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Amtrak is adjusting service to Florida for the safety of its passengers and employees because of Hurricane Michael.
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Florence’s uncertain track sows fear; 10 million in crosshairs
Hurricane Florence put a corridor of more than 10 million people in the crosshairs Wednesday as the monster storm closed in on the Carolinas, uncertainty over its projected path spreading worry across a widening swath of the Southeast.
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Read More »‘Monster’ Hurricane Florence aims to drench Carolinas
WILMINGTON, N.C. — Coastal residents fleeing a potentially devastating blow from Hurricane Florence encountered empty gasoline pumps and depleted store shelves as the monster storm neared the Carolina coast with 140 mph winds and drenching rain that could last for ...
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Read More »Hurricane forces cruise that left from Baltimore to be cut short
The threat of Hurricane Matthew has forced a cruise ship to reroute its trip and a sold-out island festival to be rescheduled in the Mid-Atlantic region. Carnival Cruise Line says it has changed the itinerary of Carnival Pride’s seven-day cruise ...
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Read More »Hogan: State of emergency in Md. for storm preparations
REISTERSTOWN — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has declared a state of emergency to allow emergency responders to begin to prepare for flooding from heavy rains and damage from a hurricane. The governor spoke Thursday afternoon from the Maryland Emergency Management ...
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Read More »FEMA wants at least $5.8M in Sandy aid repaid
Thousands of people who received government aid after Superstorm Sandy slammed the East Coast may be forced to give some or all of that money back, nearly two years after the disaster.
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Read More »Drone industry worries about privacy backlash
WASHINGTON — It’s a good bet that in the not-so-distant future aerial drones will be part of Americans’ everyday lives, performing countless useful functions. A far cry from the killing machines whose missiles incinerate terrorists, these generally small, unmanned aircraft ...
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Read More »Report: Sandy was U.S.’s 2nd-costliest hurricane
NEWARK, N.J. — Superstorm Sandy was the deadliest hurricane to hit the northeastern U.S. in 40 years and the second-costliest in the nation’s history, according to a report released Tuesday. The storm’s effects reached far and wide, according to the ...
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Read More »Sandy aid includes $8.6M for Somerset County
WASHINGTON — Maryland’s two U.S. senators are announcing more federal aid to help Somerset County recover from Superstorm Sandy. Democrats Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin said Wednesday that the Department of Housing and Urban Development will award $8.6 million in ...
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