Cyclone Olaf hits American Samoan island -- takes aim at Cooks
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Super-cyclone Olaf hit American Samoa's Manu'a Islands, with damage expected to be severe, authorities said, as the storm swung towards the Cook Islands.
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A strong earthquake with a magnitude of   up to 7.0 hit near the South Pacific nation of Samoa on   Thursday and triggered a small tsunami but there were no   reports of damage, officials said.
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A strong earthquake with a magnitude of  up to 7.0 hit near the South Pacific nation of Samoa on  Thursday, triggering a tsunami, the Pacific Tsunami Warning  Center said.
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ORANJESTAD, Aruba - Hurricane Felix strengthened into a dangerous Category 5 storm yesterday and churned its way into the open waters of the Caribbean Sea after toppling trees and flooding some homes on a cluster of Dutch islands.
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The fast food purveyor suffers more hurricane damage.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - About 150 people have been  sent to an Aleutian island to try to clean up fuel oil  streaming from a wrecked cargo ship, but harsh weather has kept  most from the spill site, federal and state officials said on  Saturday.
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Hurricane Felix is now packing maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (256 kph), making it a potentially catastrophic category 5 storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported early on Tuesday.
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Two storms battered the island; Ivan may spare it. Still, residents prepare for worst - or stubbornly plan to stay.
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A strong earthquake with a magnitude of   up to 7.0 hit near the South Pacific nation of Samoa on   Thursday, triggering a tsunami, the Pacific Tsunami Warning   Center said.
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The small islands of the northern  Caribbean were on alert on Monday for a close encounter with  powerful Hurricane Frances, while the remnants of Tropical  Storm Gaston limped through North Carolina.
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Hurricane Isaac has set its sights on Canada's Newfoundland penninsula, sparking tropical storm warnings in the area.
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Islanders scrambled to put up storm shutters and stock up on supplies as the fourth major hurricane of the season churned closer to the Caribbean, packing sustained winds of 105 mph.
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A strong earthquake with a magnitude of up to 7.0 has struck the Pacific's Samoa islands region, sparking a brief tsunami threat that sent ripples -- but no big waves -- across the region.
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FREEPORT, Bahamas A meteorologist with the Bahamas weather service is predicting two of the chain&#39;s islands will be hit hard by Hurricane Jeanne.
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A strong earthquake with a magnitude of   up to 6.9 hit near the South Pacific nation of Samoa on   Thursday but there was no tsunami alert.
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NEW ORLEANS - People floating through a polluted stew to treetops, competing with fire ants for a dry perch â- direct hit here by Hurricane Ivan could be that horrifying, Louisiana storm damage experts say.
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By TARA BRAUTIGAM  ST. JOHN'S, N.L. (CP) - As Michael Petten stood on the deck of a fishing vessel engulfed in flames, staring at the icy North Atlantic, he faced a simple, awful dilemma: burn or freeze to death.