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7.0 Alaska quake damages roads, buildings; Anchorage airport open, flights cancelled
CNN — A magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck near Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday morning [Saturday morning NZT) crumbled roads and…
USA: Searches intensify with more than 600 reported missing in California’s Camp Fire
As the death toll from Northern California’s Camp Fire rose to 63 and those reported missing spiked to more than…
USA: Snowstorm slams Eastern US, killing 8 and knocking out power
A strong wintry storm still was dumping snow Friday in far northern New England after creating traffic havoc that claimed…
Scientists: Global ocean warming study has errors
By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN — Scientists behind a study that found the world’s oceans were warming faster than previously believed have said…
At least 9 dead in wildfire that destroyed Paradise, California – Pop. 26,000
As the wildfire raged nearby, Whitney Vaughan and her husband had just enough time to grab a laundry basket of…
Video: NZ’s weather forecast until Sunday + Melbourne Cup & US Midterm elections
A few things to focus on today and we’ll start over in Aussie with the Melbourne Cup this afternoon and…
Aviation: Completely new jet unveiled for US fliers, first of its kind in nearly three decades
By Thom Patterson, CNN — For some folks, flying on a brand new airliner is almost as exciting as riding in…
Cat 5 hurricane wipes entire Hawaiian island off the map, may impact endangered species
Hawaii’s East Island is no longer on the map. The island, located about 885 kms northwest of Honolulu, is part of…
Video: Fri/Sat look wintry across NZ, Hurricane Michael makes landfall in USA
Thursday is a brief ‘breather day’ before the next main burst of wintry southerlies hits the lower South Island, then…
Track Hurricane Michael via CNN’s Live Storm Tracker
Updated 7:44am Thurs NZT –— Deadly Hurricane Michael has rapidly intensified overnight and has made landfall in the past hour…
