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Firefighters in Colorado were mopping up remaining hot spots from the most destructive wildfire in state history that destroyed 502 homes and charred more than 22 square miles after it broke out Tuesday, June 11.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 31- A "large and extremely dangerous" tornado that touched down west of Oklahoma City on Friday, causing some damage, was headed toward the city, and a tornado emergency has been declared in the area, the National Weather Service said.
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Storms in Oklahoma and Arkansas left an Arkansas county sheriff dead and at least one man missing in an attempted water rescue and at least five other people injured elsewhere, officials said. The body of Scott County Sheriff Cody Carpenter was recovered early Friday, said Keith Stephens, a spokesman for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
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May 31- More dangerous weather, spawning baseball-sized hail and tornadoes, was predicted for Oklahoma and parts of the Ozarks on Friday after more than a dozen reported twisters in Oklahoma and Arkansas on Thursday, U.S. forecasters said.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 30- Severe storms spawned a dozen reported tornadoes in Oklahoma and Arkansas on Thursday, injuring at least five people and sending residents scrambling for cover 10 days after a powerful twister killed 24 people in Oklahoma.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 30- Severe storms spawned a dozen reported tornadoes in Oklahoma and Arkansas on Thursday, injuring at least five people and sending residents scrambling for cover 10 days after a powerful twister killed 24 people in Oklahoma. In western Arkansas, two people were injured in a tornado near Oden that destroyed a house and downed power lines.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 30- Severe storms spawned a dozen reported tornadoes in Oklahoma and Arkansas on Thursday, injuring at least five people and sending residents scrambling for cover 10 days after a powerful twister killed 24 people in Oklahoma.
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MEXICO CITY, May 30- Tropical storm Barbara weakened to a depression as it crossed southern Mexico on Thursday headed toward the Gulf of Mexico, with warnings lifted as wind speeds dropped, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
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MEXICO CITY, May 30- Tropical storm Barbara weakened to a depression as it crossed southern Mexico early on Thursday headed toward the Gulf of Mexico, with warnings lifted as wind speeds dropped, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
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SAN PEDRO TAPANATEPEC, Mexico, May 29- Hurricane Barbara hit Mexico's southern Pacific coast on Wednesday, flooding roads, toppling trees and killing two men as it pounded the area with heavy rain near the country's biggest oil refinery. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the hurricane was 80 miles east of the port of Salina Cruz in Oaxaca state.
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MEXICO CITY, May 29- Tropical Storm Barbara became a hurricane in the Pacific on Wednesday as it neared Mexico's southern coast and forged a course towards the country's biggest oil refinery. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the hurricane was 65 miles east-southeast of the port of Salina Cruz in southern Oaxaca state.
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MEXICO CITY, May 29- Tropical Storm Barbara gained strength in the Pacific on its approach to Mexico's southern coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Wednesday, putting it on course to make landfall near the country's biggest oil refinery.
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President Obama loses a game of "Touchdown Fever" with Gov. Chris Christie as they tour a rebuilt part of the Jersey shore seven months after Hurricane Sandy washed ashore.
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May 24- Tornadoes that struck the United States from May 18 to May 20 caused anywhere from $2 billion to $5 billion in insured losses, disaster modeling company Eqecat said. The firm said most of the losses were attributed to the tornado that devastated Moore, Oklahoma, last Monday.
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May 24- Tornadoes that struck the United States from May 18 to May 20 caused anywhere from $2 billion to $5 billion in insured losses, disaster modeling company Eqecat said.
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LONDON, May 24- A group of accountancy professors is backing BP's fight to cap the U.S. oil spill compensation payouts it has to fund as the cash outflow threatens to add billions of dollars to its bill for the disaster.
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LONDON, May 23- A group of U.S. accountancy professors is backing BP's fight to rein in compensation it has to pay for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which is threatening to add billions of dollars to its growing bill for the disaster.
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Dave Boyce, Fundly CEO, explains how his company helps people raise funds for relief efforts.
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CNBC's Jane Wells takes a look at the clean-up and recovery efforts in the aftermath of a deadly tornado that devastated the Oklahoma City area.
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Monster. That's what they're calling the tornado that barreled through the Oklahoma City area. Here are heartbreaking scenes.
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Here's a look at how the devastating Oklahoma storm compared to some of the deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history.
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