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More than 1.5 million ordered to evacuate as Hurricane Florence threatens Carolinas
More than 1.5 million people were ordered to evacuate their homes along the U.S. Atlantic coast as Hurricane Florence, a Category 4 storm and the most powerful to menace the Carolinas in nearly three decades, barreled in on Tuesday.
New Hampshire swing district a fresh test for women’s rise in U.S.
New Hampshire voters headed to the polls on Tuesday to pick candidates for a congressional seat that in this decade has flipped four times between the two major parties – and the same two people – in the latest test of the rising appeal of women nomine…
Hurricane Florence prompts storm surge watch for Carolinas coast: NHC
A storm surge watch has been issued for portions of the coasts of North and South Carolina as hurricane Florence approaches, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Tuesday.
First two U.S. troops from North Korean remains identified
The U.S. military has identified the first two American troops from 55 boxes of human remains from the 1950-53 Korean War that North Korea handed over in July, the agency leading the analysis said on Monday.
Mass evacuations ordered as Hurricane Florence heads toward Carolinas
Mass evacuations were ordered along the U.S. Atlantic Coast as Hurricane Florence, a Category 4 storm and the most powerful to menace the region in nearly three decades, barreled toward the region on Tuesday.
Hurricane Florence nears Carolinas as 1 million-plus ordered to evacuate
More than 1 million people along the Carolina coast fled toward higher ground on Monday in a mass evacuation ordered three days before the expected arrival of Hurricane Florence, a Category 4 storm and the most powerful to menace the region in nearly t…
Category 4 hurricane Florence maintains strength east of North Carolina: NHC
Florence, a Category 4 hurricane, has maintained its strength over the past several hours but is expected to be an extremely dangerous major hurricane through Thursday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory on Monday.
Pacific island chain asks Trump to declare emergency as typhoon strikes
The governor of the Northern Mariana Islands has urged U.S. President Donald Trump to declare a state of emergency as a typhoon struck the U.S. Western Pacific territories overnight and caused blackouts and damaged buildings.
Yellowstone hit by global warming, increased visitation: report
Hotter, drier conditions have led to more severe wildfires in Yellowstone National Park, while growing numbers of visitors have harmed everything from prized hydrothermal features to its famed grizzly bears, the park said in a report on Monday.
