Disaster
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animals
Officials Warn Aquarium Moss Balls May Spread Zebra Mussel Plague
A man holding a handful of Zebra mussels found near Lake Ontario in CanadaPhoto: Kilian Fichou/AFP (Getty Images) Balls of…
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Uber, Lyft Team up to Expose Drivers Accused of Assault
Photo: Robyn Beck (Getty Images) Ride-hailing services Uber and Lyft are teaming up to make sure creeps who have been…
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arecibo observatory
Cleanup Costs at the Damaged Arecibo Observatory Could Reach $50 Million
Damage at the dish following the collapse of the 900-ton instrument platform.Image: Ricardo Arduengo/AFP (Getty Images) A new estimate suggests…
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articles
What’s the Most Climate-Safe Place in the World?
Illustration: Benjamin Currie/Gizmodo Giz AsksGiz AsksIn this Gizmodo series, we ask questions about everything and get answers from a variety…
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disaster accident
U.S. Traffic Deaths Spiked in 2020, Even as People Drove Less
Photo: Scott Olson (Getty Images) The covid-19 pandemic had a surprising effect on road fatalities in 2020, new data released…
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arthur
NOAA Moves Step Closer to Starting Hurricane Season Earlier
This combination of satellite images provided by the National Hurricane Center shows 30 hurricanes that occurred during the 2020 Atlantic…
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articles
Israel Oil Spill Is Its Worst Environmental Disaster in Years
An Israeli soldier wearing a full protective suit holds a piece of tar from an oil spill in the Mediterranean…
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aviation
Check Out the Debris That Rained Down on a Colorado Suburb After a Plane’s Engine Exploded
Residents take pictures of debris fallen from a United Airlines airplane’s engine on the neighborhood of Broomfield, outside Denver, Colorado,…
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Chunks of United Airlines Plane Rain Down on Colorado Suburb
Huge metal chunks of debris rained down on a Colorado suburb Saturday afternoon after the engine on a United Airlines…
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atlantic hurricane
Louisiana City Hit by Two Hurricanes Suffers in South Deep Freeze
On Monday night, the temperature in Lake Charles, Louisiana dipped to 14 degrees Fahrenheit (7.8 degrees Celsius), more than 30…
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