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(Newser) - A massive typhoon is pummeling the Japanese island of Okinawa, stirring up 40 foot waves and 150mph winds which are overturning trucks and ripping trees from the ground. Super typhoon Man-yi has injured at least 17 people and cut the electricity to nearly 100,000 homes. "This is one...

(Newser) - Rain continues to pelt central Texas, where 11 people have died in the flooding over the past 10 days and yesterday saw another 18 inches of precipitation on the town of Marble Falls. Some 150 National Guard troops are in the area, where rooftop rescues had to be suspended briefly...

(Newser) - Despite the advent of what has been hailed as a storm of historic proportions on the East Coast, some are predicting tolerably mediocre weather for today's Boston Marathon. The forecast for calls for clouds, winds and temperatures in the 40s, but nothing that will drown the runners.