The largest known Douglas-fir lives on Vancouver Island, is almost 1,000 years old and is 89 metres (291 feet) tall! The top of this tree is broken but it was believed to be 10 metres (33 feet) taller, which would have it 99 metres (320 feet) tall!
West Nile virus
West Nile virus Mosquitoes are infecting residents of New York
with the potentially fatal West Nile virus again this summer. The
three confirmed cases of the virus this year all hail from Staten
Island and were infected before the city started its spraying
campaign against the mosquitoes. Seven people died of the virus
last year and officials are again warning people to protect
themselves from mosquito bites. 19 AUGUST 2000
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