Abdallah Ibrahim, the former mayor of the village of Al Ghassaniyeh, has been applying to get back his olive groves and family house after Syria’s civil war. Emily Feng/NPR hide caption toggle caption Emily Feng/NPR AL GHASSANIYEH, Syria — Under a golden autumn sun, Abdallah Ibrahim harvests fistfuls of hard, green olives with evident delight. […]
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Tornado near Houston damages more than 100 homes : NPR
Guillermo Vargas surveys damage to his home, where his garage was swept off its foundation, while cleaning up storm damage after severe weather hit in the Memorial Northwest subdivision, in Spring, Texas, on Monday. Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle/AP hide caption toggle caption Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle/AP HOUSTON — More than 100 homes have been damaged after a […]
Fire burning in southwestern Japan damages 170 homes, forces evacuations
TOKYO — Firefighters were battling an out-of-control fire Wednesday morning that has burned through a neighborhood in southwestern Japan and forced more than 170 people to evacuate. At least 170 homes have been damaged and a man in his 70s was unaccounted for, Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency said. The fire started during strong […]