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Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, drenching the island with six months' worth of rain in four days and pummeling it with strong winds, landslides and avalanches that erased roads, took out power lines and even buried people alive.
Farmers on the Hawaiian island o... Farmers say Hawaii should brace for a shortage of its traditional crop taro after record-breaking rains flooded their fields on the island of Kauai last month. Farmers say Hawaii should brace for a shortage of its traditional crop taro after record-breaking rains flooded their fields on the island of Kauai last month.
Farmers in Kansas and Oklahoma are planting more land with cotton than they have for decades as they ditch wheat, attracted by relatively high cotton prices and the crop's ability to withstand drought. A 20-percent increase from last year marks a sharp turnaround for the crop that once dominated the Mississippi Delta into Texas.
Poland's police say they have arrested a Nigerian man who is wanted in the United States for alleged cyberfraud and extortion done over the internet totaling an estimated $7 million. . Dania Beach Ocean Rescue lifeguard Michael Vasta paddles out, Tuesday, May 29, 2018, as his colleague Peter Fournier watches from a beach tower in Dania Beach, Fla.
Rudy Giuliani admits 'Spygate' is Trump PR tactic against Robert Mueller - Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani said on Sunday that his repeated imputations of a supposed scandal at the heart of the Robert Mueller investigation - which Donald Trump calls "Spygate" - amounted to a tactic Stunning Oval Office leak: Aides fight in front of Trump - about leaks - Shortly after word leaked that Kelly Sadler had taken a nasty shot at John McCain, President Trump convened a meeting in the Oval Office for a tiny group of communications staffers, according to sources familiar with the gathering.
Lava from the Kilauea volcano covered at least one well Sunday at a geothermal power plant on the Big Island, according to a Hawaii County Civil Defense report. The well was successfully plugged in anticipation of the lava flow, and a second well 100 feet away has also been secured, according to the report.
After flash floods sent cars floating down Main Street in historic Ellicott City, Maryland, local officials said they were heartbroken to see the community so severely damaged again less than two years after a devastating flood killed two people and caused millions in damages. During an evening news conference, Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman said authorities aren't aware of any fatalities or missing people.
Eight months after being struck by Hurricane Maria, the island of Puerto Rico is bracing as another hurricane season while still cleaning up and restoring power. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday that this year's Atlantic hurricane season will see five to nine hurricanes with one to four major ones.
'It wasn't really the vacation I was looking for': Mormon missionary, 26, jokes with President Trump as he and his ecstatic family thank him in the Oval Office after he helped secure his release from Venezuelan prison where he spent two years 'Get the f**k out of here, you don't deserve American food': Father pulls a stun gun and knife on four Muslim Egyptian exchange students in a McDonald's parking lot because he believed they 'killed' his Marine son in Afghanistan 'Our members are all shapes and sizes.
In this May 24, 2018 photo from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, lava erupts from a fissure in the Leilani Estates neighborhood near Pahoa on the island of Hawaii. Three lava flows from eruptions of Kilauea volcano are now flowing into the ocean off Hawaii's Big Island.
Lava was caught on camera spouting out of the ground in Leilani Estates, on Hawaii's Big Island, on Wednesday. The Kilauea volcano has opened more than 20 vents in the ground that have released lava, sulfur dioxide and steam.
A third lava flow from Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano streamed into the ocean on Thursday as U.S. Marines Corps helicopters stood by to evacuate a Big Island community should molten rock or huge cracks block its final escape route. Six huge fissures sent rivers of molten rock through a blackened, volcanic wilderness that was once jungle, farmland and rural homes.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer Christopher Avila and his dog Jack check packages for contraband at the JFK mail facility in New NEW YORK - He looked like a regular mail carrier, dropping off an unremarkable package at an upscale New York City apartment tower, but neither the man nor the package were quite what they seemed. The mail carrier was really a federal agent, conducting a so-called controlled delivery, a tactic the U.S. government employs to help stem the flow of heroin, prescription painkillers and other opioids fueling the nation's epidemic of fatal overdoses.
It came after the volcano had sent lava flows into neighborhoods 25 miles to the east of the summit and destroyed at least 26 homes since May 3. "Trying to understand when a volcano is going to stop erupting is nearly impossible, because the processes driving that fall below the surface and we can't see them." said volcanologist Janine Krippner of Concord University in West Virginia.
People watch as ash rises from the summit crater of Kilauea volcano, Thursday, May 17, 2018, in Volcano, Hawaii. . This Thursday, May 17, 2018 image provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows a view of the ash plume resulting from an early morning explosion at Kilauea Volcano, in Hawaii.
Faced with cyber-security threats to their voting systems, Florida election supervisors say they want access to some of the federal election security money Congress approved for all 50 states nearly two months ago. But the state, which is supposed to receive $19 million, doesn't yet have the money, and election officials say they're growing impatient.
Stephenson says the company made a "big mistake" in hiring President Donald Trump's attorney Michael Co... The state Department of Justice has again concluded that secretly recorded videos of a Democratic activist reveal no evidence of election fraud. The state Department of Justice has again concluded that secretly recorded videos of a Democratic activist reveal no evidence of election fraud.
It's not over: TWO new cracks spew lava in Hawaii, sparking fears of yet more explosions and safety concerns for thousands, while incredible aerial footage shows huge crater inside Kilauea volcano 'It's just possible we might pull off a historic undertaking': Pompeo says U.S. is not 'remotely close' to a deal with North Korea - and it all comes down to Trump's meeting with Kim Tensions between Islamabad and Washington 'may develop into a full-blown crisis', after a US diplomat is barred from leaving Pakistan for running over and killing a pedestrian Iran's president says Tehran could remain part of nuclear deal without the U.S. as he calls on Britain and its allies to ignore Trump's withdrawal from the pact Royal Wedding scammers! Meghan Markle's father STAGED photos with paparazzi that were shared around the world and sold for up to $135,000 - just days before he walks her down the ... (more)
It's not over: TWO new cracks spew lava in Hawaii, sparking fears of yet more explosions and safety concerns for thousands, while incredible aerial footage shows huge crater inside Kilauea volcano 'It's just possible we might pull off a historic undertaking': Pompeo says U.S. is not 'remotely close' to a deal with North Korea - and it all comes down to Trump's meeting with Kim Tensions between Islamabad and Washington 'may develop into a full-blown crisis', after a US diplomat is barred from leaving Pakistan for running over and killing a pedestrian Iran's president says Tehran could remain part of nuclear deal without the U.S. as he calls on Britain and its allies to ignore Trump's withdrawal from the pact Royal Wedding scammers! Meghan Markle's father STAGED photos with paparazzi that were shared around the world and sold for up to $135,000 - just days before he walks her down the ... (more)
ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, MAY12-13 - This May 4, 2018 photo, shows the marina, a portion of the 2600 aches of land the federal government and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers owns in the City of Umatilla, Ore. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, acting on flood predictions, acquired the city's land along the banks of the Columbia River.