Tag: Floods

Tunnel collapse nearly led to Mexico City drain explosion

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MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities said the collapse of a clandestine tunnel dug to steal gasoline from a government pipeline probably triggered a chain...

Leak at wastewater pond prompts evacuations in Florida

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BRADENTON, Fla. — Officials in Florida were evacuating homes and a highway Saturday near a large reservoir of wastewater because of a significant leak...

Tennessee flood deaths rise to 6 with more rain coming

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee emergency officials have reported a sixth person died in flash flooding over the weekend, and four of the six deaths...

Upstate woman said Gov. Cuomo forced a kisses on her cheek

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ALBANY, N.Y. — An upstate New York woman said Monday that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo grabbed her face and kissed her cheek at...

Flood of Capitol riot, tribal cases swamps US prosecutors

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OKLAHOMA CITY — The U.S. Justice Department’s to-do list was already daunting, especially with this year's flood of pandemic-delayed federal cases. And now two...

Faith leaders’ year of pandemic: grief, solace, resilience

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In a pandemic-wracked year, religious leaders and spiritual counselors across the U.S. ministered to the ill, fed the hungry, consoled the bereaved. Some did...

Myanmar’s searing smartphone images flood a watching world

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The images ricochet across the planet, as so many do in this dizzying era of film it, upload it, tell it to the world:...

Brazil’s Bolsonaro visits Amazon jungle state hit by floods

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RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday visited the state of Acre, in the Amazon rainforest, where several cities have been...

VIRUS DIARY: It’s mud, mud everywhere in UK’s 3rd lockdown

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LONDON — It's apparently not enough for Britons to endure almost 120,000 COVID-19 deaths and face a new variant of the virus that scientists...

Congressman hopes politics align on divisive Northwest dams

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SPOKANE, Wash. — Nearly two decades ago, Republican President George W. Bush stood on a bank of the Snake River near Pasco, Washington, and...