Storms and torrential rain take their toll
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Fears of an environmental crisis grew last night as gales continued to batter a cargo ship loaded with more than 300 tonnes of oil which sank in the Channel 26 miles south-east of Portland Bill, spilling its load of timber.
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A northern UK city is flooded after high winds and rain cause havoc across the UK.
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There was rain. There was howling wind. And to complete the misery, there was cold, with temperatures barely edging past 50.
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A swath of thunderstorms packing tornadoes, high winds and hail swept through the South.
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Showers and thunderstorms brought much-needed rain to parts of the Southeast on Monday. The lower Mississippi Valley, in particular, got strong to severe storms.
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AT least 14 people were reported dead today after fierce storms swept across Denmark, Sweden and the UK, flooding homes, cutting power, disrupting road and rail traffic and causing heavy damage.
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Heavy rains in the US in the wake of Hurricane Ivan caused floods from Alabama in the south to Pennsylvania in the northeast and left about 1 million homes and businesses without power.
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TOKYO, Japan  -- Heavy rains battered western Japan as the death toll from landslides and flooding caused by a typhoon rose to nine.
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The torrential storm that caused the deadly mudslide in California is leaving a path of destruction in other Western states, bringing flooding that has gobbled up homes and washed out roads.
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Mudslides caused by monsoon rains buried bamboo and straw shacks in shantytowns and collapsed brick houses in southeastern Bangladesh Monday, killing at least 80 people. Another 11 died when they were struck by lightning, rescue officials and witnesses said.
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Torrential storms flooded parts of central Texas early Wednesday, stranding people on roofs, in trees and in vehicles, and the weather was so treacherous that some helicopter rescue attempts had to be abandoned.
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WEATHER:The slow-moving hurricane weakened to a tropical storm as it crossed the state, knocking out power, ripping off roofs and dropping drenching rain.
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Three people die after heavy rains cause severe flooding across England and Wales.
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Two people were dead and hundreds were stranded on Monday as torrential downpours caused widespread chaos and the worst floods seen in northern England in years.
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More rain fell Thursday in flood-weary parts of Texas, where evacuations were under way and residents were bracing for even more of the constant downpours that have killed 11 people in recent days.
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Ten die as hurricane-strength winds and fierce rains batter Sweden, Denmark and the north of England.
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Heavy rains and winds that have already killed some 350 people in South Asia cause further chaos.