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More Iowa counties get disaster declarations
Four more counties have been added to the list of presidential disaster declaration areas that will get individual assistance, and two more counties are eligible for public assistance. Gov. Chet Culver says Appanoose, Clark, Monroe and Ringgold counties... -
Federal disaster aid tops $67M after summer storms
Federal agencies have poured more than $67 million of disaster relief into Wisconsin following heavy storms and flooding this summer. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday the money includes nearly $45 million from FEMA for housing and...Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Planning, Small Businesses, Relief and Aid Organizations
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Stormier hurricane season predicted for rest of year
Sun-Sentinel.comFederal forecasters today boosted their predictions for the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is now calling for 14-18 named storms, including seven to 10 hurricanes, with three to six of those being...Tags: Hurricanes, Meteorological Disasters, Tropical Weather, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Edouard
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Recalling the hurricane of '38 in Stony Brook
joie.tyrrell@newsday.comThe deadly 1938 hurricane known as the Long Island Express roared into Elsie Warta's life seven decades ago with a ferocity she remembers to this day. She was working as a waitress at a restaurant on Napeague Harbor, just west of Montauk, when the wind...Tags: National Hurricane Center, Long Island, Hurricanes, Meteorological Disasters, Stony Brook
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Forecasters increase Atlantic hurricane outlook
The Associated PressFederal forecasters on Thursday upgraded their outlook for this Atlantic hurricane season to include two more named storms than previously predicted. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration projects an 85 percent probability of an above-...Tags: Hurricane Dolly, Natural Disasters, Tropical Storms, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Hurricanes
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Seismologists Want to Know: Did you Feel the 5.4 Quake?
PASADENA -- Did you feel last month's 5.4 earthquake? If you did, seismologists want to hear from you.
More than 40,000 people have already gone on-line to tell the U.S. Geological Survey how much shaking they felt during the quake that erupted in...Tags: Earthquakes, Natural Disasters
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"Wet Socks" Saved SoCal Man in K2 Tragedy
KTLA NewsHERMOSA BEACH -- Clumsiness and some wet socks are being credited with saving 23-year-old Nicholas Rice of Hermosa Beach from the avalanche that killed 11 other climbers as they headed toward the summit of K2. When he awoke just before midnight July 31,...Tags: Climbing, Avalanches and Landslides
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Strong Indonesian quake causes damage, injuries
A strong earthquake rattled Indonesia's eastern Sumbawa island early today, damaging around 1,200 buildings and injuring at least five people, officials said. The magnitude 5.7 quake struck at 6:41 a.m. local time just off the coast of Sumbawa island,...Tags: Tsunamis, Earthquakes, Natural Disasters
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All lanes of I-5 reopen after oil spill
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAll lanes of Interstate 5 reopened by 8 a.m., more than four hours after a diesel fuel spill closed the southbound lanes just north of downtown Los Angeles. The spill on the Golden State Freeway, just north of the northbound 110 Freeway, was reported...Tags: Transportation, Water Pollution, Road Transportation, Environmental Pollution, Emergency Incidents
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Broward County: Chemicals and gas leak force two evacuations
Smelly chemicals near a Fort Lauderdale hotel and a gas leak at a Lauderhill shopping center forced authorities to evacuate those businesses Wednesday morning. No injuries were reported. Officials say a mixture of fertilizers, pesticides and bleach...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Ruby Tuesday Incorporated, Lauderhill, Broward County
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Non-Hispanic whites leaving Broward, Palm Beach County in large numbers
South Florida Sun-SentinelNon-Hispanic whites are leaving Broward and Palm Beach counties in droves. Meanwhile, the dramatic growth of Hispanics and other minority groups has slowed to a trickle. The latest U.S. census estimates, released today, show that the number of non-...Tags: Beach Vacations, Boynton Beach, Population and Census, Moving and Storage, University of Florida
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Health bureau delays are short-sighted
It will take one -- just one -- health emergency or catastrophe in the Lehigh Valley to put all the nonsense that has delayed progress on the regional health bureau into perspective. Then we won't be talking about eight representatives on the board versus...Tags: Northampton County (Pennsylvania)
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