported on Thursday. Authorities are... 

Northern Italy Hit by Catastrophic Floods, 6 Dead

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At least six people were killed when the Italian port city of Genoa was hit by flash floods during torrential rainfall. Five of the victims, including two children, died when the lobby of an apartment block in which they had sought shelter flooded. A woman was apparently crushed by cars being swept away by the water. The Genoa city website advised people not to leave their homes and to climb to the... 

Storms expected to soak already flooded Australia

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Floodwaters are seen in the Depot Hill district of Rockhampton, Australia. Floods that have cut air, rail and road links to an Australian coastal city are now threatening its sewage plant, and waters are still expected to rise another few feet. Thunderstorms were forecast Thursday to soak the already flooded communities in northeastern Australia, where residents in the path of another rising river... 
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