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39 min ago | Brown Deer

Area Weather

Temperatures will range from 35 to 54 degrees with clear skies. Winds will remain steady around 7 miles per hour from the north.

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4 hrs ago | KRMG-AM Tulsa

Hurricane center: Beware of the storm surge

During a hurricane , the storm surge poses the greatest threat to life and land, yet many people don't even know what it means.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Tsunami, Tornado, Hurricane Ike

4 hrs ago | KMBC-TV

When the tornado hit, they were ready

When an EF5 tornado touched down in Moore, Oklahoma, this week, Tad Agoglia and his First Response Team of America were stationed at a hotel about 30 miles away, ready to take action.

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Related Topix: Moore, OK, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Sandy, Tulsa, OK

4 hrs ago | Squamish Chief

5.7-magnitude quake shakes Northern California; no reports of injuries

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake was widely felt as it rattled Northern California on Thursday night, breaking dishes and shaking mirrors off walls.

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Related Topix: California, Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Susanville, CA, Geology, Science, Almanor, CA

Thu May 23, 2013

KCAU

Flooding closes Iowa park for Memorial Day weekend

Flooding from the Cedar River will keep a state park in northeast Iowa closed through the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

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Related Topix: Memorial Day, Life, Holidays

MyFoxPhilly

Man Found Dead After Allentown Fire Identified

A fire in Allentown led firefighters to the body of a 46-year-old male in an apartment building Thursday.

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Related Topix: Allentown, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Delaware County, PA

The Fairfield Daily Voice

Expect Flooding With Heavy Rain And Thunder, Fairfield

Updated at 1:45 p.m. FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- A flood advisory has been added until 4:15 p.m. Thursday in Fairfield County as thunderstorms move through the region, the National Weather Service said.

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Related Topix: Fairfield County, CT, Fairfield, CT, Natural Disasters, Flood

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Hurricane forecast: Another busy Atlantic season

In this Aug. 30, 2012 file photo, residents evacuate their flooded neighborhood in LaPlace, La.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Laplace, LA, Hurricane Isaac

St. Cloud Times

Majority of Superstorm Sandy deaths were from drowning

Drowning was the most common cause of death associated with the devastating Superstorm Sandy, according to a report out Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Control Group, Queens, NY, New York, NY, Hurricane, Hurricane Irene

WCAX-TV Burlington

Dartmouth faces federal complaints over rape allegations

A women's rights attorney says some were Title IX complaints alleging a hostile environment for women, while others charged the colleges with violating the Clery Act, which requires accurate reporting of campus crimes.

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Related Topix: University of Southern California, Swarthmore College, Townshend, VT

Patch.com

Tornado Season Tips: How to Prepare for Severe Weather

By Korrina Grom We're smack-dab in the middle of tornado season. Are you prepared? According to the National Weather Service, Illinois had 30 tornadoes in 2012, including an EF4 that hit Harrisburg on Feb.

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Related Topix: Illinois, Tornado, Natural Disasters, Hailstorm, Montgomery County, IL

Wed May 22, 2013

USA Today

Oklahoma tornado rips away safety of school

MOORE, Okla. - Kelly Nichols ran up to the front door of Plaza Towers Elementary to retrieve her 9-year-old son, Ethan, and had to stop to catch her breath: the school's front glass faA ade had been pulverized, the roof was gone, walls had been punched in, and a car lay flipped inside the main hallway.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma, Moore, OK

The Salinas Californian

One of the main U.S. weather satellites fails

One of the primary weather satellites meteorologists use to forecast weather over the eastern USA and the tropical Atlantic Ocean failed late Tuesday, according to AccuWeather meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.

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Related Topix: University of Georgia

WSFA-TV Montgomery

Pets, photos are precious finds in tornado recovery

The Oklahoma tornadoes displaced families and destroyed homes, but another facet of the tragedy saw hundreds of people separated from pets and searching in vain for family photos.

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Related Topix: Moore, OK, Shawnee, OK, Startups, Facebook, Social Software, University of Oklahoma

WXOW-TV La Crosse

6 EF5 tornadoes in Wisconsin's history

The strength of the tornado that killed at least 24 people and destroyed countless homes in Oklahoma this week is rarely seen in Wisconsin.

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Related Topix: Wisconsin, Oakfield, WI, Barneveld, WI, Colfax, WI

Patch.com

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued for Dormont, Brookline

A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for southwestern Pennsylvania, including Dormont and Brookline.

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Related Topix: Dormont, PA

KSL-TV

4. Okla. tornado damage: Thousands of ...

The tornado that struck an Oklahoma City suburb this week may have created $2 billion or more in damage as it tore through as many as 13,000 homes, multiple schools and a hospital, officials said Wednesday as they gave the first detailed account of the devastation.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma City, OK

Star Tribune

Target's 1st-qtr profit drops 29 pct on weak sales as weather, financial pressures take toll

Target Corp. reported a 29 percent drop in first-quarter profit as unusually cool spring weather and financial pressures chilled customers' appetite for spending.

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Related Topix: Retail, Target, Wal Mart Stores, Financial Markets, us Travel, Travel

Vallejo News

Lowe's 1Q profit rises, but results miss Street Lowe's Cos. said...

Cos. said Wednesday that its first-quarter net income rose nearly 3 percent, but results fell short of expectations as rainy weather hurt spring gardening sales.

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home, Mooresville, NC

KFVS12

Flooding forces evacuation of 1,300 in ND town

A dam that threatened to give way and flood a North Dakota town was holding back the water on Wednesday, though the 1,300 residents of Cavalier were still being told to stay away from their homes.

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Related Topix: North Dakota, Natural Disasters, Flood, Cavalier, ND, Pembina County, ND, Grand Forks, ND