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Storm Barry heads for Mexico Gulf coast oil installations
ReutersMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Barry, the second of the Atlantic hurricane season, strengthened as it churned toward Mexico on Wednesday, threatening to bring heavy rains to oil and power installations near the country's Gulf coast. The...Tags: Gulf of Mexico, Tropical Weather, National Hurricane Center, Nuclear Power, Hydroelectricity
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UPDATE 1-Storm Barry heads for Mexico Gulf coast oil installations
ReutersMEXICO CITY, June 19 (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Barry, the second of the Atlantic Hurricane season, churned toward Mexico on Wednesday, threatening to bring heavy rains to key oil and power installations near the country's Gulf coast. The Minatitlan...Tags: Tropical Weather, National Hurricane Center, Nuclear Power, Hydroelectricity, Natural Disasters
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Coastal cities and climate change: You're going to get wet
BEFORE Hurricane Sandy tore through New York and New Jersey, it stopped in Florida. Huge waves covered beaches, swept over Fort Lauderdale’s concrete sea wall and spilled onto A1A, Florida’s coastal highway. A month later another series of...Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Water, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Battery Park City, Conservation
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Season's second tropical depression forms; no threat to U.S.
The season's second tropical depression formed Monday along the Mexican coast, nearly two weeks after Tropical Storm Andrea, but it's uncertain whether it will become Tropical Storm Barry. The system was bringing heavy rains to the Yucatan Peninsula,...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Weather Reports, Tropical Storms, Mexico, Tropical Weather
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New York adds 600,000 residents to storm evacuation zones
In the wake of deadly Superstorm Sandy, New York officials have added 600,000 residents to the city's storm evacuation zones, according to maps released Tuesday. The new designation divides the most endangered areas into six zones with 2.9 million...
Tags: Interior Policy, Housing and Urban Planning, Natural Disasters, Labor Legislation, Politics
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Palm Beach County emergency director stresses hurricane preparedness
Although the National Hurricane Center is getting better at predicting the course of storms, emergency managers in Palm Beach County continue to caution that even though certain areas might not be "in the cone," the public must stay vigilant and prepared....
Tags: NASA, Natural Disasters, Tropical Storms, Hurricane Isaac (2012), Palm Beach County
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Utilities, Malloy Say State Is Ready For Damaging Weather
The Hartford CourantGov. Dannel P. Malloy summoned the heads of the state's power and communications companies to Hartford on Tuesday for a closed-door, hour-long meeting on preparations for the next big storm. "We may not get everything right every time, but we will...Tags: Connecticut Light and Power, Charter Communications Incorporated, Telecommunication Service, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Verizon Communications
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Hot and mostly sunny this week
Sun SentinelExpect a hot week with the usual chance of afternoon storms, pretty much the norm for late spring. You also can expect the heat to continue to build over the coming weeks, as we make our way into summer. South Florida's Monday forecast calls for...Tags: Natural Disasters, Weather Reports, Hurricane Andrew (1992), Weather
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Emergency response team preps for hurricane season
As hurricane season approaches, many people are more concerned with their safety in the event of an emergency, and the College Park Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is ready to teach others how to be prepared. The group will offer evening classes...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Entertainment, FEMA, Natural Disasters, Radio
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Urban flood advisory for parts of Broward
Sun SentinelAn urban flood advisory has been issued for east central Broward County. The National Weather Service says radar has detected heavy rainfall in excess of 3 inches per hour in some areas. The rain is expected to continue until at least 2 p.m. The...Tags: Natural Disasters, Weather Reports, Weather Radar, Fort Lauderdale, Plantation
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Emergency managers prep for hurricane season
– Emergency managers in Broward County face a new challenge for the 2013 hurricane season: revised evacuation zones in Miami-Dade County. Changes in the Miami-Dade county maps "made a significant difference in the footprint of their potential...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Twitter, Inc., Social Media, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Broward County
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Musicals with a mission
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Music fills the air most evenings at Firehouse Youth Ministries as high schoolers belt out songs from the Dr. Seuss-based “Seussical.” Performing the musical is part of the mission work of the ministry, aptly named the Musical...Tags: Entertainment, Music, Natural Disasters, Staten Island (New York City), Music Theater
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