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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Flossie weakened to a tropical storm Thursday off Mexico’s southwestern Pacific coast with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kph), the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Heat warnings are forecast to extend into Thursday across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, with temperatures expected to hover around 30 C and feel even hotter when humidity is factored in.

BERLIN (AP) — Wildfires eastern Germany have severely injured two firefighters and forced the evacuation of more than 100 residents.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Flossie continued to weaken as a Category 1 hurricane off Mexico’s southwestern Pacific coast with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph), the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

An independent review says last year's spill of millions of tonnes of cyanide-soaked ore at a Yukon gold mine unfolded in seconds but resulted from the "accumulation of a series of adverse conditions and events.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov.

LAKE LOUISE — A section of a trail in Banff National Park remains closed to visitors two weeks after a rockfall killed two hikers and injured three more.

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Republicans in Congress rushed forward with a massive tax and spending cut bill, a North Carolina renewable energy executive wrote to his 190 employees with a warning: Deep cuts to clean energy tax credits were going to hurt.

QUEENSLAND — Swimmers at a busy Nova Scotia beach were forced out of the water for two hours after a fin was spotted offshore.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Websites that displayed legally mandated U.S. national climate assessments seem to have disappeared, making it harder for state and local governments and the public to learn what to expect in their backyards from a warming world.