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Deadly floods reinforce challenges for Texas as crisis epicenter

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Before dawn Friday morning, Dalton Rice went for a jog along the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas. Rice, the city manager, finished his run around 4 a.m. as a light rain set in. An hour later, he began receiving emergency calls: the river had flooded out of control.

Torrential rains dumped into the Guadalupe, and in just 45 minutes, it ...Read more

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Deadly floods reinforce challenges for Texas as crisis epicenter

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Before dawn Friday morning, Dalton Rice went for a jog along the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas. Rice, the city manager, finished his run around 4 a.m. as a light rain set in. An hour later, he began receiving emergency calls: the river had flooded out of control.

Torrential rains dumped into the Guadalupe, and in just 45 minutes, it ...Read more

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Tropical Storm Chantal strikes Carolina coast

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Tropical Storm Chantal moved inland Sunday morning, bringing rain and flood threats after striking the Carolina coast with 50 mph winds.

As of the National Hurricane Center’s 11 a.m. advisory, the storm had diminished into a tropical depression with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph as it moved into eastern North Carolina. It was located ...Read more

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Texas flood deaths pass 50 with more bad weather expected

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More than 50 people have died and dozens of children are missing in Texas Hill Country after catastrophic flooding, leaving officials struggling to explain if they had done enough to warn people of the fast-rising waters.

At least 27 campers from Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, remain unaccounted ...Read more

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Texas flood deaths rise as search continues for missing campers

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At least 43 people have died and dozens of children are missing in the Texas Hill Country after catastrophic flooding, with officials warning the casualty count will climb as forecasts call for more rain and the risk of further flash floods in the coming days.

Among those unaccounted for were at least 27 campers from Camp Mystic, an all-girls ...Read more

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Tropical Storm Chantal picks up speed as it heads for South Carolina coast

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Chantal formed Saturday and picked up speed later in the day as it moved in the Atlantic toward the Carolinas, according to the National Weather Service.

What had been Tropical Depression Three that formed off the coast of Florida on Friday grew into the season’s third named storm by 8 a.m.

As of the National...Read more

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Texas death toll climbs as catastrophic flood stretches rescuers

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At least 32 people have died and dozens of children are missing in the Texas Hill Country after catastrophic flooding, with officials warning the casualty count will climb as forecasts call for more rain and the risk of further flash floods in the coming days.

Among those unaccounted for were at least 27 campers from Camp Mystic, an all-girls ...Read more

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Tropical Storm Chantal picks up speed as it heads for South Carolina coast

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Chantal formed Saturday as it slowly moved in the Atlantic toward the Carolinas, according to the National Weather Service.

What had been Tropical Depression Three that formed off the coast of Florida on Friday grew into the season’s third named storm by 8 a.m.

As of the National Hurricane Center's 5 p.m. ...Read more

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Texas death toll climbs as catastrophic flood stretches rescuers

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At least 32 people have died and dozens of children are missing in the Texas Hill Country after catastrophic flooding, with officials warning the casualty count will climb as forecasts call for more rain and the risk of further flash floods in the coming days.

Among those unaccounted for were at least 27 campers from Camp Mystic, an all-girls ...Read more

Texas flood death toll climbs as rescuers search for missing

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At least 27 people have died and dozens of children are missing in the Texas Hill Country after catastrophic flooding, with officials warning the casualty count will climb as forecasts call for more rain and the risk of further flash floods in the coming days.

Among those unaccounted for were at least 27 campers from Camp Mystic, an all-girls ...Read more

Tropical Storm Chantal forms in the Atlantic, targets southeast coast

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Chantal formed Saturday as it slowly moved in the Atlantic toward the Carolinas, according to the National Weather Service.

What had been Tropical Depression Three that formed off the coast of Florida on Friday grew into the season’s third named storm by 8 a.m.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. advisory, the storm’s...Read more

Texas flood death toll climbs as rescuers search for missing

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At least 27 people have died and dozens of children are missing after catastrophic flooding in Texas, with officials warning the casualty count will climb as forecasts call for more rain and the risk of further flash floods in the coming days.

Among those unaccounted for were at least 27 campers from Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp along ...Read more

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Hurricane center says depression off Florida coast to become tropical storm on way to Carolinas

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ORLANDO, Fla. — A tropical depression formed in the Atlantic off the coast of Florida on Friday headed for the Carolinas and expected to become a tropical storm, according to the National Hurricane Center.

In the NHC’s initial 5 p.m. advisory for Tropical Depression Three, its center was located about 100 miles east-northeast of ...Read more

Hurricane center says system off Florida coast has 70% chance to develop

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ORLANDO, Fla. — An area of low pressure formed off the coast of Jacksonville on Friday and could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm, according to the National Hurricane Center.

In its 2 p.m. tropical outlook, the NHC said the system had become more defined and was located about 150 miles off the northeast Florida ...Read more

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Powerful storms kill at least 3 in NJ, leave thousands without power

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Powerful thunderstorms that swept through New Jersey on Thursday killed at least three people and knocked out power to thousands, officials said.

In a social media post late Thursday night, Gov. Phil Murphy said he had been briefed on the “severe thunderstorms that hit Central Jersey … and resulted in fatalities.”

Without providing ...Read more

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Hurricane center increases chance system could develop off Florida coast

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ORLANDO, Fla. – The National Hurricane Center on Thursday upped its prediction a system could form off the coast of Florida and develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

In its 2 p.m. Eastern time tropical advisory, the NHC said an area of low pressure is forecast to develop on Friday or Saturday over the Florida ...Read more

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Hurricane center increases chance system could develop off Florida coast

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ORLANDO, Fla. – The National Hurricane Center on Thursday upped its prediction a system could form off the coast of Florida and develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

In its 8 a.m. tropical advisory, the NHC said an area of low pressure is forecast to develop by the weekend off the Atlantic coast of the southeast U.S. ...Read more

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Hurricane center says system could develop slowly off Florida coast

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The National Hurricane Center continued Wednesday to keep track of a weather system that could form off one of Florida’s coasts this weekend that could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

In its 8 p.m. Eastern time tropical advisory, the NHC said an area of low pressure was forecast to develop either off of Florida�...Read more

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Hurricane center says system could develop slowly off Florida coast

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The National Hurricane Center continued Wednesday to keep track of a weather system that could form off one of Florida’s coasts this weekend that could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

In its 8 a.m. tropical advisory, the NHC said an area of low pressure was forecast to develop either off of Florida’s Gulf ...Read more

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Eiffel Tower closes early as heat wave grips Europe

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The Eiffel Tower closed early on Tuesday as a sweltering heat wave gripped parts of Europe.

The attraction closed at 4 p.m. local time — with last entry at 2:30 p.m. — as temperatures reached approximately 101 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a statement on the landmark’s website.

The tower will be closed all day on Wednesday, too, as a ...Read more