Hurricane Ida has strengthened to a Category 2 storm with winds of up to 100 mph. The National Hurricane Center has issued a hurricane watch for southeastern Louisiana that stretches to the Florida Panhandle. It does not include the city of New Orleans, the hurricane center said. The watch means hurricane conditions are possible in the next 36 hours.
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Ida Strengthens to a Category 2 Storm; Hurricane Watch for U.S. Coast - ABC News - 1 views
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In El Salvador, the Interior Minister Humberto Centeno reported 91 people were dead and another 60 are missing following deadly floods and mudslides.
Thousands of schools shut as swine flu panic hits Iraq - Telegraph - 1 views
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On Tuesday spokesmen for the southern provinces of Dhi Qar and Wasit announced that they were shutting all the schools in their districts, while four primary schools and two secondary schools in Baghdad have been closed for a week after suspected cases were found there.
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"School bathrooms are dirty, drinking water is not clean and the classes are so crowded."
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Around 5,000 people have died from swine flu around the world, and although many countries have stopped counting, the total number of cases is at least 414,000, according to the WHO.
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