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FILE - In this May 21, 2020 file photo, Gov. Wanda Vazquez, wearing a protective face mask amid the new coronavirus pandemic, attends a press conference, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Vazquez announced Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, that she will place the U.S. territory on a 24-hour lockdown every Sunday as part of stricter measures to fight a spike in COVID-19 cases. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)
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Puerto Rico getting funds for power grid 3 years after Maria

“The Trump Administration delayed, dragged its feet and resisted allocating these badly needed funds,” said Rep. Velázquez, who was born in Puerto Rico.

5 years ago

Workers look over a damaged ferry, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Pensacola, Fla. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Rescuers reach people cut off by Gulf Coast hurricane

Sally's remnants were over South Carolina on Thursday afternoon and were expected to move into the Atlantic within 24 hours.

5 years ago

A haze of high-atmosphere smoke obscured the sun over Boathouse Row on Sept. 16. (Courtesy of Brit Miller)
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Billy Penn

When will the sun return? Philly skies could be hazy until California gets some rain

The smoke might get pushed south this weekend, weather experts say, but it’s likely to return.

5 years ago

Floodwaters move on the street, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Pensacola, Fla. Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, pushing a surge of ocean water onto the coast and dumping torrential rain that forecasters said would cause dangerous flooding from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi and well inland in the days ahead.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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National

Hurricane Sally unleashes flooding, hundreds rescued

Authorities in Pensacola said 200 National Guard members would arrive Thursday to help. Curfews were announced in Escambia County and in some coastal Alabama towns.

5 years ago

Sally is forecast to make landfall on the Gulf Coast
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National
Public Safety

Sally becomes a hurricane; slow-moving storm already drenching Gulf Coast

Sally will bring an "extremely dangerous and life-threatening storm surge, hurricane-force winds and torrential rain with flash flooding" Monday, forecasters say.

5 years ago

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Environment
National

Longtime climate science denier hired at NOAA

A professor whose research has been supported by fossil fuel companies has been hired for a top position at the federal agency that oversees weather and climate forecasting.

5 years ago

A geocolor image shows the view from a NOAA satellite over the East Coast.
Down the Shore
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New Jersey
Public Safety

Forecasters eye multiple systems in the tropics: ‘This is what peak hurricane season looks like’

With more than two months left in the current hurricane season, forecasters advise coastal residents to have a plan should a tropical system threaten or strike.

5 years ago

Tropical downpours bring a localized flooding threat Thursday
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First Alert: Tropical downpours and flooding to hit area Thursday

While the flooding isn’t expected until Thursday afternoon, the rain starts earlier during the day.

5 years ago

New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection says the state is probably overdue for a more significant earthquake. (NBC10)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

‘My whole house shook’: Overnight earthquake strikes in N.J.

Hundreds of people as far away as Philadelphia and Long Island, New York, contributed to the USGS' "Did You Feel It?" map, reporting only weak or light shaking and no damage.

5 years ago

New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection says the state is probably overdue for a more significant earthquake. (NBC10)
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Public Safety
NBC10

USGS reports 3.1 magnitude earthquake in New Jersey

New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection says the state is probably overdue for a more significant earthquake.

5 years ago

Water from Absecon Inlet washes over the north end of Atlantic City during Superstorm Sandy in 2012. (Courtesy of the Atlantic County Office of Emergency Management)
New Jersey
Public Safety

COVID-19 concerns means fleeing a storm at Jersey Shore will be different in 2020

New Jersey emergency officials are making plans to put evacuees in dorms and hotels instead of large gyms. They want shore residents to plan — now.

5 years ago

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Tropical Storm Omar as seen from the NOAA GOES-East satellite late Tuesday afternoon. (Screenshot)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Tropical Storm Omar forms off East Coast

The fifteenth-named storm of the 2020 hurricane season formed Tuesday afternoon off the Eastern seaboard. 

5 years ago

State Highway 27 leading to Cameron, La. is seen in Creole, La., Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, as the storm surge recedes in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Environment
National

Weeks without power or water ahead as Laura cleanup begins

The toll from the Category 4 hurricane rose to 16 deaths Saturday, with more than half of those killed by carbon monoxide poisoning from the unsafe operation of generators.

5 years ago

The five largest fires in California history have occurred since 2003, a sign that climate change is making extreme wildfires more frequent. (Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)
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Environment

Everything is unprecedented. Welcome to your hotter Earth

The most powerful hurricanes, the most intense wildfires, the most prolonged heat waves and the most frequent outbreaks of new diseases are all in our future.

5 years ago

(NBC10)
Environment
NBC10

First alert: Philly region facing off against 4 storms, including remnants of Laura

The first storms swept through the Philadelphia suburbs and northern Delaware before moving into South Jersey.

5 years ago

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