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Shelters emptied and flooded streets receded Thursday after Hurricane Alex harmlessly swiped Texas and let the Rio Grande Valley escape with a mostly mild test run barely a month into the Atlantic hurricane season.
HEADLINE: Hurricane Alex leaves Texas intact
Cleanup in Texas Town After Alex Slams Ashore
CAPTION: Shelters emptied and flooded streets receded Thursday after Hurricane Alex harmlessly swiped Texas and let the Rio Grande Valley escape...
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ARGENTINA: EFFORTS TO CONTROL MOSQUITO-CARRIED ILLNESSES
Spanish/Nat
While tropical illnesses such as dengue fever have not yet become an epidemic in Argentina, officials are worried about the possibilities.
Climate changes produced by El Nino are now facilitating the reproduction of the...
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WRAP Over 50 people killed and hundreds injured by tornadoes
Jackson, Tennessee
1. Various of house damaged by tornado
2. Debris
3. Toy truck lying in the debris
4. Various of storm shelter
5. Pan from damaged house to storm shelter
6. SOUNDBITE: Barbie McCuan, storm survivor:
"We were in the...
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Forecasters on start of hurricane season
16 May 2001
1. Mid shot of interior of Meteorological Institute
2. Close up of weather map on computer screen
3. Mid shot of staff in front of computer
4. Jose Rubiera with staff
File - 1996 - Hurricane Lily
5. Car driving along sea...
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Haiti prepares for approaching rainy season
1. Wide of cleared field near Cite Soleil where homeless and displaced could be moved to ahead of rainy season
2. Steam roller preparing field
3. Wide of truck unloading dirt
4. Various shots of bulldozer grading ground
5. Wide of...
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WFP on food crisis in southern Sudan
Northern Bahr el Ghazal - 8 May 2006
1. Various of displaced people from Darfur going to Southern Sudan
Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Kiir Adeem - 8/9 May 2006
2. Dinka tribe members returning to Southern Sudan from camps in Southern Darfur...
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Regional experts plan strategies for hurricane season
1. Wide shot UN conference in session
2. Medium shot same
3. Close up conference sign
4. Wide shot Jan Egeland, UN Under-Secretary-General, talking with press
5. Cutaway press
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jan Egeland, UN...
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First Lady visits earthquake zone; presser
1. Zoom out of Jill Biden, wife of US Vice President Joe Biden, as she welcomes First Lady Michelle Obama to lectern
2. Wide shot of crowd and Biden and Obama
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Michelle Obama, US First Lady: ++AUDIO AS...
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Indonesia-People suffering from prolonged drought
The people of South Sumatra are suffering from an unusually
prolonged dry season. Rivers and wells, the main source of water
in rural areas, have all but dried up. The meagre supply of
water available is often dirty, putrid and unfit for...
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PERU: LIMA: 'ANTI-LUST' BILL BANS MINI SKIRTS IN THE WORKPLACE
Spanish/Nat
Two Peruvian Congressmen have presented an "anti-lust" bill that would ban women from wearing mini-skirts and short dresses in the workplace.
If approved by Congress, the bill would require women working in public and...
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+4:3 Forecasters predict tough hurricane season ahead
FILE: Tamaulipas - July 2010
1. Various of street with damage caused by hurricane, rain
Mexico City - 31 May 2011
2. Wide of room at National Weather Service
3. Close-up of screen showing satellite image
4. Medium of screens showing...
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USA: SATELLITE PICTURES WARN EL NINO WILL BRING STORMS THIS WINTER
English/Nat
Earth-orbiting satellites are providing powerful, new confirmation that a strong, globally disruptive El Nino is growing and could push storms into the southwest of the United States this winter, NASA scientists say.
During...
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BRAZIL: RIO DE JANEIRO: 3 DAYS OF TORRENTIAL RAIN LEAVES 7 DEAD
Portuguese/Nat
Three days of torrential rains in Rio de Janeiro have left seven people dead and some two-thousand homeless.
The city's mayor has declared a state of alert and said the city will need two (b) billion dollar for...
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Wedding expo highlights latest trends
AP Television
Hong Kong - 12 July 2013
1. Mid of wedding gown on display at Hong Kong Wedding Expo
2. Tilt up of wedding gown on display
3. Wide of people at expo
4. Mid of a couple flicking through pre-wedding photo album
5. Close-up of...
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WRAP Efforts to stop oil, impact on Gulf Coast, aerials, booms, boat, BP
Off Louisiana coast - 3 May 2010
1. Wide shot of oil slick on open water, zoom in close
2. Various close-ups of oil on water
3. Zoom in of oil on water
4. Wide of oil slick on water
5. Close-up of oil on water
Washington, DC - 3 May...
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Haitian officials say eight people are dead and two missing after heavy rain pounded the southwest and caused widespread flooding on Saturday, weeks ahead of the typical start of the country''s rainy season.
HEADLINE: 8 dead, 2 missing in Haiti rains
CAPTION: Haitian officials say eight people are dead and two missing after heavy rain pounded the southwest and caused widespread flooding on Saturday, weeks ahead of the typical start of the...
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PERU: EL NINO STORMS CAUSE DEVASTATION ACROSS MUCH OF COUNTRY
Spanish/Nat
Months of torrential rains caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon have had devastating effects on much of Peru.
Extensive flooding affecting drinking supplies has prompted the European Union and the Red Cross to intervene...
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CUTS 09 06 1982 TROOPS BOGGED DOWN IN EL SALVADOR RAINY SEASON
The rainy season in El salvador causes problems for government troops. Troops have truck towed and footage of a field gun crew in action
1. various shots, twisted girders of collapsed road bridge in river
2. ms truck revving up slope,...
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Fears of a shortage of snow at winter Olympic venue
From its snow-capped peaks to palm-fringed shores, Sochi's wide variations in climate pose a daily challenge for Russian meteorologists.
While an early lack of snow in the mountains has been overcome by recent falls on higher slopes, the...
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Dying Coral May Threaten Island Population
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus053185The coral on the sea floor around the Pacific island of Kiritimati, sometimes called Christmas Island, looked like a boneyard in November — stark, white and lifeless. But there was still...
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USA: EL NINO WEATHER PHENOMENON SAID TO BE DYING OUT
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"El Nino" -- the weather phenomenon that has caused unusual weather patterns since the beginning of 1997 is said to be dying out.
Using the latest satellite technology, NASA researchers say that for the first time they can...
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Farmers forced to re-think their use of water resources
LEAD IN: Reservoirs in northern Iraq have filled again after years of punishing drought.But farmers in the region are having to re-think their traditional methods as water reserves become ever scarcer and more difficult to obtain. ...
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UN paints bleak picture of earth's air quality
The UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday that we're on track to reach record carbon dioxide levels in 2016, despite an historic climate change deal reached by World Leaders last year in Paris, which aims to limit CO2...
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Straw burning compounds India smog problem
The skies of the India capital New Delhi were polluted and hazy on Friday after a week of festival fireworks and large-scale fires in paddy fields in neighbouring states of Haryana and Punjab.People say they are struggling to breathe and...