Los Angeles Times

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KATY, Texas - Gary Smith traveled about 100 miles east to the Houston area Monday with his 21-year-old twin sons, a truck and a boat in tow to help rescue those stranded by Tropical Storm Harvey. First thing after arriving at about 8:30 a.m., they lo

Great Walks

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Peter: “I braved the long-distance Maclehose Trail in Hong Kong, battling wild boar, heat, humidity and salivating mozzies. Rounding a corner on the coast path, I was rewarded with a gorgeous view of Ham-Tin beach and Sharp Peak. Beauty and solitude

Farm Collector

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For those who live far from Florida, hurricanes are short-lived. For those left to pick up the pieces and rebuild, a hurricane is less a weather phenomenon than it is an unwelcome new reality. Such is the case at Panhandle Pioneer Settlement, a livin

Shooting Times & Country

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With the wildfowling season here and a succession of areas of low pressure arriving from the Atlantic, now is a good time to be out on the foreshore. Strong winds encourage duck and geese to fly low where they are in range, so foul weather often offe

American Craft

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LAURA PETROVICH-CHENEY was living in New Jersey when Hurricane Sandy hit in 2012. Her house sustained significant damage, while many other homes, including her parents’, were destroyed. At the time, the artist was already creating her signature wood

All About History

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In one of the closest elections in the history of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected president in November 1960. The popular vote margin nationwide had been only 118,550 out of 69 million ballots cast. So, when newly sworn in Pres

Hawaii Fishing News

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What a couple of blessed overnight trips! One was just a quick late night family mission, and I caught both this nice ulua, and an omilu in the morning. On the other trip, Chucky and I pulled into a spot, just as a group of guys were leaving. They sa

Tracks

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IT WAS BACK IN MID-FEBRUARY THAT TROPICAL CYCLONE UESI JUMPED OUT FROM BEHIND NEW CALEDONIA AND SPRINTED SOUTH INTO QUEENSLAND AND NSW’S SWELL WINDOW. THE STORM’S URGENT PACE MEANT THE SWELL WAS SHORT LIVED, MOSTLY PRODUCING ONLY ONE DAY OF CLASSIC W

PassageMaker

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We spend a lot of time in these pages encouraging you to go farther with your boats, to push boundaries, to venture beyond the reef. For those of you who might be halfway across the Pacific or a good way around the world, that’s the dream; that’s wha

Florida Design - Digital Edition

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When Hurricane Irma blew through Florida in September 2017, Little Palm Island shut down for a full-scale reinvention and reopened with a new design that feels familiar but is much elevated. The design team, Rossi Architecture of San Diego and New Yo

NPR

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As rescuers work against the threat of an approaching storm, officials continue to assess the damage after buildings throughout the island nation were flattened by the 7.2-magnitude quake.

You South Africa

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1 What animal appears on our R50 banknote? 2 True or false: Elephants carry their young for more than a year before giving birth? 3 Who painted the Mona Lisa? 4 James and the Giant Peach was written by which author? 5 What was the name of the t

India Today

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Starting August 4, distressing visuals of a flooded city, landslides and walls collapsing began emerging from Mumbai after the city was hit by heavy rainfall and gusty winds of speeds upto 107 kmph. According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation

WHO

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The images are heartbreaking and the stories harrowing as an unprecedented natural disaster hits the eastern states of Australia, destroying communities, taking lives and leaving residents helpless and homeless. Catastrophic flooding across Queensl

NPR

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'I need a strong house,' say Angel Joel Alvarez Lopez, whose roof was ripped off his home. Rain is pouring in. Now, he's looking ahead to months of building and trying to determine his next steps.

Los Angeles Times

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MONTECITO, Calif. - It started four months ago, when the largest fire on record in California history besieged this upscale coastal enclave. Soon after, heavy rains sent tons of mud, boulders and debris crashing into Montecito neighborhoods - killing

REVOLUTION DIGITAL

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What does a brand do when it needs to visit its second biggest-selling territory? Well, if you are Nick and Giles English of Bremont, you take it as an opportunity to tick off a long-standing entry on your bucket list. According to Nick who, along wi

5280 Magazine

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Located almost a thousand miles from the nearest ocean, Fort Collins isn’t in danger of being devastated by hurricanes anytime soon. Nevertheless, research conducted in the northern Colorado city has been giving those who live on the East Coast an id

The Railway Magazine

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TRIUMPH over adversity was exemplified by volunteers at the Tanfield Railway at the end of November, when Storm Arwen made its presence known on the North East industrial line. November 27 was meant to be the first day of the line’s popular and long-

Futurity

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The United States just suffered the most intense hurricane season in more than a decade, and possibly the costliest ever. Hurricane Harvey hit Houston in mid-August. Hurricane Irma struck Florida in early September, and just two weeks later, Hurrican

Los Angeles Times

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MONTECITO, Calif. - Montecito resident Dominic Shiach thought the worst was over when the massive Thomas fire finally stopped threatening his town last month. But Monday night and early Tuesday morning, the rains began to pound. Within hours, the com

Farmer's Weekly

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Despite the damage caused by heavy rainfall in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), the positive effects of the rain outweighed the negative. This was according to Johan van den Berg, independent meteorologist, who said that northern KZN received the heaviest rainfa

Woman's Own

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The best thing to do at any time of year is to ensure your property is well looked after. Regular checks can help your home stand up to bad weather when it comes. Checking your roof is important so go outside and look up; are any tiles missing or are

NPR

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When it rains hard, the drainage canal near Shawn Pila's house creates a perfect, surfable, standing wave. The one created during Hurricane Lane was the biggest he'd ever surfed.

Practical Boat Owner

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Despite the February storms, a group of volunteers have managed to sail along part of the Cornish coast, collecting 863kg of rubbish in just ten days. The 10 days 10 beaches campaign was led by Steve Green and Monika Hertlová from the group Clean Oce

NPR

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Some 2,000 people have been displaced, according to one humanitarian group's estimate. But there are hopeful signs. Puerto Rico's utility says roughly 80% of its customers have their electricity back.

The Texas Observer

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▸ In September, Tropical Storm Imelda dropped 22 inches of rain in 48 hours in Sargent. Some areas received up to 40 inches over the course of the storm, which has been linked to five deaths. It was the fifth 500-year storm to hit Southeast Texas in

NPR

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Blanca Matos' home, which backs up against a river, has flooded, and re-flooded, nearly every day this week. After each rain, she mops the house, cursing the river.

JOY Magazine

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Of the nine unreached people groups in Mozambique, Far East Broadcasting Association (FEBA) Radio South Africa reaches five of these groups through its stations: The Yao, Mwani, Makwe, Makonde, and Makhuwa. FEBA’s stations also broadcast in three add

Sail

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It’s been a rocky road of late for the charter industry, especially here in the Western Hemisphere. First came hurricanes Irma and Maria in the Caribbean followed by Dorian in the Bahamas. There has also, of course, been the coronavirus, which burst