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Oregon coastal city at 'double ground zero' braced for eclipse
DEPOE BAY, Ore. Oregon's Depoe Bay is preparing for the first total eclipse to traverse the continental United States in a century as if a natural disaster was bearing down on the small coastal city.
Two girl scouts, three other people die in storms in Poland
WARSAW Five people, including two teenage girl scouts, died and more than 30 were injured as a result of falling trees in a series of severe storms that hit Poland overnight.
Storms disrupt Beijing flights, authorities warn of flash floods, landslides
BEIJING Thunderstorms lashed Beijing on Saturday, disrupting hundreds of flights at one of the world's largest airports, while authorities warned that rain and wind could cause landslides in the area where a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck this week.
Flooding and landslides kill more than 30 in Nepal: officials
KATHMANDU Flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have left more than 30 people dead in Nepal in the past 24 hours, authorities said on Saturday.
Magnitude 5.9 quake strikes off Chile coast: USGS
A magnitude 5.9 quake struck off the coast of Chile, 102 km west-southwest of Coquimbo, at depth of 10 km (6 miles), on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Kuwait says responding to oil spill in Ras al-Zour area
Kuwaiti authorities on Saturday were working on containing and cleaning up a crude oil spill in the country's southern waters in the Gulf, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said in a statement.
Elephant blamed for 15 deaths in eastern India shot dead
SAHIBGANJ, India An elephant blamed for killing more than a dozen people in the eastern Indian states of Jharkhand and Bihar was shot dead on Friday, after an elaborate hunt that involved dozens of forest officials and a sharpshooter.
Canada orders ships to reduce speed to prevent whale deaths
TORONTO Certain ships are being ordered to reduce speed because of the deaths of at least 10 North Atlantic right whales in Canada's Gulf of St Lawrence during the past two months, the government said on Friday.
Al Gore says Trump driving, not weakening, climate change momentum
LONDON Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore said on Friday that President Donald Trump's rejection of the Paris climate change agreement was fueling, rather than weakening, momentum among environmental activists.
Keeping tabs on the birds in Slovenia
VRHNIKA, Slovenia Scientists in an area of woodland in Slovenia are studying the migratory patterns of birds with the aid of a couple of big nets - and a lot of small rings.