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The NIE's powercheck shows the villages of Newtownhamilton, County Armagh, and Seaforde, County Down, as being the worst affected.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Cyclone Ditwah, the worst disaster since the 2004 Asian tsunami, killed 641 people and affected almost the entire country late last year.
From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026
That risk increases to 10 percent if a parent or sibling is affected, and rises to 50 percent for identical twins.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
What’s also true is that 21st century markets can be affected by speculators’ attention, much as wheat crops can be affected by the attention of locust swarms.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
He knew all about the mingling of river and seawater, and how different levels of salinity affected the ecology.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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