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Last updated at 12:21 PM on April 27, 2024 (Pacific Standard Time)
"...NEW YORK (AP) Harvey Weinsteins lawyer said Saturday that the onetime movie mogul has been hospitalized for a battery of tests after his return to New York City following an appeals court ruling nullifying his 2020 rape conviction..."
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"...The U. S. Geological Survey said the quake struck 102 kilometers (63 miles) south of Banjar city at a depth of 68..."
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"...Residents began sifting through the rubble Saturday after a tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses as it moved for miles through farmland and into subdivisions, then slamming an Iowa town. The Friday night tornadoes wreaked havoc in the Midwest, causing a building to collapse with dozens of people inside and destroying and damaging hundreds of homes. There have been several injuries but no fatalities reported..."
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"...KYIV, Ukraine (AP) Russia launched a barrage of missiles against Ukraine overnight, in attacks that appeared to target the countrys energy infrastructure. Meanwhile, Russia said its air defense systems had intercepted more than 60 Ukrainian drones over the southern Krasnodar region..."
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"...Three people were hurt in Nebraskas Lancaster County when a tornado hit an industrial building, causing it to collapse with 70 people inside. Several were trapped, but everyone was evacuated and the injuries were not life-threatening, authorities said..."
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"...DAWSON CREEK, B. C. A wildfire has been reported in the North Brassey Creek area, just north of Fellers Heights and approximately 40 kilometres southwest of Dawson Creek..."
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"...BC Wildfire Services lists the nearby 76-hectare Wildmare Creek fire as “being held” after it led to the first evacuation order of the wildfire season in the province earlier this week..."
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"...The tax first came into effect in 2008. According to the B. C..."
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"...OMAHA, Neb. (AP) A tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday afternoon, demolishing homes as the twister tore for miles along farmland and into subdivisions. It wasnt yet clear if anyone was injured or killed in the storm..."
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"...There is also the problem of bank erosion caused by the river swelling too wide during heavy rains..."
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"...Kaya Konopnicki, the president of Nature Calgary, says people living in 48 countries are competing to see which city has the most urban biodiversity, including 40 Canadian cities..."
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"...The destructive wildfire and risk of future wildfires isn't the only reason for the need to expand fire services in the area. There's also the steady population growth in the community, which is seeing more people moving to the region..."
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"...Gerald Cheng, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, said a Colorado low is pushing warm air into the region causing a temperature spike along with a risk of thundershowers..."
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"...There's a long list of known ways in which wildfire smoke can negatively affect corn and other crops, but could the overall effect of the smoky haze in summer potentially be positive for yields? It's a complex question to answer, says Dan Quinn, extension corn specialist with Purdue University, in this Corn School episode recorded. ..."
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"...The minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) system, an eco-friendly, economical, and less hazardous lubrication technique, is affirmed to be an efficient substitute for these conventional lubricants..."
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"...When floods occur, pedestrians may be forced to evacuate the risk areas, and the presence of emergency plans is fundamental to reduce fatalities..."
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"...In this paper, the benefit of S2HM in post-earthquake emergency management is assessed through the Value of Information (VoI) from Bayesian decision analysis..."
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"...Increasing urban pluvial flood disasters due to climate change and rapid urbanisation have been a great challenge worldwide..."
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"...The evacuation tests are organized in accordance with different core components related to evacuation modelling, namely Population, Pre-evacuation, Movement, Route/destination selection, Flow constraints, Events, Wildfire spread and Trigger buffers..."
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"...To develop an effective evacuation route plan, it is critical to consider the dynamic nature of construction (material locations, temporary stairs, later, etc..."
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"...Floods in urban BEs surely represent a critical emergency, especially considering users who cannot evacuate upstairs, such as those placed outdoor..."
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"...This study will attempt to engineer a solar cooker with PV (photovoltaic panel), evacuated tubes with CPC reflectors, battery, and charge controller using the microcontroller PIC 16F877A..."
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"...To this end, hazard management data concerning the flood events that were severe enough to impose the evacuation of the population were corroborated with COVID-19 confirmed cases data..."
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"...Mortality rates for procedures performed by general surgeons at latest follow-up were heterogenous, ranging from 5% for evacuation of chronic subdural haematoma in Kenya to 81% in head injured patients in a Hong Kong study..."
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"...Fluvial floods are one of the most dangerous natural hazards, affecting billions of people worldwide and causing significant social and economic damage..."
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"...Flooding is the most pervasive risk globally among natural hazards, efficient and reliable emergency evacuation path planning scheme is of great significance for improving the emergency rescue efficiency..."
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