natural disasters
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A 1964 Earthquake Might Have Unleashed A Deadly Fungus On The U.S. And Canada
Two decades ago, a rare but deadly fungal infection began killing animals and people in the U.S. and Canada. To this day, no one has figured out how it arrived there in the first place. Now a pair of scientists have put forth their own theory: Tsunamis, sparked by a massive earthquake in 1964, soaked…
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Powerful Earthquake Strikes Miles Below Amazon Rainforest In Peru, Limiting Casualties
An 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked northern Peru on Sunday, killing at least one man and causing several injuries, the Associated Press reports.
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California’s 2018 Was The Worst Ever Recorded For Bushfires
California’s 2018 is officially the worst year for bushfires in recorded state history, the Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday, citing the National Interagency Coordination Center’s year-end statistical analysis. The 1.8 million acres of California land that burned last year was more than any other state in 2018, and it far surpassed 2017’s tally of…
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Texas Bill Would Make It Illegal For Verizon And Any Other Wireless Provider To Throttle Disaster Zones In The U.S.
Legislators in Texas are mulling a bill that would make illegal to “impair or degrade” mobile data in any declared disaster zone, in an apparent response to telecom giant Verizon’s decision last year to tell California firefighters busy tackling the deadly Mendocino Complex fire they needed to upgrade their plan or continue to suffer slow…