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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday toured the remains of a Northern California neighborhood leveled by a quickly moving grass fire over the weekend, marveling at the extent of the devastation and consoling a sobbing resident whose home burned to the ground.

MEXICO CITY a " Mexico is preparing for a second wave of swine flu, looking at what worked and what didn't last spring when it banned everything from dining out to attending school in an effort to control the virus.As the Northern Hemisphere flu season begins, the rest of the world is also studying Mexico's experience, looking for measures to ...

Firefighters were able to save some beloved pets from a fast-moving wildfire near Auburn.

Schools are ideal breeding grounds for the virus. Not only are children more susceptible than adults to swine flu, but the crowded, sometimes unsanitary conditions gives the virus a perfect chance to spread.

The HSE has said it will be working to keep schools open as primary and secondary students return today in the midst of the swine flu pandemic.

Homes and campsites near Payson are being evacuated as a wildfire threatens the safety of residents.

Parts of L.A. County were dealing with bad air today as a result of the Station fire.

NEW HARMONY, Utah - Fire crews say hot and windy conditions could fan a wildfire that has already blackened more than 15 square miles, destroyed homes and prompted evacuations in a small, southwestern Utah town.

A threatening wildfire burned several structures and forced the evacuations of many homes in New Harmony, near the Washington and Iron County border, Saturday night.

A growing wildfire sending massive billows of smoke into the sky north of Los Angeles nearly tripled in size Saturday, knocking out power to many more ...

Frustrated Japanese voters look set to oust the long-ruling conservative party in an election on Sunday, handing the novice opposition the job of reviving a weak economy and coping with a rapidly ageing population.

The wildfire in the mountains north of Los Angeles Saturday crept toward the northeastern edge of the city of Altadena, where some residents were told to leave.

H1N1 flu spreads four times faster than other viruses and 40 per cent of the fatalities are young adults in good health, the world's top health official warned in an interview appearing on Saturday.

The U.S. Geological Survey says a small 3.2 magnitude earthquake has been reported in South Carolina near the coast.Moderate tremors were felt for three to five seconds at about 6:30 a.m. Saturday.

The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Jimena has formed in the Pacific south of Mexico.

No sow and piglets in the children's barnyard at this year's Caledonia County Fair.

Louisiana's top prosecutor said Friday he will not reopen a probe into allegations of euthanasia at a hospital crippled by Hurricane Katrina, despite new statements from a doctor that he drugged a terminal patient to "get rid of her faster." Dr.

The World Heath Organization said that swine flu infections are declining in the Southern Hemisphere as its seasonal flu period comes to an end and the pandemic shifts back north.

The tourism sector, the Big Easy's lifeblood, was struggling to recover from Hurricane Katrina when it got hit with the double whammy of recession.

In this photo taken Wednesday, in this Feb. 18, 2009, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, left, Vatican Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone, attend a meeting celebrating the 1929 Patti Lateranensi and of the 1984 Revision Agreement anniversary at the Italian Embassy to the Holy See, in Rome.

Barack Obama's first presidential vacation began with a hurricane, was interrupted for a major economic announcement and is ending with a sad eulogy for a famous friend.

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck northwest China on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, sending local officials scrambling to assess possible damage in the remote mining region.

Seven months into the job, he's earning high praise from some unlikely places. Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La., says Obama's team has brought a more practical and flexible approach.

Swine flu was four times more likely to send blacks and Hispanics to the hospital than whites, according to a study in Chicago that offers one of the first looks at how the virus has affected different racial groups.

The cause of a forest fire that burn nearly 3,000 acres in southern Ohio was ruled arson by investigators.

A minor 3.4 magnitude earthquake rattled an area in central Oklahoma. Amy Vaughan, a geophysicist at the National Earthquake Information Center, says the quake hit early Thursday at 3:22 a.m. CDT in an area near Ada and 63 miles southeast of Oklahoma City.

