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Somalia Drought May Cause 2 Million People to Starve This Summer, U.N. Official Warns
At a Glance A U.N. official says $700 million is needed soon to prevent the deaths.Droughts have been hitting the African country every two or three years.More than 3 million Somalis are struggling just to meet minimum food requirements. If $700 million in international aid money isn't sent to Somalia soon, more than 2 million people may starve to death this summer, a United Nations emergency relief coordinator says. U.N. Undersecretary-General Mark Lowcock says the money is urgently needed after...
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'We Can't Keep Going': Four Climbers Rescued After Being Stranded For Days on Washington's Mount Rainier
At a Glance Four climbers became stranded Monday near the summit of Mount Rainier.High winds, rain and cloud cover prevented a rescue until Thursday.The climbers were rescued by a Chinook helicopter and crew and suffered no life-threatening injuries. "We're probably just going to lie down somewhere in that slope and that's going to be it," one climber said. Four "exhausted" climbers who thought they might not make it off the slopes of Washington's Mount Rainier were rescued Thursday by a...
Weeks of Midwest Flooding Hurting Tourism, Recreation Industries
Samuel Ellis inspects a bike at his kayak and bicycle tour and rental company, on Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Little Rock, Arkansas. High waters in the central U.S. has forced some businesses and main streets to close or wait out the floods until tourism and recreation pick back up. (AP Photo/Hannah Grabenstein) At a Glance Weeks of flooding along the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers has hit tourism and recreation businesses.About a quarter of the businesses surveyed by the Arkansas...
U.S. Downgrading Threat Level of Some Hazardous Nuclear Waste to Expedite Cleanup
In this July 9, 2014, file photo, a sign warns of radioactivity near a wind direction flag indicator at the "C" tank farm on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, file) At a Glance The Department of Energy announced the new policy Wednesday.DOE says the change will expedite cleanup at some of the nation's most radioactive sites. Critics lashed out at the plan. The U.S. government is reclassifying some high-level radioactive waste to lower threat...
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