Southern California Death Toll From WNV Rises To Six
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A sixth Southern Californian, the third in Los Angeles County, has died of the West Nile virus, and officials warned Thursday that most victims of the disease have developed other, more serious illnesses, including encephalitis and meningitis.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - The death toll in an Asian  earthquake and tsunami Sunday has jumped to more than 6,300,  according to officials and local media.
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BANDA ACEH (Indonesia): The death toll from Sundayâs tidal wave disaster climbed to more than 67,000 yesterday and experts warned that disease epidemics from rotting corpses, smashed sewers and contaminated water could double the figure.
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AS Hurricane Ivan&#39;s death toll topped 100 and was still rising, US and Caribbean meteorologists yesterday were tracking a new weather system that had already killed six people.
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Six Australians died in the tsunamis that hit coasts of southern Asia last Sunday, an official confirmed on Tuesday. The dead included a three-year-old child from New South
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Hanoi - Vietnam&#39;s death toll from flash floods triggered by Typhoon Muifa has risen to 11, officials said on Saturday. The deaths all occurred in central Vietnam, with Quang Ngai, Quang Nam and Thua Thien-Hue
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The death toll from a tropical storm buffeting Japan rose yesterday to 19 after searchers found more victims, including two men buried inside their homes beneath mud and debris that had barreled down a mountainside.
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The death toll from a violent storm and  torrential rain lashing Australia&#39;s east coast rose to six,  police said on Saturday, as residents braced for a second  turbulent night.
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Scorching heat that has gripped Southern California for more than a week is responsible for at least 14 deaths, authorities said Tuesday.
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Latest fatalities raise the death toll of American soldiers this month to 68.
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LOS ANGELES California recorded its 18th death from the West Nile virus this week but health officials say the virus&#39; spread appears to be slowing.
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Four burned bodies found in the path of California's fierce wildfires raised the death toll to at least 12 people, even as firefighters won the upper hand and officials turned on Friday toward assessing the damage.
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The death toll across Haiti from the weekend deluges brought by Tropical Storm Jeanne was at 620, with some 500 of them in Gonaives, but officials said they expected to find more dead.
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LOS ANGELES -- Health officials plan to announce Monday whether the death of a 62-year-old Claremont, Calif., man was the fourth in Los Angeles County known to have been caused by West Nile virus.
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A 62-year-old Claremont man became the seventh Californian to die this year from West Nile virus, and lawmakers on Friday responded to the growing threat by proposing to appropriate $750,000
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Louisiana raised its Hurricane Katrina death toll by 281 Friday to 1,577 after including more out-of-state evacuees whose deaths were deemed related to the storm or its grueling aftermath.
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China's death toll from Tropical Storm Bilis rose to 530 on Saturday, more than a week after the storm hit, as officials in southern Guangdong province and the Guangxi region reported an additional 48 deaths, state media said.