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northwest Santa Rosa ordered to evacuate
Here’s what you need to know from Saturday: — Nearly 90,000 people ordered to flee potential path of Kincade fire — Fire crews dig in for windy night battling Kincade fire in Sonoma County — PG&E’s electricity outage hits hardest in the North Bay . Here is the latest information about the Kincade fire: — …
Florida battered by Nestor’s high winds; tornado leaves thousands without power
Nearly 10,000 customers were left without power Friday night as a tornado reportedly touched down in central Florida and rain and high winds from Tropical Storm Nestor continued to batter the state. The tornado touched down in Kathleen and Polk County east of Tampa where there were reports of an overturned 18-wheeler on Interstate 4 and damage to Kathleen Middle …
Dorian is no longer a hurricane but its winds are causing damage in Canada
The storm was a Category 1 hurricane when it made one final US stop in New England. It downgraded into a post-tropical cyclone and made landfall Saturday evening near Sambro Creek in Nova Scotia, Canada. Its heavy rains and powerful winds downed trees in in Nova Scotia and surrounding areas, with threatening surf expected to …
Hurricane Dorian unloads rain and strong winds as a Category 1 storm
Dorian flattened homes and wiped out neighborhoods in the Bahamas, leaving 30 people dead. It then closed in on the United States, where five deaths have been blamed on the storm so far. In eastern North Carolina, Dorian is producing wind gusts near hurricane-force. The state is seeing four to eight inches of rain with …
North Carolina coast told to shelter in place as Hurricane Dorian hits with high winds, rain
Hundreds of thousands were without power and North Carolinians were told to shelter in place as Hurricane Dorian, still a powerful Category 2 storm, drenched the coasts of the Carolinas on Thursday on its way to possible landfall in North Carolina. Almost 245,000 households and businesses were without power, most of them in counties along …