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A once-in-1,000-year rainfall event from an unnamed storm floods homes and forces rescues in North Carolina

CNN — Floodwater surged into homes, stranded vehicles and forced water rescues in coastal North Carolina on Monday after a tropical storm-like system dumped historic amounts of rain in a matter of hours. “It’s probably the worst flooding that any of us have seen in Carolina Beach,” Town Manager Bruce Oakley told CNN of the …

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Egypt Independent September 17, 2024

Live music ‘extinction event’ as Bluesfest tunes out

The founder of one of Australia’s longest-running music events is desperately pleading for festivals to stay afloat as he bows

Australian Associated Press August 15, 2024

Crush at India religious event kills more than 120, mostly women

New Delhi CNN — A crowd crush at a religious gathering in northern India killed more than a hundred people Tuesday, mostly women, in one of the deadliest such incidents the country has seen in recent years. Many of the scores killed had fallen into an open sewer next to the venue. Police are investigating …

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Egypt Independent July 3, 2024