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At least five killed and 300,000 without power as storm rakes south-east US

North Carolina and Pennsylvania had most customers without electricity while as much as 4in of snow fell in Ohio More than 300,000 homes and businesses in the south-eastern US were without power early on Friday after a powerful storm raked the region. At least five people were killed. North Carolina had the most customers without electricity on Friday, followed by Pennsylvania, according to the data website poweroutages.us. The outages matched states that were under high wind and winter weather advisories issued by the National Weather Service. Forecasters warned that the…

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Australia experiences hottest day on record and its worst ever spring bushfire danger

Tuesdays average maximum 0f 40.9C was Australias hottest ever and follows the driest and second warmest spring on record Australia has just experienced its hottest day on record and its worst spring on record for dangerous bushfire weather, according to data released by the Bureau of Meteorology. Preliminary analysis suggested that Tuesday was the hottest day on record for Australia, with an average maximum across the country of 40.9C. The temperature beat the previous 40.3C set on 7 January 2013, in a record going back to 1910. Confirming the unprecedented…

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