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Maui officials on standby to stop heavy rains from sending ash into storm drains
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Maui officials were on standby Wednesday to prevent ash from August's deadly wildfire in Lahaina from flowing into storm drains after forecasters said a winter storm could bring heavy rain and strong winds to the island. The National Weather Service said...
Burning Man narrowly passes environmental inspection months after torrential rain upended festival
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The organizers of the Burning Man festival narrowly passed their environmental inspection after mass torrential rains closed roads, jammed traffic and forced many to walk miles barefoot through muck, leaving trails of debris in the remote Nevada desert, according to a Wednesday...
Toppled White House Christmas tree is secured upright, and lighting show will happen as scheduled
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Christmas Tree in front of the White House fell down during high winds but later was hoisted back upright, and its lighting ceremony will go ahead as scheduled. The tree, a 40-foot-tall (12-meter-tall) Norway spruce from West Virginia's Monongahela...
Storm closes schools in Cleveland, brings lake-effect snow into Pennsylvania and New York
CLEVELAND (AP) — An early blast of cold and snow shut down shut down schools in Cleveland and other areas Tuesday and the blanket of snow made driving on heavily traveled Interstate 90 in northern Ohio treacherous. A lake-effect snow warning was issued by the National Weather...
Tornadoes forecast in the Black Sea region as storm reportedly impacts Russian military operations
Tornadoes were forecast for the Black Sea region on Tuesday, a day after a storm that left more than 2 million people without electricity in Crimea, Russia and Ukraine. A think tank said that the weather also impacted Russian military operations. The storm killed at least 14 people...
Powerful storm pounds the Black Sea region, leaving more than a half-million people without power
A weekend storm that pounded the Black Sea region toppled trees, tore down power lines and flooded coastal areas of southern Russia and Ukraine, leaving more than a half-million people without power Monday, officials and media reports said. The Moscow region, meanwhile, was blanketed...
Record crowds are expected to take to the air and roads for Thanksgiving
DALLAS (AP) — Despite inflation and memories of past holiday travel meltdowns, millions of people are expected to hit airports and highways in record numbers over the Thanksgiving break. The busiest days to fly will be Tuesday and Wednesday as well as the Sunday after Thanksgiving....
Search is on for pipeline leak after as much as 1.1 million gallons of oil sullies Gulf of Mexico
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As much as 1.1 million gallons of oil may have been discharged into the Gulf of Mexico from a pipeline system off Louisiana's southeast coast, the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday. The affected pipeline has been shut down but authorities were still trying to...
Experts say a wall that collapsed and killed 9 in the Dominican Republic capital was poorly built
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A concrete wall along an avenue in the Dominican Republic's capital that collapsed over the weekend and killed nine people during heavy rains was poorly designed, experts said Monday. The government of the Caribbean country has come under...
Severe storms in Turkey leave 9 dead. 11 are still missing after a cargo ship sank in the Black Sea
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Severe storms and flooding have left nine people dead across Turkey, officials said Monday, including one seaman who died when a cargo ship sank off Turkey's Black Sea coast. Eleven other crew were reported missing. The Turkish-flagged Kafkametler sank on...
