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Flash flood warning in effect
john.valenti@newsday.comThe National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for southeastern Nassau County and western Suffolk County that will remain in effect until Thursday evening. The service cited a slow moving cold front across the tri-state area producing...Tags: Natural Disasters, Long Island Expressway, Long Island
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Levees hold, despite a foot of rain from 100-mph Dolly
Associated PressHurricane Dolly slammed ashore and then loitered over deep south Texas as a tropical storm, dumping as much as a foot of rain in places and ripping roofs off buildings with 100 mph winds. Emergency managers waited for Dolly to move on late into the night...Tags: Tropical Weather, Brownsville, Fires, Natural Disasters, Floods
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Levees hold but waters rise in Dolly's rains
From the Associated PressHurricane Dolly slammed ashore and then loitered over deep south Texas as a tropical storm, dumping as much as a foot of rain in places and ripping roofs off buildings with 100-mph winds. Emergency managers waited for Dolly to move on late into the night...Tags: Tropical Weather, Brownsville, Weather Reports, Natural Disasters, Floods
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Urge TV stations to offer analog signal during hurricanes
We should encourage a TV channel to broadcast weather in analog during hurricanes. This would serve those of us who have battery-operated TVs, and would confront dangers as potent but much more immediate than those covered by the Patriot Act. William...Tags: Tropical Weather, Natural Disasters, Boynton Beach
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Here is the Michigan sports schedule:
Thursday, July 24BKL: Shock-Comets, 9:30 p.m. Friday, July 25 BBA: White Sox-Tigers, 7:05 p.m. Saturday, July 26 BBA: White Sox-Tigers, 7:05 p.m. Sunday, July 27 BBA: White Sox-Tigers, 1:05 p.m. BKL: Silver Stars-Shock, 6 p.m. Monday, July 28 BBA: Tigers-...Tags: Natural Disasters, Bobsleigh, Chicago White Sox
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Dolly downgraded to tropical storm in south Texas
The Associated PressForecasters say Dolly has weakened to a tropical storm. At 11 p.m. Eastern, the center of the storm was about 55 miles northwest of Brownsville, Texas. The storm is moving west at nearly seven miles-per-hour. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center...Tags: Tropical Weather, Brownsville, Natural Disasters, Texas, San Fernando
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Dolly hammers Texas, drops to tropical storm
The Associated PressHurricane Dolly slammed into the south Texas coast Wednesday with punishing rain and winds of 100 mph, blowing down signs, peeling off roofs and knocking out power to thousands before weakening over land. Local officials' greatest fear -- that the levees...Tags: Tropical Weather, National Hurricane Center, Brownsville, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Preparedness
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Hurricane Dolly Weakens Inland In South Texas
Associated PressHurricane Dolly barreled into south Texas on Wednesday, lashing the coast with winds as high as 100 mph and dumping heavy rain that threatened to flood low-lying areas, but sparing levees along the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley. Authorities had...Tags: Brownsville, Fires, Natural Disasters, Texas, Tropical Storms
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Lawmakers want more money to gauge levee risks
Associated Press WriterHeavy flooding across the Midwest last month is leading to calls in Congress for more money to ensure the safety of levees around the country. "I believe these tragic floods have served as a wake-up call," Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said Wednesday at...Tags: Defense, Natural Disasters, Floods, National Government, Inventories
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If you have a news tip or a question about the report, call 800-242-9022 or 414-225-3580. The day supervisor is Michelle Johnson. The news editor is Roger Schneider. Report technical problems to 800-242-8865. Send stories by electronic carbon, e-mail to...Tags: Jay Gibbons, Fires, St. Louis Cardinals, Upper House, Environmental Politics
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