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Protecting against floods, or a government-mandated retreat from the shore? New Jersey rules debated

Protecting against floods, or a government-mandated retreat from the shore? New Jersey rules debated

TOMS RIVER, N.J.
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Behind the lines of red-hot wildfires, volunteers save animals with a warm heart and a cool head

Behind the lines of red-hot wildfires, volunteers save animals with a warm heart and a cool head

COHASSET, Calif. (AP) — While firefighters continued to battle California’s biggest wildfire of the year, Norm Rosene was spending 18-hour days behind fire lines with a different task –- saving the animals.
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Alberta meditation centre tent collapses in high winds, killing 1 and injuring dozens

Alberta meditation centre tent collapses in high winds, killing 1 and injuring dozens

BUSBY, Alta. — A Buddhist retreat northwest of Edmonton was set to continue after a tent collapsed in fierce winds, killing one and injuring dozens, a day before the 10-day event was to begin.
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B.C. landslide prompts flood warning hundreds of kilometres down the Fraser River

B.C. landslide prompts flood warning hundreds of kilometres down the Fraser River

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — Officials in British Columbia say if a landslide damming the Chilcotin River in the central Interior gives way it could lead to a flood surge for hundreds of kilometres.
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South Korea offers humanitarian aid to flood-hit North Korea

South Korea offers humanitarian aid to flood-hit North Korea

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea on Thursday offered to send aid supplies to North Korea to help the country recover from heavy rains and floods that submerged thousands of homes and huge swaths of farmland.
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Jasper wildfire leaves hundreds of foreign workers scrambling to arrange work, homes

Jasper wildfire leaves hundreds of foreign workers scrambling to arrange work, homes

EDMONTON — It didn’t take long for Namneet Singh to find full-time employment again, after a fire in Jasper, Alta., last week destroyed the hotel he had worked at for more than a year.
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Extended drought parches Sicily, and farmers worry about being forced to sell off animals

Extended drought parches Sicily, and farmers worry about being forced to sell off animals

CAMMARATA, Italy (AP) — On a scorching July afternoon, a municipal water truck rolls up in a cloud of dust on Liborio Mangiapane's farm in southern Sicily.
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Scholarships help Lahaina graduates afford to attend college outside Hawaii a year after wildfire

Scholarships help Lahaina graduates afford to attend college outside Hawaii a year after wildfire

HONOLULU (AP) — College was the furthest thing from Keith Nove Baniqued's mind after her family's home burned down in a deadly wildfire that decimated her Hawaii town.
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Governor calls on flood-weary Vermonters to 'stick together' with more thunderstorms on the horizon

Governor calls on flood-weary Vermonters to 'stick together' with more thunderstorms on the horizon

LYNDON, Vt.
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Hawaii Gov. Josh Green tells AP a $4 billion settlement for 2023 Maui wildfire could come next week

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green tells AP a $4 billion settlement for 2023 Maui wildfire could come next week

HONOLULU (AP) — The parties involved in Lahaina wildfire lawsuits against the state of Hawaii, Maui County and utilities are close to a global settlement of claims that will be worth a little over $4 billion, Gov.
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