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Photos: Smoke from Wine Country fires traveled as far as Mexico.
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Aerial photos show smoke from the Wine Country fires billowing into the Pacific Ocean and traveling as...
'Our culture is dying': Rising waters menace more than land in Louisiana.
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THIBODAUX, Louisiana, July 5 (Thomson Reuters...
Over 300 dead, 600 missing in Western Africa's Sierra Leone mudslides.
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