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Firefighters make progress against California wildfire, but heat and fire risks grow in the West
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 days agoFirefighters made progress Friday against a California wildfire that triggered extensive evacuation...
Terror, 'chaos' as India stampede kills 121
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 days agoSurvivors of India's deadliest stampede in more than a decade recalled on Wednesday the horror of being crushed at a vastly overcrowded Hindu religious...
69-year-old man dies while hiking at Grand Canyon National Park amid extreme heat, park says
USA TODAY via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 days agoPark rangers encourage hikers to avoid trails in the inner canyon during the heat of the day,...
Thousands told to flee raging California wildfire
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 days agoThousands of people have been ordered to evacuate as a wildfire rages out of control in northern California, with a swathe of the United States in the...
The West is sizzling under extreme heat and bracing for the threat of more fires as thousands remain...
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 days agoThe West is sizzling under a major, prolonged heatwave through July 4 and beyond that’s bringing...
5 things to know for July 3: Presidential race, Hurricane Beryl, India crowd crush, Alzheimer’s...
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 days agoPolice are investigating the organizers, saying a quarter of a million people arrived at the venue — more than three times the number expected. Crowd crushes at religious gatherings in India ...
Crews turn a corner with California's largest wildfire as massive heat wave brings new danger
LA Times via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 days agoFirefighters began to gain control of the Basin fire, which has burned over 13,000 acres near giant...
240,000 people evacuated in China rainstorms
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 days agoNearly a quarter of a million people were evacuated in eastern China as rainstorms lashed swathes of the country and caused the Yangtze and other rivers...
A look at stampedes and crowd disasters in India over the years
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 days agoMore than 100 people were killed in a stampede Tuesday in northern India following a Hindu religious...
Thousands evacuate, some stay as Thompson fire spreads in Northern California
LA Times via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 days agoThe Thompson fire has burned 3,500 acres and resulted in evacuation orders for more than 28,000...