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Scams Scams targeting tourists occur. Card games are often involved. Some travellers have been taken to an automated banking machine and forced to withdraw money. Travellers have been victims of scams and extortion at border crossings. Some have reported that border officials demanded they pay extra charges before allowing entry into Cambodia. In other cases, […]

Here it comes. Beginning tonight, the storm lumbering toward Massachusetts will bring up to 10 inches of wet cement-like snow in some areas, major coastal flooding in others, and strong, gusty winds across the state through Friday morning, the National Weather Service said today. On the coast, strong northeast winds between 20 and 40 miles […]

Warning – MALAYSIA – AUSTRALIAN GOVT TRAVEL ADVICE – Sabah – Advise against all travel to coastal areas of eastern Sabah, as well as nearby islands and dive sites, and advise the exercise of a high degree of caution for other areas of Sabah. http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/Advice/Malaysia

Chicago Tribune: 8:46 a.m. CST, March 4, 2013 Chicago could be hit with up to 10 inches of snow by midweek, adding another slap of reality in a winter that started out balmy. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for northern Illinois and northwest Indiana for 3 a.m. to midnight Tuesday. […]

Security Message for U.S. Citizens: Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Violence in Coastal Eastern Sabah Political Violence East Asia & Pacific > Malaysia 3/4/2013 The U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur advises U.S. Citizens against travel to the following area of Eastern Sabah (Borneo): the coastal region extending from the eastern most tip of Sabah south to the […]

Bushfire WATCH AND ACT for Shady Hills and west of Walyunga National Park between Stock Road and Walyunga Road in Bullsbrook in the City of Swan Saturday 2 March 2013 ? 1:15 AM ALERT LEVEL: A bushfire WATCH AND ACT remains for people: ? near Shady Hills in Bullsbrook in the City of Swan. This […]