A vial of an experimental H1N1 swine flu vaccine is shown during early trials with medical volunteers at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, August 10, 2009.[Agencies] Scientific advisers to President Barack Obama may have asked the government to speed up the availability of swine flu vaccines, but they are unlikely to be ready before October, ...

Wind farms have been blamed for disrupting the lives of birds, bats and, most recently, the land-bound sage grouse.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack promised California farmers Wednesday he'll press for solutions to the water crisis hitting the state's San Joaquin Valley, one of the most prolific farm regions in the world.

Tropical Storm Danny has formed in the open Atlantic off the Bahamas, and forecasters say it could get stronger as it moves toward the U.S. The storm has top winds of 45 mph and is moving to the west-northwest at 18 mph.

A brush fire that has burned about 750 acres in the Angeles National Forest near Highway 39, forced the evacuation of picnickers, campers and a group of Boy Scouts in the area.

Crops have shriveled, hundreds of cattle are dead and the World Food Program said 3.8 million Kenyans need emergency food aid because of a prolonged drought, which is even causing electrical blackouts in the capital.

Youngsters should be taught how to wash their hands properly to avoid spreading flu.

U.S. officials should help drug companies speed up the supply of swine flu drugs and vaccines, making at least some shots available by mid-September, White House science advisers said on Monday.

A massive wildfire that destroyed homes and forests receded Monday as a multinational airborne effort beat back flames that at one point threatened Athens' northern suburbs and raged near the ancient battleground at Marathon.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday that a massive school closing wouldn't stop the spread of the swine flu virus, saying vaccinations must be the defense against a menace that one report said could infect up to half of the population.

FRESNO, Calif. a " Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he wants President Barack Obama to reconsider sending federal disaster aid to help California's drought-stricken communities.Schwarzenegger petitioned the White House to declare California a major federal disaster area in June, in a bid to get more money for food banks, unemployment assistance and ...

The World Health Organization is urging the planet to brace for a second wave of the human swine flu pandemic as the heavily populated northern hemisphere edges toward the cooler season when flu thrives.

A veil of smoke settled over the forest in the shadow of the St. Elias Mountains, in a wilderness whose spruce trees stood tall and gray, a deathly gray even in the greenest heart of a Yukon summer.

Firefighters have surrounded three wildfires that have been burning throughout California for weeks.The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says that a wildfire that consumed about 7,800 acres, or about 12 square miles, in Santa Cruz County was 100 percent contained on Sunday night.Another blaze in Yuba County was surrounded ...

A fire-fighting helicopter drops water over a forest fire in Nea Makri village northeast of Athens on Monday.

Hurricane Bill was downgraded to a tropical storm Monday morning, a day after its powerful winds churned up waves that were blamed in the deaths of at least two people on the U.S. East Coast.

The downgraded Tropical Storm Bill caused little more than heavy rains and wind gusts in eastern_Newfoundland on Monday as the season's first hurricane tapered off into the North Atlantic.

The World Health Organization's flu chief urged drug makers on Saturday to donate swine flu vaccines to the world's poorest countries, which are more vulnerable in the fight against the pandemic.

A small earthquake has shaken central Alaska. The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says a magnitude 3.6 temblor struck at 9:46 p.m. Friday about 45 miles southeast of Cantwell and 53 miles southeast of Denali National Park.

MIAMI a " The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Hilda has formed far out in the Pacific.Hilda is the eighth named storm of the Pacific hurricane season.

A A A' A drought in China's north has left nearly 5 million people short of drinking water and damaged crops, while dry weather in the south could cause more shortages, a state news agency reported Sunday.

Fire tore through suburbs north of Athens early Sunday, destroying homes and forcing thousands to flee in nighttime evacuations, fire service and local officials said.

Retail may be in a drought, but for many garden supply stores, it's been a green season in more ways than one.

This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite image taken Saturday, Aug.

A yacht is lifted out of the water in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, in preparationA for the arrival of Hurricane Bill.

Damaged homes in Vaughan, Ont. are pictured after a tornado touched down in the neighbourhood north of Toronto.

