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Filipinos in Hawaii told to prepare for Hurricane Lane

(Eagle News)–Filipinos in Hawaii were told to prepare with Hurricane Lane expected to bring  heavy rains. The Philippine Consulate General recommended the supply of basic emergency needs good for 14 days. “Filipino nationals in the affected areas are advised to inform the Consulate General so it could update their relatives in the Philippines of their conditions,” Consul General Joselito Jimeno said. The Filipinos were also urged to comply with Hawaii State and federal government authorities. The […]

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Fires rage across western United States

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Firefighters struggled Thursday to contain infernos across the western United States as experts warned that drought-striken California should prepare for an unusually intense wildfire season. Forest fires are a fact of life in much of California but have become far worse because of bone-dry conditions, with the Golden State gripped in its fifth year of drought. A fire in the Los Padres National Forest had expanded to two square […]

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