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Disasters

Four days after hurricane, large swath of Florida Panhandle suffering

Four days after hurricane, large swath of Florida Panhandle suffering

Crews with backhoes and other heavy equipment scooped up splintered boards, broken glass, chunks of asphalt and other debris in hurricane-flattened Mexico Beach on Sunday as the mayor held out hope for the 250 or so residents who may have tried to ride out the storm.
by Associated Press

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Bethel volleyball team bus involved in fatal crash in Wisconsin

A bus carrying the Bethel University volleyball team was involved in a crash Saturday night in southern Wisconsin that left two people in the other vehicle dead. No one from the Bethel bus was injured.
by MPR News Staff

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Searches intensify after body is found in Hurricane Michael's wake

Searches intensify after body is found in Hurricane Michael's wake

Rescuers intensified efforts Saturday to find survivors who might be trapped amid the ruins of a small Florida Panhandle community nearly obliterated by Hurricane Michael, where one body has already been recovered, tempers are flaring, and power could be out for weeks.
by Associated Press

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'It was life or death': Face-to-face with Michael's fury

'It was life or death': Face-to-face with Michael's fury

While most residents fled ahead of the storm's arrival, others stayed to face the hurricane. Some barely escaped as homes were smashed from their foundations, neighborhoods were submerged, and broken boards, sheet metal and other debris flew through the air.
by Associated Press

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Photos: Damage left by Hurricane Michael

Photos: Damage left by Hurricane Michael

Photos, including before-and-after views, of the damage left by Hurricane Michael this week along the coast of Florida's panhandle.
by Associated Press

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Wreckage left by Hurricane Michael slows relief efforts

Wreckage left by Hurricane Michael slows relief efforts

Government and nonprofit agencies work in advance of storms to create distribution networks for critical aid, but the category 4 hurricane damaged key communications and transportation infrastructure.
by David Schaper

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Search crews look for the dead and the living in Florida

Search crews look for the dead and the living in Florida

By early Friday it wasn't over yet: a tropical storm long after Wednesday's landfall, Michael stubbornly kept up its punch while barreling up the Southeast, dumping heavy rains and spreading flash flooding misery as far away as Virginia.
by The Associated Press

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Moose Lake fire no less horrible 100 years later

Moose Lake fire no less horrible 100 years later

One hundred years ago, Oct. 12, 1918, a convergence of forest fires burned a swath of Minnesota half the size of Rhode Island's land mass, and left hundreds dead.
by Dan Kraker

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Photos: Aftermath of the 1918 Cloquet-Moose Lake wildfire

Photos: Aftermath of the 1918 Cloquet-Moose Lake wildfire

Massive wildfires that swept across northeastern Minnesota in October 1918 destroyed Cloquet, Moose Lake and several other communities, leaving hundreds of people dead and thousands homeless.
by MPR News Staff

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