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Find a FEMA "safe room" in the KY3 viewing area
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.-- If a tornado is coming toward your house-- where do you go? Until today, there was no state map of public "safe room" locations in our area. It may be hard to believe-- but the State Emergency Management Agency does not keep of map...
Tags: Tornadoes, FEMA, Science and Technology
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Need for shelters
Although Oklahoma has a history of tornadoes, the majority of places do not have safe havens. Much of the soil in Oklahoma is red clay, a porous substance that makes foundations settle and basements and underground shelters leak. That's why only 3.5...Tags: Tornadoes
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4.6 Santa Barbara earthquake woke people, but no damage reported
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries after a magnitude-4.6 earthquake shook the Santa Barbara coast Wednesday morning, officials said. The temblor struck at 7:38 a.m. about three miles west of Isla Vista, the U.S. Geological Survey...Tags: U.S. Geological Survey, Manhattan (New York City), University of California, Santa Barbara, Justin Bieber
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Derailment blast didn't register on earthquake monitors
Though some compared the explosion that followed Tuesday's CSX train derailment in Rosedale to the earthquake that rattled the region in 2011, it did not register on U.S. Geological Survey monitors. That is according to data from the National Earthquake...Tags: U.S. Geological Survey, Explosions, Emergency Incidents, Basilica of the Assumption
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Andrea pulls its punches locally — but spawns twisters in South Florida
Tropical Storm Andrea blew through Central Florida on Thursday, leaving scattered flooding and power outages in its wake but packing less wallop than predicted. "The storm brought some drier air with it," said Arlena Moses, a meteorologist with the...
Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Tornadoes, Twitter, Inc., Lake Eola, Tropical Storms
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Earthquake: 3.7 quake strikes near Lassen National Forest
A shallow magnitude 3.7 earthquake was reported Thursday evening eight miles from Chester, Calif, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 8:56 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of zero miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter...
Tags: U.S. Geological Survey
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Tropical Storm Andrea moves quickly up U.S. Atlantic Coast
ReutersBy Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, S.C., June 7 (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Andrea moved briskly along the South Carolina coast on Friday, bringing drenching rains and threatening to spawn tornadoes as it churns up the Eastern Seaboard, U.S. forecasters said....Tags: Weather, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Tornadoes, Weather Warnings, Tropical Storms
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SDSU scientist documents wetland losses
BROOKINGS - Wetlands in eastern North Dakota and South Dakota are shrinking at a rapid pace, according to professor Carol Johnston of the South Dakota State University Natural Resource Management Department. Professor Carol Johnston of the South...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Floods, Aquaculture, Agriculture
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Times not so sweet for sugar
A tough year in the sugar beet business became even tougher recently. Heavy rains in the northern Red River Valley will further slow sugar beet planting and could allow American Crystal Sugar Co. growers to plant only 430,000 to 440,00 of the 458,000...Tags: Unions, Strikes, Washington, DC, U.S. Congress, Career and Workplace
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Tree Facts: Winter burn
Many evergreens throughout northwestern South Dakota have winter burn injury this spring. It is showing up as reddish-brown dead foliage and was caused by cold winds which dried out the needles of evergreens last winter. Desiccation occurs when the ground...Tags: Droughts
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Native warm-season grasses weather drought, provide other benefits
Native warm-season grasses fair well during drought, and livestock and forage producers are turning to them for these benefits, NRCS scientists say. Many landowners are converting a portion of their land to these grasses and other native plants, taking...Tags: Droughts, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Brazil, Agriculture
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