Disasters

September 13, 2018 6:10 PM

Panicked neighborhoods evacuate as gas blasts destroy homes near Boston

A series of gas explosions caused fires at more than 20 homes across three communities north of Boston on Thursday, forcing entire neighborhoods to evacuate as crews scramble to douse the flames.

by The Associated Press

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September 13, 2018 5:27 AM

'Threat becomes reality': Florence begins days of rain, wind

The National Hurricane Center's best guess was that Florence's eye would blow ashore as early as Friday afternoon around the North Carolina-South Carolina line. Then, it will likely hover along the coast Saturday, pushing up to 13 feet of storm surge and dumping water on both states.

by The Associated Press

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September 12, 2018 5:20 AM

10 million in crosshairs: Hurricane's uncertain track sows fear

While some of the computer forecasting models conflicted, the latest projections more or less showed the storm shifting southward and westward in a way that suddenly put more of South Carolina in danger and imperiled Georgia, too.

by The Associated Press

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September 11, 2018 6:26 AM

Climate change drives bigger, wetter storms -- storms like Florence

Hurricane Florence -- large, slow and full of moisture -- is threatening to inundate the Southeast. It's a type of storm that's getting more likely to form.

by Rebecca Hersher

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September 11, 2018 5:33 AM

'Big and vicious': Hurricane Florence closes in on Carolinas

It remains a Category 4 storm and is expected to approach the most-damaging Category 5 status as it slows and strengthens over very warm ocean water off the coast of North and South Carolina.

by The Associated Press

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September 10, 2018 12:13 AM

NYC subway station reopens 17 years after it was destroyed during Sept. 11 attacks

The newly reconstructed WTC Cortlandt station opened on Saturday, just three days before the anniversary of the attack.

by Cameron Jenkins

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September 7, 2018 10:07 AM

Boat crash injures northern Minn. couple

A 73-year-old man was driving a boat with a 79-year-old female passenger in the Vermillion River Gorge when their boat hit the submerged log, according to a news release from the St. Louis Sheriff's Office. The woman was thrown overboard.

by Kirsti Marohn

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September 6, 2018 5:03 PM

Workers file civil lawsuit against Husky Energy

Contract workers are suing Husky Energy in Douglas County Circuit Court for injuries they received in an explosion at the company's oil refinery this year.

by Danielle Kaeding