Videos online showed buildings reduced to rubble, while parts of the famous red walls that surround the old city in historic Marrakech could be seen damaged.
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Thunderstorms knock out power to more than 20,000 York County electric customers
Crews were deployed to restore electricity, and the number of CMP customers without power had fallen to just over 2,000 by Saturday morning.
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Hurricane Lee charges through open Atlantic waters as it approaches northeast Caribbean
Hurricane Lee is whirling through open waters as forecasters warn it could become the first Category 5 storm of the Atlantic season.
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Hot twist to a cool, wet summer brings blast of heat and advisories to Maine
Augusta set high-temperature records twice this week. Several schools closed early due to a lack of air conditioning.
Posted inMaine, News, The Maine Forecast
Lee likely to become major hurricane, threatening East Coast
A turn to the north is forecast next week that would keep the entire East Coast of the United States on guard.
Posted inNation & World
Lee now a tropical storm, expected to become ‘extremely dangerous’ hurricane, forecasters say
Its trajectory has it headed in the general direction of the Bahamas and potentially Florida.
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Where dangerous heat is surging
By 2050, more than 5 billion people could face at least a month of extreme heat each year.
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In final hours before landfall, Hurricane Idalia stopped intensifying and turned from Tallahassee
Experts say the hurricane’s eye experienced a phenomenon that kept it from getting stronger.
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No power and nowhere to stay as rural Florida starts recovering from Hurricane Idalia
Hurricane Idalia’s fast track over a sparsely populated region means Florida’s insurance industry isn’t expected to take nearly the hit it has with previous storms like last year’s Ian.
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Hurricane Idalia exposes Florida’s dangerous flood insurance gap
The vast majority of Gulf Coast properties lack flood insurance in a state that’s the nation’s fastest growing and also one of the most vulnerable to impacts of climate change, and where the insurance industry is already under strain.