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July 30, 2024

BEIJING: Torrential rain and flooding in China’s southern Hunan province killed four people and prompted the evacuation of thousands of residents, Chinese state media reported on Tuesday, as the remnants of the now-weakened typhoon Gaemi continued to batter the country. The province has been hit particularly hard by several days of heavy rain that has breached major levees and dams and flooded large swathes of farmland, state media reported. In Zixing County, nearly 90,000 people have been affected by the extreme weather that has damaged about 1,400 houses and led to the collapse of about 1,300 roads, the People’s Daily

July 9, 2024

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CSU predicts an above-average Atlantic hurricane season in 2024

HOUSTON: Colorado State University (CSU) forecasters on Tuesday increased the number of hurricanes expected in 2024 in a July update to their long-range forecast. “Hurricane Beryl, a Category 5 deep tropical cyclone, is also a possible harbinger of a hyperactive season,” according to the forecast released Tuesday. At least 14 deaths have been attributed to Hurricane Beryl, which devastated Grenada and Jamaica in the Caribbean before slamming into Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and then turning north to make landfall on Monday in Texas, knocking out power to millions and shutting down major oil ports . In the forecast released Tuesday, CSU

July 8, 2024

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Hurricane Beryl hits Texas, causing chaos and power outages

Hurricane Beryl lashed Texas with strong winds and heavy rain on Monday as it barreled inland, forcing the shutdown of oil ports, canceling hundreds of flights and leaving nearly 2 million homes and businesses without power. Beryl, the first Category 5 hurricane of the season on record, made landfall near the Texas beach town of Matagorda early this morning, battering the coast with dangerous storm surges and heavy rainfall, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. The storm, which was expected to weaken quickly as it moved inland, swept a destructive path through Jamaica, Grenada and St. Vincent and the

April 3, 2024

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People blown from apartments as typhoon-like winds lash China

BEIJING: Rare storms with typhoon-like winds have killed at least seven people in China’s southern Jiangxi province since the weekend, three of them from their high-rise apartments in their sleep. The extreme weather, which began on March 31, has overwhelmed nine cities, including Nanchang and Jiujiang, with 93,000 people in 54 counties affected, the Jiangxi Provincial Flood Control Emergency Headquarters said. On Sunday, freak storms brought gusts that blew door-sized windows from their frames in two apartments in a high-rise building in Nanchang, the provincial capital. Three people were pulled from their beds through the holes, plunging to their deaths,

Four dead from typhoon Gaemi that flooded South China

CSU predicts an above-average Atlantic hurricane season in 2024

Hurricane Beryl hits Texas, causing chaos and power outages

People blown from apartments as typhoon-like winds lash China

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