16 h. ago ‘Will it change the weather? Will wildlife cope?’: Europe’s rush to build energy projects in Chile might not be as green as it seems

The country’s government is upbeat about the economic prospects of the growing number of windfarms, solar parks and industrial complexes but others warn of ‘green colonialism’For generations, Alfonso Campos’s family has raised sheep in the grasslands of San Gregorio, a tranquil area in Magallanes province, in the far south of Chile’s Patagonia region. Now, he says, his farm will be encircled by three massive containers of ammonia, a desalination plant, a hydrogen plant, gas pipelines and hundreds of wind turbines.“If the ammonia leaks, it will poison everything,” he says. “The noise of the windmills will also upset the animals, and the landscape will be turned into an industrial desert.” Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Dozens hospitalized and 11 in critical condition as chemical spill prompts evacuations in Oklahoma City

A shelter-in-place order was lifted early Thursday morning

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32 h. ago What to know about the Oklahoma chemical leak that left hundreds evacuated

Up to 600 people were staying in a shelter on Thursday morning

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36 h. ago Ammonia gas leak from a tanker truck in Oklahoma sickens dozens and forces evacuations

A toxic gas leak from a tanker truck blanketed a small Oklahoma city overnight, forcing hundreds of nearby residents to evacuate and sending several dozen people to the hospital

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37 h. ago Hundreds evacuated and dozens hospitalized after an ammonia gas leak in Oklahoma

People in the immediate area were in respiratory distress after a tanker truck spewed a plume of anhydrous ammonia gasHundreds of people were evacuated from a city in Oklahoma and others were told to shelter in place after a tanker truck that was leaking in a hotel parking lot spewed a plume of anhydrous ammonia gas, authorities said Thursday.The gas release happened shortly before 10pm on Wednesday. People in the immediate area were in respiratory distress and at least 36 people were taken to a local hospital, city officials said at a news conference. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago Oklahoma ammonia spill as dozens hospitalised with over 1,000 residents evacuated

A toxic chemical spill in Weatherford, Oklahoma, has been confirmed to have been a tanker that has leaked ammonia in the car park of a a Holiday Inn Express, as several have been rushed to hospital

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1 week ago NHS trust in critical incident as 24 ambulances with patients stuck outside A&E

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) has declared a critical incident as dozens of ambulances have been left waiting outside A&E with patients needing care

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2 w. ago The Latest: Hundreds of thousands evacuate as Hurricane Melissa hits eastern Cuba

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in eastern Cuba as a Category 3 storm after pummeling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record

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2 w. ago Hurricane Melissa live updates: hundreds of thousands evacuated as Cuba faces 120mph winds; disaster area declared in Jamaica

Warning of life-threatening flooding as storm hits Cuba; path of destruction ripped across Jamaica‘Storm of the century’ wreaks havoc across JamaicaVisual guide to Hurricane MelissaTell us if you’ve been affectedAs Cuba prepares for the storm to make landfall any minute, officials in Jamaica are preparing to assess the damage on Wednesday.A video shared by the Jamaican Constabulary Force shows officers surveying extensive destruction in Black River, close to where Hurricane Melissa made landfall on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Hurricane Melissa live updates: hundreds of thousands evacuated to shelters as 120mph winds hit Cuba; extensive damage in Jamaica

Warning of life-threatening flooding as storm hit Cuba after trail of destruction in JamaicaHurricane Melissa makes landfall in JamaicaVisual guide to Hurricane MelissaTell us if you’ve been affectedAs Cuba prepares for the storm to make landfall any minute, officials in Jamaica are preparing to assess the damage on Wednesday.A video shared by the Jamaican Constabulary Force shows officers surveying extensive destruction in Black River, close to where Hurricane Melissa made landfall on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Thailand's Queen Sirikit dies aged 93: nation in mourning as style icon mother of current monarch passes away peacefully in hospital

Around a dozen Thai mourners dressed in black sat outside a Bangkok hospital where the former Queen Sirikit, whose death was announced early on Saturday, had been receiving treatment.

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3 w. ago Building collapses in centre of Manchester as hundreds evacuated

Locals described a ‘strong earthquake like feeling’ on Friday afternoon

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4 w. ago Alaska floods: What we know as hundreds evacuated after devastating storm

Hundreds of residents from remote Alaska Native villages are being airlifted after a storm battered their communities

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4 w. ago Major airlift evacuations in Alaska after remnants of typhoon decimate villages

Weekend storm devastated two villages and displaced more than 1,500 people in the south-western part of the stateAuthorities in Alaska are evacuating hundreds from villages on the state’s south-west coast that were inundated by the remnants of a typhoon last weekend, in one of the “most significant” airlifts in the state’s history.Over the weekend, the remnants of Typhoon Halong hit remote communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, in the south-western part of the state, decimating two small villages and displacing more than 1,500 people. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Hundreds evacuated from Ikea Wembley as solar panels catch fire

Around 100 solar panels on the roof of the store in north London were on fire

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