Maria Carves Path of Destruction Across Puerto Rico
Hurricane Maria slammed Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm with 155 mph winds, causing catastrophic flooding and widespread outages. The death toll rose in the Caribbean as St. Croix and Dominica suffered severe damage, with authorities warning of months without power and the storm tracking north of the Dominican Republic toward the Bahamas.
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Firefighting funding reform touted as solution to costly Western wildfires
Western lawmakers press Congress to treat forest fires like disasters and allow the Forest Service to tap disaster relief funds after firefighting money dries up. Sen. Ron Wyden leads a bill with eight co sponsors amid 2017 peak wildfire costs and record acres burned across eight states.
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Death toll in Mexico quake tops two hundred thirty
Mexican rescuers on a second night search rubble for survivors from the magnitude 7.1 quake that struck central Mexico. In Mexico City a girl remains trapped under the En cire Rebsamen school as 21 children and 4 adults were confirmed dead there amid widespread destruction and mass power outages.
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