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 On Friday, seismologists said that although things have cooled down a bit during the past few days in the strongly shaken Reno, a major earthquake is still not out of the question.According to John Anderson, director of the seismological laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno, the fact that the activity has recorded a decrease in...
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 50 homes in Southern California were considerably damaged by massive mudslides provoked by a monsoon. Officials said yesterday that heavy rains brought thunderstorms to the Sierra Nevada Mountains, generating the mudslide near the city of Independence that was 300 yards wide and up to 3 feet deep. Nature’s fury also triggered to flooding...
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 A wind-driven fire consumed an estimated 2,000 acres, or
more than 3 square miles, about 10 miles south of Reno, caused the evacuation of a school,
threatened homes, forced a major highway to close. Firefighters had to contend
with gale-force winds while battling the huge blaze that raced along the edge
of valley south of Reno,
the...
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 Rain and snow pummelled the California region Saturday, dumping nearly
two metres of snow in the Sierra Nevada and bursting a levee in Nevada
that forced the evacuation of thousands of people.
The levee broke along the Truckee Canal in Fernley, Nevada,
trapping about 3,500 people who were being rescued by US military
helicopters...
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 A powerful storm battered California on Friday leaving some 500,000
homes and businesses without power and threatening mudslides, flooding
and huge snowfalls projected to last into next week.
Meteorologists said the storm could be the worst in the state for
ten years with up to 25 centimeters of rain expected to fall Friday...
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