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UPDATE 4-Rescuers slog through mud as Japan typhoon death toll rises to 66
KORIYAMA, Japan, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The death toll in the worst typhoon to hit Japan for decades climbed to 66 on Tuesday as rescuers slogged through mud and debris in an increasingly grim search for the missing, and as thousands of homes remained without power or water.
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Indonesia shuts some schools as haze again clouds the skies
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia warned its citizens of more choking smoke from forest fires on Tuesday as several provinces closed schools due to worsening air quality.
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Indonesia shuts some schools as haze again clouds the skies
JAKARTA, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Indonesia warned its citizens of more choking smoke from forest fires on Tuesday as several provinces closed schools due to worsening air quality.
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Japan government says it will consider extra budget for typhoon relief
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government will consider drafting a supplementary budget if the 500 billion yen ($4.6 billion) it has in reserve for disaster relief is not enough, Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday, after Typhoon Hagibis flooded large areas of eastern Japan.
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Japan typhoon death toll rises to 58 as hopes for missing fade
TOKYO, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The death toll in the worst typhoon to hit Japan for decades climbed to 58 on Tuesday as rescuers slogged through mud and debris in an increasingly grim search for the missing and as thousands of homes remained without power or water.
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Tropical Depression Fifteen forms over eastern Atlantic - U.S. NHC
(Reuters) - Tropical Depression Fifteen has formed in the eastern Atlantic and is forecast to become a tropical storm by early Tuesday morning, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
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U.S. NHC says 90% chance of cyclone formation near Cabo Verde Islands
(Reuters) - A large low pressure system located less than 300 miles southeast of Cabo Verde Islands has a 90% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Monday.
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Heavy rains in Ivory Coast threaten cocoa crop
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Unusually heavy rain last week in most of Ivory Coast's main cocoa growing regions has disturbed the development of the October-to-March main crop and disease is spreading in some plantations, farmers said on Monday.
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Rescuers search waist-high muddy waters for missing people in typhoon-hit Japan
NAGANO, Japan (Reuters) - Rescue workers waded through muddy, waist-high waters on Monday searching for missing people after one of the worst typhoons to hit Japan in recent history, while rain fell again in some affected areas, stoking fears of further flooding.
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U.N. urges action as finds farmers losing up to a fifth of produce
ROME, Oct 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Farmers around the world are losing up to 20% of the food they produce every year but action can be taken to reduce this, according to the United Nations on Monday as it quantified such losses for the first time.
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