Tag: natural disasters
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Colorado lawmakers roll out bipartisan plan aimed at lowering home insurance risk
Rising homeowners’ insurance rates prompted a group of lawmakers to introduce a bill Wednesday aimed at reducing damage from hail and wildfire. The measure would encourage homeowners and homeowner associations to take additional mitigation steps and, in turn, could allow insurers to offer lower insurance rates once those steps are completed. Senate Bill 49 is…
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Ragasa weakens but brings heavy rain and flood risk to northern Vietnam
Typhoon Ragasa has weakened into a tropical depression as it enters northeastern Vietnam
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Super typhoon blowing by northern Philippines and Taiwan forces evacuations and closures
Thousands of people have been evacuated from northern Philippine villages and schools and offices were closed in the archipelago and neighboring Taiwan as one of the strongest typhoons this year threatens to cause flooding and landslides on its way to southeastern China
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Iconic Old West tumbleweeds roll in and blanket parts of suburban Salt Lake City
Tumbleweeds, the gnarled icon of the Old West, rolled in over the weekend and kept rolling until blanketing some homes and streets in suburban Salt Lake City
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Republican Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas wildfires may have destroyed up to 500 structures, damage assessments continue
BORGER, Texas (AP) — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas wildfires may have destroyed up to 500 structures, damage assessments continue.
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Winter storm system hits eastern New Mexico, headed next to Texas Panhandle and central Oklahoma
A winter storm advisory has been issued for eastern New Mexico including the city of Roswell, which got its first notable snowfall of the season
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Storms dump heavy snowfall in northern Arizona after leaving California a muddy mess
Heavy snow has shut down parts of major interstates in northern Arizona while low-lying clouds delayed more than 100 flights farther south in Phoenix
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High school football gave hope after deadly Maui wildfire. Team captains will be at the Super Bowl
Captains of a Hawaii high school football team whose town was destroyed by a deadly wildfire are going to Super Bowl in Las Vegas as guests of the NFL
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Cranes remove bus partially swallowed by Pittsburgh sinkhole
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A bus that was partially swallowed when a sinkhole opened during morning rush hour in downtown Pittsburgh has been removed from the hole. Authorities said earlier Monday that two cranes arrived to remove the city bus. The city’s official Twitter account later posted a video of the removal. The Port Authority of…