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KASHIMAJI, Japan (Reuters) -The death toll from a massive earthquake that struck Japan on New Years Day rose to 62 on Wednesday as authorities rushed to bring aid to survivors facing freezing temperatures and heavy rain forecast for later in the day. The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck the Noto peninsula on Monday afternoon, levelling houses and cutting off remote areas from much-needed aid. Heavy rains were forecast in the quake-hit areas on Wednesday raising fears of landslides, authorities said, in what could further hinder efforts to free many more trapped under rubble. ....
o donnell: some of the hardest working people. reporter: and you and i have been lucky to meet a lot of them. david, thank you. one to have the other hardest hit areas is warren county about two and a half hours east of here where at least 15 people were killed there, including 11 people who lived on the same block, and as we mentioned, seven of those victim were children. communities in nearby hop pins county were obliterated including three-quarters of the buildings in the small town of dawson springs. cbs s lilia luciano shows us the devastation. two-month-old oaklyn koon is among the youngest known victims. her grandmother audrey carmen remembers oaklyn as precious. she was the light of their life. my son was so excited to have his little baby girl. reporter: oaklyn s mother posted about their ordeal on facebook, including oaklyn and brothers at the hospital, ....
Governors Wind Energy Coalition European Floods Are Latest Sign of a Global Warming Crisis Source: By Melissa Eddy, Jack Ewing, Megan Specia and Steven Erlanger, New York Times • Posted: Sunday, July 18, 2021 Floods like these, which have left more than 100 dead, had not been seen in perhaps 1,000 years. For many, the warnings came too late, raising questions about lapses in Germany’s flood alert system. A church and cemetery after flooding in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany.Friedemann Vogel/EPA, via Shutterstock BERLIN Days before roiling waters tore through western Germany, a European weather agency issued an “extreme” flood warning after detailed models showed storms that threatened to send rivers surging to levels that a German meteorologist said on Friday had not been seen in 500 or even 1,000 years. ....