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Hurricane Florence: 5 confirmed deaths linked to storm
Virginia, Sept 15 (UNB) – Weather forecasters warn of the risk of life-threatening flash flooding in parts of North and South Carolina, and Virginia, from storm Florence, reports BBC.
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Man arrested in connection with missing girl
Anchorage, Sept 15 (AP/UNB) — Authorities have arrested a 41-year-old man in connection with the disappearance of a 10-year-old girl whose body was discovered near her hometown.
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Toxic waste sites in Florence's path under close watch
North Carolina, Sept 15 (AP/UNB) – As Tropical Storm Florence spins inland, environmental regulators are monitoring more than three dozen toxic waste sites in the storm's path, as well as scores of low-lying water- and sewage-treatment plants at risk of flooding.
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Trump claims Maria death toll rose 'like magic'
Washington, Sept 15 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump is circling back to his claim that the death toll from Hurricane Maria last year was inflated and says the number rose to 3,000 "like magic."
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North Carolina city gets 23 inches of rain
Wilmington, Sept 14 (AP/UNB) — One city in North Carolina has picked up more than 23 inches (58 centimeters) of rain in two days from Tropical Storm Florence.
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Report: Most dams in Hawaii have 'high hazard potential'
Honolulu, Sept 15 (AP/UNB) — The vast majority of Hawaii's state-regulated dams are considered to have "high hazard potential," according to a 2017 infrastructure report by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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San Francisco statue that some call racist is removed
San Francisco, Sept 15 (AP/UNB) — A 19th century statue near San Francisco's City Hall that some said is racist and demeaning to indigenous people was removed early Friday.
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US says ex-nuke site won't open to public, then says it will
Denver, Sept 15 (AP/UNB) — The U.S. Interior Department said Friday it will go ahead with plans to open a wildlife refuge at the site of a former nuclear weapons plant in Colorado, after briefly putting the opening on hold amid concerns about public safety.
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Couple accused of abusing, imprisoning kids to stand trial
Lansing, Sept 15 (AP/UNB) — A Michigan couple will stand trial on accusations their five children were punished with whippings and confinement in a dark, locked bedroom described by one officer as a "dungeon."
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Florence rolls ashore in Carolinas, tears buildings apart
Wilmington, Sep 14 (AP/UNB) — Hurricane Florence lumbered ashore in North Carolina with howling 90 mph winds and terrifying storm surge early Friday, ripping apart buildings and knocking out power to a half-million homes and businesses as it settled in for what could be a long and extraordinarily destructive drenching.
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