Clean-up launched after deadly Australia floods

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Channel News Asia - 1/30/13

The twin masted yacht "Patricia Mary" is shown washed up January 28, 2013 on Baraga Beach in Bundaberg after the passing of tropical cyclone Oswald. A mammoth clean-up operation began in Australia's flood-hit northeast Wednesday after waters began to recede, as the death toll from storms reached five and thousands of homes were left swamped. (AFP - Cameron Robinson)

SYDNEY: A mammoth clean-up was underway in Australia's flood-hit northeast Wednesday after waters began to recede, as the death toll from the storms reached six and thousands of homes were left swamped.

While the worst of the deluge appeared over, many homes remained without power and there were fears of drinking water shortages after rivers swollen by torrential rain from ex-tropical cyclone Oswald breached their banks this week.

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Gusts of 84mph hit Britain with flooding is on its way

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The Telegraph - 1/30/13, Haley Dixon

Parts of Britain woke to 84mph winds this morning as the country braces itself for more gales and flooding before the weekend.

Gusts of 84mph hit Britain with flooding is on its way : The latest storms to hit Britain strike the southwest coast at Portreath, Cornwall

Storms to hit the southwest coast at Portreath, Cornwall
 

In Scotland, where the worst weather has hit, people have been warned to stay indoors as high winds and seas make travel dangerous and to make provisions for power cuts.

Large swathes of the country have been issued with yellow warnings from the Met Office to “stay aware” as gusts of 60mph are due to hit the Midlands and North East.

Wild Temperature Swings This Week

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Weather.com - 1/30/13, Nick Wiltgen

On Monday, Topeka, Kan. broke its all-time January record high of 74 set Jan. 2, 1939, and Jan. 8, 2003, reaching 77 degrees by mid-afternoon. Columbia, Mo., also reached 77 to tie its all-time January record last set Jan. 24, 1950. 

Several other cities in Kansas and Missouri, including Kansas City, came within one degree of tying their all-time January highs as well.
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Jesus through John - For you all to experience the awakening is unavoidable

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Jesus through John January 30, 2013 by John Smallman

Humanity’s increasing awareness of its spiritual origin and heritage is allowing a more open view of spirituality to develop.  It is sorely needed, and with the vastly intensified spiritual energies that have recently enveloped the planet, it is becoming a subject that is of interest to growing numbers of people.  An awareness of and an interest in spirituality is an essential step towards awakening into full consciousness, and the new energies are stimulating such an awareness in many who previously had given no thought to the possibility of life continuing after physical death.  When you awaken into your natural fully conscious state, the idea of death will seem quite laughable because there is no such thing, and all sentient beings, all the children of God, know that they are immortal.  In the illusion, however, death is an ever-present threat from which you believe you must be protected at all costs, even to the extent of killing others who appear to be threatening you.

Smog Thick Enough to Cancel Flights Hits Beijing

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Weather.com - 1/29/13, Louise Watt

Fuyang City, China. Retirees practice Taichi during their morning exercise on a hazy day in Fuyang city, in central China's Anhui province, Monday Jan. 14, 2013. (AP Photo)

BEIJING -- Thick, off-the-scale smog shrouded eastern China for the second time in about two weeks Tuesday, forcing airlines to cancel flights because of poor visibility and prompting Beijing to temporarily shut factories and curtail fleets of government cars.

The capital was a colorless scene. Street lamps and the outlines of buildings receded into a white haze as pedestrians donned face masks to guard against the caustic air. The flight cancellations stranded passengers during the first week of the country's peak, six-week period for travel surrounding the Chinese New Year on Feb. 10.

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Damaging Storms Roar East

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Weather.com - 1/30/13, AP

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Storm clouds roll over North Dallas Tuesday.

A vast storm system with thunderstorms, damaging winds and possible tornadoes raked a wide area of the central U.S. and South early Wednesday, and threatened to become more powerful as it roared East.

The squall line packed a punch as it moved through the Nashville metro area Wednesday morning. There were hundreds of damage reports from possible rain-wrapped tornadoes in Gallatin and Mount Juliet, said Jon Erdman, meteorologist with The Weather Channel.

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