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One by One, Homes in Calif. Subdivision Sinking

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Sinking Subdivision in Lakeport, Calif.

Sinking Subdivision in Lakeport, Calif.The wreckage of the Tudor-style dream home of Robin and Scott Spivey who were forced to abandon after the ground gave way causing it to drop 10 feet below the street in Lakeport, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

 

LAKEPORT, Calif. — Scott and Robin Spivey had a sinking feeling that something was wrong with their home when cracks began snaking across their walls in March.

The cracks soon turned into gaping fractures, and within two weeks their 600-square-foot garage broke from the house and the entire property — manicured lawn and all — dropped 10 feet below the street.

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Locust Swarms Could Spell Disaster in Madagascar

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Weather.com - Jess Baker, 5/10/13

According to studies, there are currently a hundred locust swarms similar to this one in this region totaling around 500 billion locusts, eating around 100,000 metric tons of vegetation per day. (Image: BILAL TARABEY/AFP/Getty Images)

 

Brood II Cicadas that are poised to invade the eastern U.S. have nothing on the plague of locusts that are threatening the food supply for more than 13 million people.

Madagascar needs more than $22 million by June to put an end to the severe locust plague that is devouring crops - and the food supply - for more than 60-percent of the nation, according to the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (F.A.O).

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Creepy Ghost Town Comes Up for Air

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Weather.com - 5/10/13, Paul Byrne/AP

In this May 6, 2013 photo, a young tourist stands on stairs protruding from the rubble of homes in Epecuen, which once was submerged in water in Argentina. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

 

EPECUEN, Argentina -- A strange ghost town that spent a quarter century under water is coming up for air again in the Argentine farmlands southwest of Buenos Aires.

Epecuen was once a bustling little lakeside resort, where 1,500 people served 20,000 tourists a season. During Argentina's golden age, the same trains that carried grain to the outside world brought visitors from the capital to relax in Epecuen's saltwater baths and spas.

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Cold Weather May Be Cause of Sea Turtle Sickness

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Marine science officials say a high number of turtle turtles found stranded on beaches from north Florida to Georgia may be caused by an unusually long period of winter weather.

A spokeswoman for the Volusia County's Marine Science Center says they've cared for more sick sea turtles during the past month as they did during all of last year.

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Enchroaching Sea Already a Threat in Caribbean

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Weather.com - David McFadden/AP, 6/08/13

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Tourists walk on the white sand of the Grand Anse Beach, Grenada. The people along this vulnerable stretch of eastern Grenada have been watching the sea eat away at their shoreline in recent decades, a result of destructive practices such as sand mining and a ferocious storm surge made worse by climate change, according to researchers with the U.S.-based Nature Conservancy, who have helped locals map the extent of coastal erosion.

 

TELESCOPE, Grenada — The old coastal road in this fishing village at the eastern edge of Grenada sits under a couple of feet of murky saltwater, which regularly surges past a hastily-erected breakwater of truck tires and bundles of driftwood intended to hold back the Atlantic Ocean.

World's Strangest Natural Wonders

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Weather.com - Katie Hammel, Travel + Leisure, 4/09/13

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Lake Retba, Senegal

It looks as if someone poured a giant bottle of Pepto-Bismol into Lake Retba — that’s how deeply pink these waters are.

 

Ever played the game of Twister on water? The green, yellow, and brown polka dots that form on British Columbia’s Spotted Lake each summer make it look like you could.

It’s a far cry from the stereotypical landscapes of clear blue lakes, rolling green hills, and white-sand beaches that inspire most travelers—and that’s part of what makes strange natural wonders like Spotted Lake so thrilling.

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