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New York (AFP) - The northeastern United States was engulfed by snow Tuesday as a powerful winter storm battered the region, blanketing New York for the first time in two years and causing flight cancellations and school closures. Airlines cancelled more than 1,220 flights, including 43 percent of flights at New York's domestic LaGuardia airport as well as one in five flights at the city's main air hub JFK, according to aviation tracker Flight Aware. Schools were forced to close in New York city and transport operators scrambled to provide service after authorities called on the public to avoi...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - A powerful storm lashing California on Monday has left at least three people dead and caused devastating mudslides and flooding, after dumping months' worth of rain in a single day. More than ten inches (25 centimeters) of rain was recorded in one part of Los Angeles County in 24 hours of downpour, with no letup forecast in the coming days. Mountainsides collapsed in the tony Hollywood Hills area, burying cars and damaging houses, while in nearby Beverly Glen, a mudslide knocked one home off its foundation. The house's contents -- including a piano -- were swept onto the ro...
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Washington (AFP) - US regulators on Tuesday called on Amazon to improve its safety protocols after six people were killed in December when a tornado hit one of the company's warehouses in the state of Illinois. An investigation into the deaths found that workers did not know where to go for shelter during the storm, and that a megaphone meant to communicate with employees was "locked in a cage and not accessible," the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said in a letter to the e-commerce giant. "These tragic deaths have sparked discussions nationwide on the ...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Extreme weather in Alaska that has brought record high temperatures and torrential downpours has left authorities in the far northern US state warning of "Icemageddon". Huge sheets of ice are blocking roads and choking traffic in Fairbanks, Alaska's second largest city, reported the state's transportation department, which has coined the neologism -- a play on "Armageddon" -- to describe the chilly impasse. "We're experiencing an unprecedented series of winter storms," the department tweeted. Scientists say the unchecked burning of fossil fuels and other human activity is c...
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Dresden (United States) (AFP) - Jerry Rachels was "drop-jawed" at the destructive power of a tornado that barreled through Dresden, Tennessee and reduced his hardware store to a concrete slab, but he expressed equal amazement at the pace of cleanup following the powerful storm. "It's devastated the town" in the rural northeast pocket of Tennessee, the 68-year-old said. And while there have been no known Dresden deaths, compared with dozens across the border in Kentucky, the twister has turned the community upside down. Dresden has dodged a storm bullet for decades: famed "Tornado Alley" is mul...
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Fulgham (United States) (AFP) - Kentuckian Sam Stone pondered the rickety remnants of his modest rural home Wednesday, and while he expressed gratitude to be alive after a monster tornado, recovery has been a test of self-reliance -- with no official assistance five days on. His roof was torn off, walls blown out, and belongings mostly sucked away by the deadliest storm in Kentucky history, leaving him reeling and unsure of the next steps for him and his teenage son. "I don't have much money, and I don't have any insurance, so I could use some help," Stone told AFP as his Labrador pit bull mix...
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Washington (AFP) - Abigail Miller's parents lost practically all they owned in the weekend twisters that ravaged their small Kentucky town. But with the help of strangers, they tracked down photographs of their daughter's graduation -- via social media groups which thousands are using to reconnect storm victims with cherished possessions strewn many miles away. In preparation for a move, Miller's parents had placed all their belongings in a storage unit in Dawson Springs, among the places hardest hit when tornadoes ripped homes apart across five US states last weekend. The young pharmacy tech,...
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Dawson Springs (United States) (AFP) - It is normally a joyous season, but in tornado-blasted Kentucky thousands of families are in crisis days before Christmas, including that of 13-year-old Andrew Humphrey, recently made homeless by the worst storm in state history. Tossing down debris from where their second-floor apartment used to be in the devastated small town of Dawson Springs, Andrew and his two older teen brothers join scores of others Tuesday in the tedious and heart-wrenching task of post-disaster cleanup. Caroling, Santa, and Christmas tree ornaments are far-off luxuries for now. "...
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Dawson Springs (United States) (AFP) - Work crews were hauling away tons of debris on Tuesday in western Kentucky towns pulverized by deadly tornadoes as traumatized residents turned to rebuilding their shattered lives. "Total devastation," said Ashley McKnight, a 41-year-old schoolteacher, pointing to the remains of her neighbors' homes in Dawson Springs. State Governor Andy Beshear said the death toll from the powerful twisters that struck late Friday remained at 74 but he expected more victims to be found in the rubble. In total, at least 88 people died, with fatalities also recorded in Ten...
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Dawson Springs (United States) (AFP) - Susan Orten struggles for words as she picks through the destroyed home of her partner of 25 years, swept to his death as their picturesque town was reduced to rubble by Kentucky's worst tornado on record. "I'm just numb. I'm just lost. There's no words to say," the 61-year-old told AFP on Tuesday, weeping as she spoke. Orten's partner Ernie Aiken was sitting in his recliner, watching television, in his trailer home near downtown Dawson Springs when she called Friday night to check on him. "'If I'm here I'll talk to you tomorrow.' And that's his last wor...
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