Only seriously ill and vulnerable patients should be prescribed antiviral drugs to help them to get over swine flu, the World Health Organisation said yesterday, in advice which conflicts with the decision taken by the British Government to prescribe Tamiflu to everyone with swine flu.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. a " The brother-in-law of a man convicted of setting a Southern California wildfire that killed five firefighters has surrendered to police on felony jury tampering charges.The Riverside County district attorney's office said Friday that Christopher Vaughn Hillman surrendered to Corona police on Thursday.Authorities charged ...

Clinical trials for the new swine flu vaccine have turned up no "red flags," U.S. health officials said on Friday.

An employee of Chilean turkey farm Sopraval SA retrieves a turkey that escaped from its pen during a quarantine Friday in La Calera, Chile.

MARYSVILLE, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency for Yuba County after a wildfire forced more than 100 people from their homes and destroyed two homes.

A tornado struck near downtown Minneapolis Wednesday afternoon, tossing trees onto cars and damaging buildings but hurting no one, authorities said.

Less than one third of the supply will be ready in time for fall vaccinations. The global spread of swine flu will endanger more lives as it speeds up in coming months and governments must step preparations for a swift response, the World Health Organization said Friday.

Share + Aug 20, 2009 3:53 pm US/Pacific DAVENPORT, Calif. All remaining evacuees are being allowed to return to their homes in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where a wildfire is expected to be fully contained by the weekend.

Damage to the Sayano-Shushinskaya power station in southern Siberia is seen Monday, Aug.

Hurricane Bill howled over the open Atlantic as a dangerous Category 4 storm Wednesday, and it could be energized by warmer waters as it moves north.

It is "virtually impossible" to accurately predict when a second wave of swine flu will hit the UK, the Government's chief medical officer has said.

Powerful winds slammed parts of four Midwestern states on Wednesday, leaving behind shattered windows, toppled power lines and a handful of injuries.

A $100,000 warrant has been issued for the brother-in-law of convicted serial arsonist Raymond Lee Oyler.

A magnitude-5.0 earthquake rattled buildings Wednesday in Anchorage and other communities in Alaska.

A tree lies snapped at its base in Central Park on Wednesday after a fast moving storm of rain, wind and lightning.

Government officials are calling on U.S. businesses to help manage swine flu this fall by getting vaccines to vulnerable workers and encouraging employees with symptoms to stay home.

Doctors have been alerted over fears that Tamiflu could put some patients at increased risk of suffering a stroke, it has been reported.

A small study conducted by federal scientists shows Novavax Inc.'s experimental vaccine against swine flu, produced in just weeks versus several months for standard methods, is effective in animals, the company said Tuesday.

The second earthquake to hit Colorado in two days has rattled the northwest corner of the state, but no damage has been reported.

Health officials have told governments they can keep Tamiflu for longer to help fight the swine flu pandemic.

Nearly all residents have been allowed back into their homes in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where a wildfire once threatened their communities.

The season's first Atlantic hurricane and two other storms have done nothing to spur a rise in energy prices, largely because supplies are high and demand low, but oil companies are keeping close watch on their offshore operations in the Gulf of Mexico.

Two hundred and fifty years after his birth, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart might be most known classical music composer, but his legacy is still shadowed by a mysterious death.

An earthquake lab that reported a moderate jolt early Sunday in northern Nevada says it was an echo of a more distant quake halfway around the world.

Venecia Louis nearly starved last year after four tropical storms pummeled Haiti.

Oil prices fell Monday even as the year's first hurricane threatened grow in size before it heads toward the U.S. coast.

Since swine flu first emerged in April, it has sparked panic, vaccine production and now, a video game.

An accident during repair work at Russia's largest hydroelectric plant on Monday killed at least eight workers and injured 10, while 54 others were missing, investigators said.

The incoming president of the Canadian Medical Association says Canadians need to be better educated about flu symptoms ahead of a possible resurgence of the H1N1 virus this fall.

