Tag: weather
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2018
Frustration builds as residents in Carolinas wait to go home
While about 7,800 people remained in shelters in North Carolina, 161,000 homes and businesses were still without electricity.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2018
Commentary: Study showing 2,975 hurricane deaths in Puerto Rico was careful, scientific, non-political
The meaning of that tragic number: The planning and preparedness for terrifying storms remain inadequate.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2018
Most Mainers in Carolinas ride out the storm with little disruption
But those living in the hard-hit area in and around Wilmington, North Carolina, report widespread flooding, power outages and washed out roads.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2018
Florence parks over Carolinas; rivers swell as second phase begins
The storm’s death toll climbs to 15 and about 740,000 homes and businesses remain without power.
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2018
More deaths feared as massive Florence inundates the Carolinas
Rescue crews used boats to reach more than 360 people besieged by rising waters along a river, and more than 60 others had to be rescued as a cinderblock motel collapsed.
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2018
‘Threat becomes reality’ as Florence inundates Carolina coast, knocks out power to thousands
The storm surge alone could put most of the Carolina coast under as much as 11 feet of ocean water.
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2018
While many flee from Hurricane Florence, one former Mainer decides to stay put in Myrtle Beach
Some former Maine residents say they are moving inland from coastal North Carolina and South Carolina, but not all of them.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2018
Hurricane Florence’s uncertain track puts more than 10 million people at risk
The best guess Wednesday was that Florence would blow ashore as early as Friday afternoon around the North Carolina-South Carolina line, then push its rainy way westward.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2018
Climate change could mean more rapidly intensifying hurricanes
The study draws on enhanced computer power to represent storms in a model that simulates the atmosphere and the oceans.
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2018
More than a million in Carolinas evacuate in anticipation of ‘monster’ hurricane
Mass evacuations are underway as Hurricane Florence takes aim with 140 mph winds, but many can’t find fuel for the drive.
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