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

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

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

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

'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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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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Workers file civil lawsuit against Husky Energy

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

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Autopsy: Hypothermia apparent cause of kayakers' deaths

Autopsies indicate hypothermia and possibly drowning apparently caused the deaths of four Wisconsin family members kayaking on Lake Superior.
by The Associated Press

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Jet quarantined in New York after reports of sick passengers

A commercial jet from Dubai prompted a large-scale emergency response at New York's Kennedy Airport on Wednesday after a pilot reported that several passengers and crew members were complaining about having a flu-like illness.
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