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Claudette is strengthening off the northern Gulf Coast of Florida with winds of about 50 mph.

Scouring an aerial photograph taken three days after Hurricane Camille crashed ashore on Mississippi's Gulf coast, Richard Rose points to the spot where his father's body washed into the chimney of a ruined home.

A strong earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale struck the western coast of Sumatra on Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage, the Indonesian seismology agency said.

Taiwanese people carry supply goods for victims to the the flooded village of Maolin, southern Taiwan, following Typhoon Morakot, Saturday, Aug.

Doctors have been put on alert for cases of a nerve disease following the introduction of a vaccine for swine flu, it has emerged.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger urged residents to heed mandatory evacuation orders Saturday as more than 7,000 firefighters battled to control nearly a dozen blazes across the parched state.

More than 362,500 people in northeast China's Liaoning province are suffering from drinking water shortage due to an ongoing drought, local officials said Saturday.

India's premier called Saturday for a second "green revolution'' to boost agricultural output as the country celebrated its national independence day in the grip of its worst drought in years.

A moderate earthquake has struck in a mountainous region of southern Mexico between the capital and the Pacific Ocean.

This NOAA satellite image taken Friday, August 14, 2009 at 1:45 PM EDT shows a swirl of clouds east... This NOAA satellite image taken Friday, August 14, 2009 at 1:45 PM EDT shows a swirl of clouds east of the Lesser Antilles associated with a dying tropical disturbance.

A few dozen people came to Shiao Lin, which lost more than half its population, to hold a simple ceremony that many believe has the power to bring back the souls of the dead.

Heavy smoke from the Lockheed Fire in northern California had cleared enough by Friday that authorities could see it had spread substantially from the day before and had destroyed two buildings.

A growing wildfire burning in northern California's Santa Cruz Mountains forced the evacuation of 1,000 homes Thursday, officials said.

Dog owners who spend many a stormy night struggling to get some sleep while a panting, drooling, trembling pet climbs around on top of them know that the fear of thunder can be a tricky problem to solve.

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou, under mounting pressure over his government's response to a devastating typhoon, on Friday estimated that more than 500 people had died in flooding and mudslides.

The government Thursday set up a group of ministers , headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, to monitor the drought situation and the price rise front.

The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for all 21 counties across New Jersey that will remain in effect until midnight.

The Atlantic Ocean could still see its first named storm of the hurricane season this week as a tropical wave off the west coast of Africa gains strength.

Thousands of firefighters battled wildfires across California on Thursday, including a growing blaze that forced about 2,400 people to evacuate their homes in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle today declared a state of emergency due to drought conditions in 41 counties, including almost all of Northeastern Wisconsin and Manitowoc County.

A fast-moving wildfire near the Santa Cruz Mountains prompted the mandatory evacuation of hundreds of residences in northern California early Thursday, a fire official said.

Tacoma just got a new snapshot of the damage a tsunami could do. Scientists expect a wave of water washing over the Tacoma Tideflats, even into the city of Fife.

Don't play politics with flu, Health Minister warns Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq and Public Health Officer David Butler-Jones appear as witnesses at a Commons health committee in Ottawa on Aug 12, 2009.

A fairly strong earthquake off the coast of Japan does not pose a tsunami hazard to the Pacific Northwest.

Gov. Jon Corzine is requesting the federal government declare six New Jersey counties a natural disaster area so farmers can get help.

An estimated 50 million women in Asia are at risk of becoming infected with the HIV virus from their husbands or long-term partners, according to a U.N. report published Tuesday.

A high-profile Chinese government critic said he and 11 others were detained by police in a hotel Wednesday to prevent them from attending the trial of an activist who investigated the deaths of schoolchildren last year's earthquake.

The second tropical depression of the 2009 hurricane season has formed in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean.

Nobel Peace laureate and Costa Rican President Oscar Arias said Tuesday that he has swine flu, showing that not even a head of state is safe from the virus that has caused worldwide concern but relatively few deaths.

