The Week in Weird Weather

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Our top eight photos of earthquakes, typhoons, floods and other nasty stuff. Kadir Yildirim/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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This picture taken on October 17, 2013 shows a statue of the Virgin Mary in the flooded garden of a Catholic family in Huong Khe district, central province of Ha Tinh. Typhoon Nari and related... STR/AFP/Getty Images
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A traffic policeman signals to drivers during a smoggy day in Harbin, China, October 21, 2013. The second day of heavy smog with a PM 2.5 index forced the closure of schools and highways, according... REUTERS/China Daily
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Indians look at the site where a wall collapsed after heavy rainfall in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, October 24, 2013. Three members of a family were killed and two injured when a wall collapsed on them... AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.
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A woman stands in her flooded home, which was previously destroyed by Tropical Storm Manuel, as it is again flooded by Hurricane Raymond in the community Papa Gallo de Tierra Colorada near Acapulco, Mexico, Tuesday,... AP Photo/Bernandino Hernandez
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Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force remove debris while searching for missing people after a landslide caused by heavy rains from Typhoon Wipha hit Oshima island on October 23, 2013. More than 50 people were... JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images
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A helicopter drops water on a bushfire approaching homes near the Blue Mountains suburb of Blackheath, located around 70 km (43 miles) west of Sydney, October 23, 2013. A state of emergency has been declared... REUTERS/David Gray
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A Turkish citizen pose as the huge wave reaching four meters, hits the coastline with the winds of up to 65 km/h in Kastamonu on October 19, 2013. Kadir Yildirim/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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Picture taken on October 21, 2013 of damages after a mini-tornado ripped on the eve in Steent'je, near the French northern city of Bailleul. Two persons were injured. PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images

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