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Floods wash away roads in Canmore, close Trans-Canada highway and trigger emergencies across southern Alberta Heavy rains in southern Alberta have caused flooding, mudslides and the closure of the Trans-Canada Highway, cutting off the scenic mountain towns of Banff and Canmore. Several communities in the mountains and foothills declared states of emergency on Thursday and […]

Tropical Depression Two is strengthening over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico and may hit the Mexico state of Veracruz as a tropical storm early Thursday. Whether it reaches tropical storm status or not, it will continue to bring torrential rain and the risk of flooding in the region. “Tropical Depression Two has been a very […]

TOULOUSE, France (AFP) Flash floods in southwestern France killed an elderly woman as the inundated grotto at the Roman Catholic pilgrimage site of Lourdes remained closed for a second day on Wednesday. The woman in her 70s was washed away overnight by the floodwaters after getting out of her submerged car at Saint Beat near […]

Security Message for U.S. Citizens: Brazil (Brasilia), Citizen Protest Western Hemisphere > Brazil > Brasilia 6/18/2013 The U.S. Embassy in Brasilia alerts U.S. citizens traveling to and residing in Brazil to the possible continuation of protest activity in several cities throughout the country including Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Belo Horizonte, and Porto Alegre. […]

The Flemish socialist trades union ACOD has announced industrial action for 27 June – next week on Thursday. Jean-Pierre Goossens of the ACOD says that the action is scheduled to last 2 hours, between 10 a.m. and noon, but the Walloon trades unions want to make it a 24-hour strike. Rail services are bound to […]