The pop star had just arrived in the country to shoot footage for her new reality show when the tremors woke her up.

Corning Inc. said Tuesday its output of liquid-crystal-display glass will be lower than expected in the third quarter after an earthquake halted glass production at a plant in Japan.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton toured an African refugee camp Tuesday crowded with victims of violence and malnutrition, pledging $17 million in American aid to help stem the tide of rampant sexual abuse that has staggered war-ravaged eastern Congo.

A tropical storm watch for the Big Island was canceled Monday but remained in effect for Oahu and Maui County.

Aug 11 - A strong earthquake jolted Tokyo and surrounding areas early Tuesday, disrupting transport and closing a nuclear plant for safety checks.

A low pressure system southwest of the Cape Verde Islands could develop into the first tropical cyclone of the Atlantic hurricane season over the next two days, the US National Hurricane Center said.

Hawaii braced for Tropical Storm Felicia, taking no chances even though the storm weakened rapidly as it moved toward the islands .

Daytime temperatures today will be in the upper 80s, with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms developing mainly after 3 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.

Children should not be given the anti-viral drug Tamiflu because its harms outweigh any benefits, researchers have said.

Fire crews are getting a wildfire burning in unincorporated Livermore Sunday evening under control.

More than 2,000 residents of B.C.'s Central Okanagan who've been forced from their homes by the Terrace Mountain blaze aren't likely to have their evacuation order rescinded Sunday.

Share + Aug 9, 2009 4:35 pm US/Eastern WEST MIAMI DADE It's been quiet in the tropics, thanks in part to the Pacific Ocean weather event known as "El Nino", but the National Hurricane Center is watching something that it believes has a fair chance of developing into the season's first named storm.

When President Barack Obama visited Mexico in April, the now-global swine flu epidemic -- unbeknownst to the White House -- had just begun there and an Obama aide returned home sick.

A strong earthquake shook Japan's capital and surrounding areas Sunday, halting trains and a professional baseball game, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

A wildfire has burned more than 1,300 acres in the remote San Rafael Wilderness of Los Padres National Forest , Santa Barbara County officials said Saturday.

The changing global climate will pose profound strategic challenges to the United States in coming decades, raising the prospect of military intervention to deal with the effects of violent storms, drought, mass migration and pandemics, military and intelligence analysts say.

Observing that the country was facing a "difficult situation" following delayed and deficient rainfall, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the Centre has adequate foodgrains and would not hesitate to take strong measures and intervene in the market if the need arose.

Firefighters are battling a small wildfire above the Intermountain neighborhood of West Vail.

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Health bosses are investigating whether a two-year-old girl who died from suspected meningitis was wrongly diagnosed with swine flu.

A typhoon slammed into Taiwan overnight, leaving at least six people dead or missing and more than a dozen injured, officials and media reported Saturday.

Hurricane Felicia weakened Friday as it headed toward Hawaii and may continue to wane, but forecasters have not discounted the threat of flooding on the island chain.

A small earthquake rattled the Los Angeles area early this morning. The magnitude-3.3 quake struck around 1:53 a.m. Friday and was centered about 4 miles north-northwest of Fontana and 44 miles east of the Los Angeles Civic Center, according to a preliminary report by the U.S. Geological Survey.

An aging water main burst in Lower Manhattan early Friday, flooding about 15 buildings, causing evacuations and closing streets within a three block radius.

Three French tourists were among at least 12 people killed when heavy rains collapsed an earthen dike and fed landslides and floods that deluged towns and villages in the northern Philippines, officials said Friday.

The government is giving schools new guidance to follow when swine flu strikes, in hopes of preventing the panic and confusion that prompted hundreds of school closures last spring.

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Swine flu vaccine manufacturers are on track to start delivering the first batches of it in September, the World Health Organization said Thursday.

Share Not a single storm has formed in the Atlantic so far this hurricane season.

Government forecasters are lowering their outlook for this Atlantic hurricane season after a quiet start with no named storms so far.

