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Recreational areas to remain closed for months due to fire
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Several popular outdoor recreation areas in a national forest on the outskirts of Tucson will remain closed until Nov. 1 because of a largely contained wildfire's potential for causing flooding from monsoon rains and other hazards, authorities said. The fire has burned 187 square miles...
Floods, landslides kill at least 213 in South Asia
NEW DELHI (AP) — Floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed at least 213 people across South Asia over the past month, officials said Thursday. More than 1 million people have been marooned in Nepal, Bangladesh and India and hundreds of thousands have fled their homes for higher...
Death toll in Indonesia flash floods rises to 32; 16 missing
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The death toll from flash floods in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province rose to 32 on Thursday with 16 people still missing, officials said. National Search and Rescue Agency spokesman Yusuf Latif said rain continued to fall as hundreds of rescuers searched Thursday for the...
UAE Mars mission from Japan delayed again by weather
TOKYO (AP) — The launch of a United Arab Emirates Mars orbiter, already delayed two days, has been postponed further due to bad weather at the Japanese launch site. The orbiter named Amal, or Hope, is the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission. The launch, initially scheduled for Wednesday from...
Salmon population highest in 9 years despite warm weather
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — The number of Atlantic salmon swimming upstream in the Penobscot River is already the highest in nine years, despite warm water temperatures. On Monday, researchers with the Maine Department of Marine Resources said they counted over 1,300 salmon migrating upstream so far this year....
Editorial Roundup: Louisiana
Recent editorials from Louisiana newspapers: ___ July 15 The Advocate on gun violence in Louisiana: Maybe it’s not huge news these days that there will be another march on Saturday, to the State Capitol in Baton Rouge. There’s a great deal to march about, right now. But this is a march that is...
Arizona history July 19-25
Sunday, July 19 On this date in 1898, Gov. Myron H. McCord resigned from his office to lead a regiment in Cuba in the war against Spain, and Nathan Oakes Murphy was appointed by President William McKinley to replace him. Monday, July 20 On this date in 1917, lightning struck a tent occupied by Company I of the...
Portugal heat wave heightens risk of wildfires
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal is experiencing a heat wave with hot and dry weather, sweltering nights and a heightened risk for wildfires. Portugal’s weather authority, IPMA, is warning that temperatures could rise by an average of five degrees Celsius (nine degrees Fahrenheit) across the country...
Historic theater building in Missouri collapses after storms
POLO, Mo. (AP) — A historic building that once housed an opera theater in Missouri collapsed Wednesday after storms blew through the area. No one was hurt and no one was inside at the time when the building in downtown Polo, Missouri, gave way overnight, according to Caldwell County Emergency Management....
Death toll in Indonesia flash flood rises to 21; 2 missing
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The death toll from a flash flood in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province rose to 21 on Wednesday with two people still missing, an official said. National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Raditya Jati said search and rescue operations were hampered by thick mud covering...
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