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Storm Alex: French village obliterated by torrential flooding

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The scale of devastation wrought upon a French town that was hit by torrential flooding caused by Storm Alex has been laid bare in new aerial images.  Saint-Martin-Vestubie, 25 miles north of Nice and near the border with Italy, was at the centre of a downpour at the weekend that saw three months’ worth of … Read more

Mayan community obliterated 1,590 years ago when volcano erupted, study reveals

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Mayan community was obliterated 1,590 years ago when a violent volcano erupted, according to a new study that uncovered the timeline using an ice core from Greenland and charred remains from the event Radiocarbon measurements date a massive eruption of El Salvador’s Ilopango volcano for the first time, to 431 AD The explosion was over 50 … Read more