An underfunded coastal insurance plan that was becoming a problem for North Carolina property owners would be fixed, legislative leaders say, under a plan the Senate approved Wednesday hours after presenting it.

Company bosses fear that measures designed to reduce the impact of swine flu on the workplace could end up creating a "skivers' charter". More than 1,000 firms have contacted one employment law service to seek advice about staff who use the pandemic to extend their summer holidays.

The swine flu pandemic is spurring makers of seasonal flu vaccines to ship them to the U.S. market well ahead of schedule, and supplies are tightening as distributors and others snap up vaccine vials.

A controlled fire burns behind evacuated homes in an attempt to reduce the amount of fuel for a wildfire burning on Mount McLean in Lillooet, B.C., on Tuesday Aug.

Swiss drugmaker Novartis has begun injecting its swine flu vaccine into people in the company's first human tests, a spokesman said Wednesday.

State and federal fire crews have nearly contained a 1,200-acre grass fire that had threatened structures in the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge Tuesday evening.

A magnitude-6.5 earthquake hit off Japan's southern coast Wednesday, the country's Meteorological Agency said.

Almost nine out of 10 GPs believe diagnosing swine flu over the phone means other diseases could be missed, a study has suggested.

Fire is burning on a brush-covered ridge between the city of Los Angeles and suburban Glendale, above a canyon neighborhood.

The World Health Organization said Tuesday that 1,154 swine flu victims have died since the virus emerged in April.

A hurricane research team at Colorado State University hurricane today eased back its Atlantic hurricane forecast because of a strengthening El Nino expected during the rest of the hurricane season.

The death of a 14-year-old girl due to swine flu here Monday has shocked health officials at how a serious H1N1 patient could remain under private treatment for over a fortnight.

As hundreds of firefighters from across the country join the battle against raging forest fires in British Columbia, officials in the province say they may have to call in reinforcements from other nations, including the United States and Australia.

A convenience store clerk stopped a would-be robber this morning by punching him in the face.

Dozens of residents remained evacuated Monday after a weekend lightning storm sparked multiple wildfires around Northern California.

A powerful earthquake Monday shook the fishing villages along Mexico's Gulf of California, prompting alarm as far away as Phoenix, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

B.C. fire crews and north Okanagan residents got a taste of nature's capricious power this weekend when a forest fire that was almost completely surrounded broke out of its corral, forcing thousands of newly returned residents to flee again.

The situation in north Bihar worsened on Sunday as floodwaters submerged nearly 200 villages of Sitamarhi and Muzaffarpur districts.

A moderate earthquake has struck in waters off the island of Guam, but there are no reports of any damage or injury.The U.S. Geological Survey says in a preliminary report that the magnitude-5.1 quake struck at 11:47 a.m. local time Monday at a depth of about 21 miles.

As billions of dollars are mustered for vaccines, Tamiflu and face masks to combat swine flu, a bitter debate about equity is starting to swirl.

Strong winds fanned forest fires for a second day Sunday on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma, and firefighters were forced to retreat as flames raged out of control near two towns.

The massive lobby, with its ornate trim, glittering Italian crystal chandeliers and mosaic floors, looks much as it did when Louisiana's Kingfish, Gov.

The main stage at the site of the Big Valley Jamboree in Camrose, Alberta Canada on Saturday, August 1, 2009.

More than 500 fires are raging out of control in British Columbia, fueled by dry forests and record-high temperatures, the premier of the Canadian western province said.

A forest fire that's put more than two thousand Lillooet, B.C., residents on evacuation alert continues to burn out of control.

A fierce forest fire fanned by high winds has forced the evacuation of around 4,000 residents on the Canary Island of La Palma, the Spanish government said Saturday.

The U.S. Geological Survey says a minor earthquake has rattled the mountainous area of southeastern Tennessee, western North Carolina and northern Georgia.

The booming oil hub called Port Fourchon, a nerve center in the nation's oil supply chain, is turning into a sitting duck for hurricanes as the beach that protects it from the Gulf of Mexico washes away.

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