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Hurricane Barbara Hits Southern Mexico; at Least Two Killed

Hurricane Barbara hit Mexico’s southern Pacific coast on Wednesday, flooding roads, toppling trees and killing two men before weakening to a tropical storm as it moved inland. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Barbara, which had earlier moved close to …

Australia’s Port Hedland Iron Shipping Port Spared Worst of Cyclone Rusty

A powerful cyclone that brought half the world’s seaborne-traded iron ore to a halt spared Australia’s Port Hedland shipping hub on Wednesday, making landfall about 120 km (75 miles) to the east. Cyclone Rusty, with destructive winds up to 200 …