Winter flood risk grows across heartland as snow melts
Winter snows push flood danger across Minnesota North Dakota and the upper Mississippi basin. Forecasters warn of above normal risk from Montana to St Louis with Great Lakes and Ohio Valley counties facing rising waters. Communities stock sandbags and pumps as Fargo Grand Forks and Findlay prepare while officials note high moisture and heavy rain could extend floods into March and April.
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Mich
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Dakotas
National Weather Service
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Great Lakes
Ohio
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Sunset Bay
N.Y
U.S
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Weather Service
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Atlanta
North Carolina
Gary McManus
Oklahoma
Spavinaw
Mississippi River
St. Paul
Minn
Fargo
N.C
Red River
Downtown
Grand Forks
James
Big Sioux
South Dakota
U.S. Geological Survey
Robert Holmes
Greg Gust
Henderson County
Mississippi
Gulfport
Marty Lafary
Coral Seitz
Egypt names caretaker cabinet amid reforms after Mubarak ouster
Prime minister designate Essam Sharaf announced a caretaker cabinet to guide reforms and upcoming elections. New interior, foreign, and justice ministers were named, including Maj. Gen. Mansour el-Essawy and Nabil Elaraby, while protests and clashes outside state security offices continued and 27 people were arrested.
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Egypt
Hosni Mubarak
Mubarak
Interior Ministry
Cairo
Nasr City
Essam Sharaf
Mansour el-Essawy
Mahmoud Wagdi
El-Essawy
Sharaf
Nabil Elaraby
Elaraby
Ahmed Aboul-Gheit
US warns citizens against travel to Yemen
The State Department urged Americans not to travel to Yemen and advised those there to consider leaving. It authorized non essential personnel and family members of embassy staff to depart amid terrorism and civil unrest. The threat level is described as extremely high with possible attacks on citizens and interests.
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Yemen
Washington
State Department
U.S
Department
USS
Buses safety rules in Tazewell County arise
The county debates bus stopping laws on Route 460 and Route 52. George Godbey says stopping in the eastbound lane affects only the direction the bus travels. Patrick McKinney notes BAT buses use emergency flashers and pull off when possible, but some spots force stopping in the roadway with no law prohibiting passing a BAT vehicle on the opposite lane.
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George Godbey
Tazewell County
Godbey
Bluefield
Buchanan County
Patrick McKinney
McKinney
Kerry urges planned Libya no fly zone not immediate action
Senate panel leader John Kerry and allies push for planning a no fly zone and possible strikes on Libyan air ports but require international agreement before any action. U S officials warn against rapid escalation while NATO discusses contingency planning with no current deployment.
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Libya
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U.S
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John Kerry
D-Mass
White House
William Daley
Pentagon
Robert Gates
Afghanistan
Iraq
Liam Fox
Fox
BBC Radio
NATO
Brussels
Gates
Muammar Gaddafi
John McCain
R-Ariz
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