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One dead, thousands without power after storms hit U.S. Midwest
2013-06-22 20:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: One woman is dead and more than 200,000 homes and businesses are without power in the upper Midwest on Saturday after severe thunderstorms struck parts of the Dakotas, Minnesota, and Wisconsin with damaging winds, lightning and baseball-sized hail. The storms developed in the Dakotas on Friday and powered through Minnesota into Wisconsin, producing wind gusts up to 85 mph and large hailstones, some in excess of 4 inches in diameter, as well as short-lived tornadoes, said Brynn Kerr, a meteorologist...
Calgary neighbourhoods evacuated as floods hit western Canada
2013-06-21 15:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Water levels from heavy flooding in western Canada were expected to peak around noon on Friday, possibly forcing as many as 100,000 people from their homes, officials said. On Thursday, torrential rain and widespread flooding throughout southern Alberta forced the closure of the Trans-Canada Highway and isolated the mountain resort towns of Banff and Canmore. The flooding washed out roads and bridges, left at least one person missing and caused cars, couches and refrigerators to float away. Communities...
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Businesses hit as Singapore haze moves in
2013-06-21 11:53:00| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Businesses hurt as smog drives people indoors in Singapore
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Oracle shares hit on weak sales
2013-06-21 09:31:52| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Investors punish the US computing giant Oracle for missing its sales targets for the second quarter running.
Pixmania woes hit Dixons results
2013-06-20 09:52:39| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Dixons Retail reports a rise in sales, but costs incurred at its troubled online outlet Pixmania mean it reports a loss for the past year.
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