Storms wreak havoc in Europe, Turkey 18 dead
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DIYARBAKIR, Turkey  - Heavy storms, landslides, flash floods and lightning have killed at least 18 people in France, Greece, and Turkey, officials said on Monday.
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Blistering heat and hot dry winds have fanned the fires. Forests fires that have ravaged southern Europe during the past month were some of the worst on record, the European Commission has said. via Jackaranda
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A bitterly cold winter storm swept parts of Europe on Thursday, killing at least three sailors when a ship sank in rough seas, and piling up snow that stranding thousands at airports, on mountain roads and in remote villages.
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Helicopters and boats rescued people in Britain and Northern Europe as heavy rains caused flooding and 128 mph winds downed trees and power lines.
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A massive earthquake off northern Indonesia unleashed giant tidal waves and flash floods across western Asia, leaving at least 196 people dead and hundreds more missing.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark  - A storm with hurricane-strength winds swept across northern Europe, leaving at least three dead in Denmark and two killed in Sweden, police said.
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Extreme weather hit Europe Saturday as the death toll from a heat wave in Romania, Austria and Bulgaria rose to 18 and hundreds faced another night of misery in flood-drenched England.
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Much of Europe was alternately baked and drenched as the heatwave, believed to have taken more than 30 lives in the past week, continued and storms, sometimes fierce, erupted.
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A searing heatwave has killed at least 40 people across southern Europe while in Britain torrential rain has killed three people and forced hundreds to flee a creaking dam.
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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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Gale-force winds dumping heavy snow wreaked havoc across Austria and Slovakia on Saturday, blowing cars into deadly collisions, knocking out power to thousands of homes and tearing off a balcony that struck a man below.
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"In the vineyards, there are first signs of 'sunburn"  A heat wave sweeping central and southeastern Europe killed at least 13 people this week, with soaring temperatures sparking forest fires, damaging crops and prompting calls to ban horse-drawn tourist carriages.In Romania, where temperatures reached 104 degrees Friday, the Health Ministry said at least nine people had died since Monday due to heat.In Austria, where highs had hovered around 95 degrees for days, the Health Ministry said three deaths Thursday were likely heat-related. Austrian media said at least five people had died from the heat, including an elderly woman who collapsed on a Vienna street Friday. Read more
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At least 18 people were killed and 13 others were missing as a powerful storm blasted across Japan on Wednesday, causing deadly mudslides, flash floods and prompting thousands to flee their homes, officials said.
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Severe thunderstorms and at  least one tornado killed 19 people on Friday when they ripped  through Florida in the dead of night, tearing homes to shreds,  toppling heavy trucks and leaving a trail of rubble.
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Tropical storm Megi has swept out to sea off the northern Japanese coast, leaving at least 18 dead or missing in Japan and South Korea.
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Five people have been killed, more than 1,000 homes flooded and almost 200,000 others left without power as violent storms swept through northern Europe, bringing hurricane force winds and violent rain.
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Seven people were killed, more than 1,000 homes were flooded and 330,000 others left without power as violent storms swept through northern Europe, bringing hurricane force winds and heavy rain.