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South bakes, humidity feels like 100-plus degrees
July 31, 2010
Heat advisories were posted from the Carolinas to the Great Plains as the South continued to roast Friday under temperatures and humidity that made beaches feel more like bakeries.
Giant South Dakota hailstone breaks US records
July 31, 2010
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says a giant hailstone that fell in central South Dakota has broken U.S. records, even though the man who found it says it melted somewhat while waiting to be evaluated.
Sizzling Moscow shrouded in polluting smog
July 30, 2010
A cloud of harmful smog has enveloped Moscow, raising airborne pollutants to four times the norm, officials said Wednesday, and prompting doctors to urge residents to stay indoors as the city swelters in a record heat wave.
Raging Russian fires destroy homes, people flee
July 30, 2010
Raging forest fires encircled a southern Russian city and tore through provincial villages Thursday, forcing mass evacuations as Moscow suffered through a record, weeks-long heat wave and smog cloud caused by peat-bog fires.
China floods send chemical bins into river
July 30, 2010
The water supply was safe in a northeastern China city after more than 3,000 containers of toxic chemicals were washed into a river by the worst floods in a decade in the country, an official said Thursday.
Rivers burst, floods kill at least 60 in Pakistan
July 30, 2010
Rivers burst their banks during deadly monsoon rains lashing Pakistan, washing away streets, battering a dam and submerging thousands of homes, officials said Thursday.
China landslide leaves 21 missing amid floods
July 28, 2010
A landslide caused by rains in southern China left 21 people missing, adding to a growing death toll from China's worst flood season in a decade, with more heavy rains expected.
Tornado kills 2, injures 1 in northeast Montana
July 28, 2010A tornado swept through Montana's remote and sparsely populated northeastern corner on Monday, killing two people and injuring a third, authorities said.
Video: Heat wave in Russia
July 27, 2010
Relentless heat bakes Russia. NBC's Yonatan Pomrenze reports. (Other)
Mud, dead fish replace lake after Iowa dam break
July 27, 2010
Acres of mud strewn with dead fish greeted hundreds of eastern Iowa residents Monday after a weekend dam break left their lakefront properties overlooking little more than a small stream.
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