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NASA releases pics of solar storm hitting earth

Spectacular new images of the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, have been released by the US spac...

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US soldier shoots Afghan guard

Saripul province Police Chief Sayed Jahangir said on Sunday that the shooting resulted from a misund...

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Sun ‘punched’ Earth with powerful radiation

A strong follow-up solar flare, which cropped up on Friday, delivered a powerful radiation punch to ...

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Death toll climbs as heavy snow grips Japan

Atrocious conditions have led to the cancellation of flights and numerous train delays.

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Solar storms behind Earth’s vanishing electrons

UCLA researchers showed that the missing electrons are swept away from the planet by a tide of solar...

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Solar storm sparks dazzling northern lights

A storm from the broiling sun turned the chilly northernmost skies of Earth into an ever-changing an...

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Strongest solar storm since 2005 hitting Earth

Space weather officials say the strongest solar storm in more than six years is bombarding Earth wit...

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Storms wreak havoc in Britain, leave two dead

Southern England and Scotland and almost the whole of Wales have been given a yellow `be aware` war...

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Christmas solar storm likely to hit earth

A humongous coronal mass ejection (CME) in the shape of an interplanetary bauble cast out from the s...

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Tamil Nadu braces itself for Thane cyclonic storm

The state government announced a holiday for educational institutions in coastal districts, includin...

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Cyclonic storm `Thane` likely to intensify

The cyclonic storm `Thane` over south-west and south-east Bay of Bengal is likely intensify into a s...

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‘Thane’ storm: High tidal waves lash Andhra coast

Cyclonic storm `Thane` is set to cross the coast between Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu and Nellore in Andh...

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Philippines sends coffins as toll nears 1,000 dead

The toll of dead and missing from a cyclone that swept the southern Philippines has exceeded 1,000,...

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Philippine floods: Death toll rises to 436

Many roads were cut off and there was no electricity, hampering relief efforts.

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Hundreds flee as storm hits southern Philippines

Hundreds of people fled their homes for higher ground on Friday as a tropical storm unleashed scat...

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Solar storms `could sandblast the moon`

Solar storms and associated (CMEs) could significantly erode the lunar surface, according to a new s...

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Kuwait holds 24 over Parliament storming: Lawyer

Kuwait`s emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, on Sunday called the incident a black day for the o...

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Alaska braces for `epic` storm; evacuations begin

An "epic" storm was bearing down on western Alaska on Tuesday, the National Weather Service said.

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Storms bring down 1,500 houses in China

Gales and hailstorms have brought down around 1,500 houses in a Chinese province, affecting over 33,...

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US: Freak snowstorm death toll touches 22

The freak snowstorm that pounded the eastern United States last week, snapping power to hundreds o...

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Storm kills 11 in Oman

In 2007, Cyclone Gonu tore through Oman, killing at least 49 people and causing damage estimated at...

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US: 13 dead, millions without power after storm

Devastation from a rare and deadly October snowstorm lingered in the Northeast where 1.6 million hom...

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NASA calls off underwater simulation

NASA evacuated astronauts and scientists participating in an underwater space simulation in the Flor...

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Comet storm detected in nearby solar system

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted a band of dust around a nearby bright star in the norther...

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Storm delays rescue of ill woman from Antarctica

Renee-Nicole Douceur had hoped to fly on Monday to the city of Christchurch in New Zealand.

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Heavy rains hammer Central America; 36 dead

Heavy rains generated by a low-pressure system hammered Central America for a third day on Friday.

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Typhoon weakens to tropical storm in Vietnam

The hard-hit Philippines is bracing for yet another monster storm building off its coast.

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Tropical storm Katia slams into Ireland, Britain

Most ferry services between Ireland and Britain were cancelled, and fishing boats were warned to hea...

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Wildfire destroys nearly 500 homes in Texas

A roaring wildfire raced through rain-starved farm and ranchland in Central Texas on Monday destroyi...

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New Orleans holds up as Lee loses strength

Tropical Storm Lee weakened to a tropical depression as it neared Mississippi on Sunday, and New Orl...

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Tropical Storm Lee hits Louisiana coast

Lee`s tidal surge could spur coastal flooding in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama before drenching...

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Storm emergency not over: Barack Obama

US President said the Hurricane Irene recovery effort could go on for days or weeks.

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More than 40,000 affected by rainstorms in China

A total of 14 counties and townships in western Hubei Province have been hit by downpours.

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NASA craft shows Earth swallowed by solar storm

A NASA spacecraft has watched a solar storm engulf our planet for the first time.

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Death toll at Belgian festival rises to five

The violent thunderstorm toppled the poles of several concert tents and left them in tatters, flappi...

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Tropical storm threatens Chinese chemical plant

The Fujia chemical plant is a producer of paraxylene, a carcinogenic.

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Tropical storm brings rain, wind to China, N Korea

China battled to avert a disaster at a chemical plant on its northeast coast.

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China downgrades typhoon to tropical storm

Tens of thousands of people living along China`s east coast were evacuated over the weekend.

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Storm abates after killing seven in Thailand

Rising waters affected the livelihoods of almost half a million people, said Thai officials.

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Strong typhoon leaves 4 dead in Philippines

Slow-moving Typhoon Muifa is blowing away from the northern Philippines.

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Toll from Philippines storms hits 54

Tropical storm Mufia was today about 1,000 kilometres east of the country, bringing heavy rain and t...

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NASA to probe Jupiter`s stormy clouds

NASA will launch a spacecraft Friday to unravel the secrets of Jupiter, the largest planet in the un...

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One dead as tropical storm hits Vietnam

Vietnam`s flood, storm season claims hundreds of lives every year and causes huge material losses.

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Vietnam to evacuate nearly 300,000 as storm nears

Nock-ten left 41 people dead and 26 missing when it hit the Philippines earlier this week.

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$Tropical storm teases parched Texas, but fizzles$

Tropical storm teases parched Texas, but fizzles

Storm preparations in South Texas were light with some people seeing it as a drill for things to com...

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75,000 evacuated as Nock-Ten storm hits China

The tropical storm brought strong winds with speeds of up to 28 metres per second.

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Death toll rises to 41 in Philippine storm

Three coast guard vessels and a helicopter are searching waters off central Masbate province.

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S Koreans on landmine alert after deadly mudslides

Scores of deadly landslides in and around Seoul have swamped homes, a monastery and military sites.

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Philippines storm death toll rises to 31

Nock-ten was charted as moving out into the South China Sea before dawn on Thursday.

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Heavy rains lash Agra

Early risers in Agra were in for a pleasant surprise as thunderstorms, lightning and heavy rains gre...

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