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Japan

Japan launches new weather satellite with manga cartoons

Japan has launched a new weather satellite into orbit.

02/11/2016

USA

CO2 emissions in earth's atmosphere hit important threshold

The earth has reached a worrying new milestone.

24/10/2016

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Hurricane Matthew aftermath

Humanitarian agencies still assess the needs of people in Haiti following Hurricane Matthew.

21/10/2016

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Tornado tears up Oregon beach town

A tornado struck an Oregon beach town in the US on Friday, toppling powerlines and trees as strong winds and heavy rain hammered the Pacific Northwest.

15/10/2016

Bermuda

Footage of Hurricane Nicole as seen from the International Space Station

14/10/2016

Haiti

Haiti suffers upsurge in cholera in wake of Hurricane Matthew

Haiti sees an upsurge in cases of cholera in the wake of Hurricane Matthew as people struggle to find clean water.

10/10/2016

USA

Matthew weakens to post-tropical storm as it batters the US

Matthew continues to batter the United States, slamming into North Carolina and Virginia overnight.

09/10/2016

USA

Matthew rolls across east US coastline

Deadly hurricane Matthew has lost some of its punch after it made landfall in the US state of South Carolina.

08/10/2016

Haiti

Hurricane Matthew's wild winds leaves hundreds dead in impoverished Haiti

Two days after Hurricane Matthew hit Haiti the scale of the disaster is only just emerging.

07/10/2016

USA

'Matthew is a very big and very bad beast' as Florida faces significant flooding

Hurricane Matthew is battering the Florida coastline with relentless wind and rain.

07/10/2016

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USA: Plane hits eye of Hurricane Matthew

Hurricane Matthew pelted Florida with heavy rains as the deadly storm steamed ever closer to the coast with catastrophic winds of 209 kilometres per hour.

07/10/2016

USA

'This storm will kill you': Florida braces for Hurricane Matthew

Florida's governor issued a stark warning - "Do not surf, do not go to the beach, this storm will kill you," as the Sunshine State prepares for the Category 4 hurricane.

07/10/2016

World News

Matthew heads for Florida as authorities call on residents to leave

Hurricane Matthew has picked up strength and is heading for Florida.

06/10/2016

Haiti

Hurricane Matthew forces Haiti to postpone presidential election

Rescue workers in Haiti say they are struggling to reach parts of the Island, cut off in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.

06/10/2016

Haiti

Hurricane Matthew bears down on US after hammering Haiti and Cuba

The US is on high alert after hurricane Matthew, the fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade, left a wave of destruction in Haiti.

05/10/2016

Cuba

Hurricane Matthew sweeps across the Caribbean

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05/10/2016

Haiti

Hurricane Matthew batters the Caribbean

Haiti, Cuba and Jamaica are bracing for "catastrophic" floods and mudslides that forecasters fear will be triggered by the storm's 230 kph winds and a metre of rainfall.

04/10/2016

Jamaica

The Caribbean braces itself for Matthew

It is the stongest storm to menace the Caribbean since 2007 and is expected to make landfall near southwestern Haiti and Jamaica late on Monday.

03/10/2016

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Typhoon leaves trail of destruction in China

Typhoon Meranti has ripped through China’s Fujian province leaving a trail of destruction.

17/09/2016

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Taiwan: Motorbike rider blown away by typhoon

Motor biker blown off his bike by strong wind and then nearly hit by flying debris.

15/09/2016