Potential for new landslide along Chilcotin River, First Nation warns

Potential for new landslide along Chilcotin River, First Nation warns A bridge over British Columbia’s Chilcotin River is closed to traffic until further notice after new cracks were discovered near a massive landslide that had blocked the river for days before a breach sent torrents of water and debris downstream. The Tsilhqot’in National Government posted…

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‘I went to the balcony and saw the plane spinning’

‘I went to the balcony and saw the plane spinning’ Eyewitnesses have described seeing the moment a passenger plane crashed in the Brazilian state of São Paulo killing all 61 people onboard. “When I heard the sound of the plane falling, I looked out my window at home and saw the moment it crashed,” Felipe…

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Heavy rain hits Eastern Canada as remnants of tropical storm Debby move in

Heavy rain hits Eastern Canada as remnants of tropical storm Debby move in MONTREAL — Remnants of tropical storm Debby doused a large swath of Eastern Canada on Friday, with forecasters saying up to 120 millimetres of rain would fall in some parts of Quebec before it moved out of the region. The storm merged…

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