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Saturday, October 11th, 2008
Dozens of people evacuated their flooded homes on Saturday as Hurricane Norbert lashed the Baja California peninsula in Mexico with torrential rains and screaming winds.

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Monday, September 29th, 2008
Floods triggered by Typhoon Hagupit have killed at least 41 people and injured more than 60 others in northern Vietnam, disaster officials said on Monday.

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Saturday, August 30th, 2008
More than 21 million people and over 394 square miles have been affected by the flooding, according to the government.

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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
A powerful hurricane was gathering strength as it headed for Haiti, where it was expected to make landfall later in the day before moving on to the Gulf of Mexico.

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Monday, August 18th, 2008
The weekend brought two of the clearest summer days in recent memory in Beijing, a city where air quality often ranks among the worst in the world.

geposted in Weather, Rogge, Jacques, Beijing (China), International Olympic Committee, Automobiles, Environment, Olympic Games (2008) | No Comments »
Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Rising temperatures around the globe are linked to extreme downpours and flooding, researchers said on Thursday.

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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
The approach of severe tropical storm Kammuri affected businesses, government offices, financial markets and schools.

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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
In all, 11 lives were lost in the worst episode on K2 since 13 climbers died over a two-week span in 1986, and one of the worst disasters in mountaineering history.

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Monday, August 4th, 2008
Hong Kong?s meteorological agency issued an early warning of a strong storm arriving in the days before the Olympic equestrian events start.

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Monday, July 28th, 2008
Typhoon Fung Wong struck Taiwan early Monday, closing schools and businesses and grounding domestic and international air traffic.

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