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Indonesia Recovering From Earthquake, Tsunami

Joyce Grant — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 01:19:59 +0000

Lots of medics and emergency workers are helping people in Indonesia after a large earthquake happened there on Friday.

It was a 7.5-magnitude earthquake. (That is how earthquakes are measured in terms of how bad they are. Seven point five is very big.)

The earthquake also caused a tsunami. That is a massive wave of water. When an earthquake happens on or near a large body of water, it can cause huge waves and flowing water that does a lot of damage. The earthquake in Indonesia was along the coast, near a city called Palu, which is on a bay.

Many people helped those who were affected by the disaster.

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Large Storms Affecting Caribbean, US

Joyce Grant — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 04:21:44 +0000

Everyone is talking about Harvey, Irma, Jose and Katia.

They are the names of very large storms, affecting the area around the Caribbean*, Mexico and the southern United States.

Hurricanes are given names, like “Irma” to make it easier to refer to them.

People in these areas are used to dealing with storms. But these storms are much larger than normal. They have very high winds—up to 120 kilometres an hour—with lots of rain that can flood people’s houses and force them to leave the area. (In this case, leaving your home is known as “evacuating.”) In Florida, more than 6.4 million people have been told to evacuate before Irma gets there, according to a report from CBC News.

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Hurricane Matthew Downgraded To Category 1

Joyce Grant — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 03:22:46 +0000

Hurricane Matthew has been downgraded to a Category 1 Hurricane, according to The Weather Channel's website.

That means that weather experts believe that much of its destructive power is lessening.

That’s good news for more than a million people in Florida, Georgia and North and South Carolina, who were forced to flee the storm.

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Canadians Helping People Of Fort McMurray

Joyce Grant — Wed, 11 May 2016 23:51:13 +0000

Many people across Canada are helping the residents of Fort McMurray.
There have been many stories of courage and compassion towards the city and the people who come from there.
On May 1, a wildfire started in a forest near the Alberta town of Fort McMurray. Within two days, the fire grew larger and the people who lived in Fort McMurray had to leave their homes.

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Outpouring Of Support For France

Joyce Grant — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 00:45:12 +0000

People around the world are expressing encouragement and support for the people of France. In particular, for the people in its capital city, Paris.

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Earthquake In Nepal Triggers Avalanche On Mt. Everest

Joyce Grant — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 23:34:57 +0000

Many countries are sending aid to Nepal after a serious earthquake took place there on Saturday.
Nepal is located between China and India. One of its best-known features is Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth.

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News Quiz: What Do You Remember About 2014? (Part II)

Joyce Grant — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 01:47:57 +0000

How much do you remember about the news that happened in 2014? Our 2014 news quiz continues.
The answers to the quiz can be found by clicking on the link to the TKN article beside each question.

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Prize-Winning Architect Builds Shelters From Cardboard

Nancy Miller — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 02:06:39 +0000

One of architecture's most important prizes has gone to a man who builds low-cost, recyclable buildings and structures.

Shigeru Ban is the winner of the 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize.

For more than 20 years, Ban has been travelling to parts of the world where buildings have been destroyed by war or natural disasters like hurricanes.

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Philippines Hit By Massive Typhoon

Joyce Grant — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 00:05:18 +0000

There has been a terrible storm in the Philippines.

The Philippines is a country in southeast Asia.

Because it is an island in the Pacific Ocean, the Philippines often gets very bad weather, including earthquakes, volcanoes and typhoons.

However, Typhoon Haiyan is perhaps the worst natural disaster to ever befall the country.

The typhoon hit the Philippines last Friday.

Its winds of up to 300 kilometres an hour whipped up the ocean waves.

The storm also caused flooding and landslides.

The country’s National Red Cross has launched a huge program to help the people whose houses were destroyed by the typhoon.

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Costa Concordia Is Set Upright

Joyce Grant — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 01:07:58 +0000

The enormous cruise ship, The Costa Concordia, no longer lies on its side, rusting in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tuscany, Italy.

Salvagers spent 19 hours—and more than $824-million—setting it upright.

It was the largest salvage operation of its kind.

The 13-deck Costa Concordia was carrying 4,200 people on Jan. 13, 2012 when its captain steered it too close to the shore.

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