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A decade of missed opportunities: Texas couldn't find $1M for flood warning system near camps

A decade of missed opportunities: Texas couldn't find $1M for flood warning system near camps

Over the last decade, an array of local and state agencies have missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert the type of disaster that swept away dozens of youth campers and others in Kerr County, Texas. The agencies failed to secure roughly $1 million for a project to better protect the county’s 50,000 residents and thousands of youth campers and tourists.
by The Associated Press

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Thunder chances increase as muggy air returns

Thunder chances increase as muggy air returns

After some dry, stable days we’re headed back into an unsettled pattern as dew points increase. The best chance of widespread thunder is Friday into Friday night.
by Sven Sundgaard

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Texas is relying on FEMA. State leaders said it should be cut

Texas is relying on FEMA. State leaders said it should be cut

The governor and top emergency official in Texas are both members of a council advising the Trump administration on options for eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
by Rebecca Hersher

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Seasonable temperatures persist ahead of rain, thunder Friday

Seasonable temperatures persist ahead of rain, thunder Friday

Seasonable temperatures and dry weather continue Wednesday and most of Thursday for eastern Minnesota. Widespread thunder chances increase Thursday night into Friday. 
by Sven Sundgaard

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Earthquake? In Minnesota? The day the ground in Morris shook 50 years ago

Earthquake? In Minnesota? The day the ground in Morris shook 50 years ago

The 1975 Morris earthquake released tremors so strong, people across much of Minnesota, northern Iowa and the eastern Dakotas were able to feel the tremors. Fifty years later, scientists and those who lived through it are still trying to figure out how Morris ended up as the epicenter of such a rare experience.
by Jaylan Sims

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