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Rescuers evacuate residents from flood waters caused by Tropical Storm Nalgae in Hilongos, Leyte province, Philippines on Friday.

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At least 50 are dead and dozens feared missing as storm hits the Philippines

7:44am October 29, 2022

by The Associated Press

Flash floods and landslides set off by torrential rains left at least 50 people dead. As many as 60 villagers in a southern province are feared missing and buried in a huge mudslide, officials said.

This satellite image shows Hurricane Roslyn approaching the Pacific coast of Mexico on Saturday.

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Hurricane Roslyn, a Category 4 storm, heads for Mexico's Pacific coast

8:25pm October 22, 2022

by The Associated Press

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Roslyn's maximum sustained winds had increased to 130 mph and it was expected to grow still further.

In this aerial photo made in a flight provided by mediccorps.org, damage from Hurricane Ian is seen on the causeway leading to Sanibel Island from Fort Myers, Fla., on Sept. 30. The causeway has reopened with temporary repairs.

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The Sanibel Island causeway washed out by Hurricane Ian has reopened

2:05pm October 19, 2022

by The Associated Press

The causeway linking the island to the Florida mainland reopened with temporary repairs just three weeks after it was washed out by the hurricane. The reopening will help recovery work on the island.

Sections of Northeast Entrance Road are washed out following historic flooding in Yellowstone National Park in June.

Yellowstone National Park has reopened an entrance devastated by June floods

10:44am October 16, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

The park began allowing regular visitor traffic along the Northeast Entrance Road on Saturday for the first time since it closed the entrance in response to severe weather.

A man stands outside his house surrounded by floodwaters after Hurricane Julia swept through the area in Bluefields, Nicaragua, on Sunday. The storm hit Nicaragua's central Caribbean coast and dumped torrential rains across Central America before reemerging over the Pacific as a tropical storm.

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At least 28 are dead as Julia drenches Central America with rainfall

11:13pm October 10, 2022

by The Associated Press

Now a tropical depression, former Hurricane Julia drenched Guatemala and El Salvador with torrential rains Monday after it reemerged in the Pacific following a pounding of Nicaragua.

A satellite image shows Tropical Storm Julia, bottom right, at 4 p.m. EDT. Julia is gaining strength heading westward in the southern Caribbean.

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Hurricane Julia brushes Colombia's San Andrés island and heads for Nicaragua

9:06pm October 08, 2022

by The Associated Press

The storm is forecast to dump heavy rains across Central America.

A cluster of hackberry leafrollers swarms a citronella candle on a Dallas resident's patio and blankets the outdoor furniture in webbing.

Dallas residents are dealing with a nuisance. Well, many — a caterpillar outbreak

1:33pm October 08, 2022

by Jacob Wells

Cankerworms and hackberry leafrollers are feasting on foliage and leaving yards in the Dallas-Fort Worth area covered in silk. Scientists attribute the outbreak to recent heavy rains.

"Wrecked shrimp boats and other vessels littered the waterfront on San Carlos Island, Fort Myers Beach, FL, one week after Hurricane Irma made landfall.

Shutting an agency managing sprawl might have put more people in Hurricane Ian's way

5:00am October 08, 2022

More than a decade ago, growth in Florida was managed under a statewide agency that provided checks and balances to prevent sprawl and protect natural resources. Then state leaders closed it.

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Alva Sulaty points to the damage in her home in North Port, Fla., on Wednesday, after Hurricane Ian flooded her neighborhood.

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North Port residents start sorting through the wreckage of Hurricane Ian

4:12pm October 06, 2022

The town of North Port, Fla., was hit hard by Hurricane Ian, and then days of river flooding. As the waters start to recede, residents are starting to dry out and take stock of the damage.

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At night at Babcock Ranch, electricity generation switches from solar power to natural gas.

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One Florida community built to weather hurricanes endured Ian with barely a scratch

3:07pm October 06, 2022

by Scott Neuman

Hundreds of thousands of people in Southwest Florida still don't have electricity or water. But Babcock Ranch, north of Fort Myers, was designed and built to withstand the most powerful storms.

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