Southeast Texas Floods Claim Six Lives Amid Heavy Rain
Overnight rainfall drenched flood prone Southeast Texas with up to 16 inches since Sunday. More rain was forecast today and Wednesday across the region as tornadoes sparked in the northern Plains. Dry conditions persisted in the Pacific and Northeast while Midwest and West turned mostly cloudy. Weather spread rain and snow into southeast Idaho, northern Utah, and the central Rockies with golf ball sized hail reported in Zephyr Texas. The hot spot of the day was Brownsville Texas at 81 degrees while Truckee California cooled to 17.
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Texas
Midwest
Mississippi River Valley
Great Plains
Idaho
Utah
Central
Rockies
Plains
Zephyr
Great Basin
Pacific Coast
Brownsville
Truckee
Calif
Dominant high pressure extends across eastern seaboard forecast
A dominating ridge from the Canadian maritimes to the Florida straits keeps skies clear and temperatures mild into midweek. In Frederick County today partly sunny with highs in the lower 70s and tonight partly cloudy with lows 45 to 50. Wednesday remains partly sunny with highs in the lower to mid 70s. Southwest winds near 10 mph. Yesterday readings: Frederick 68 36 Hagerstown 70 34 Cumberland 72 30 Westminster 66 41. Extended forecast calls for Thursday with variable clouds and a chance of showers, highs in the low to mid 70s. Friday then showers possible in the southeast with highs 60s to low 70s. Saturday partly sunny with highs in the 60s.
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Frederick County
Frederick
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Westminster
Two Teens Hospitalized After Car Hitting Pole in Middletown
Danielle King 16 of New Market drove a Ford Escort on Franklin Street losing control and hitting a telephone pole. King was ejected and in serious condition while passenger Kimberly Sommerfeld 16 of Middletown was in fair condition. Corrinne Giblin was treated and released. Bail set for William Dorsey 29 on assault and weapons charges. bail reduced later to 5000. Larry Pryor 40 faces 10000 bail for wife stabbing.
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Washington County Hospital
Danielle M. King
Commodore Court
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Maryland
Michael Brennan
Miss King
Kimberly M. Sommerfeld
Corrinne Giblin
Frederick Memorial
William Dorsey
South Street
Frederick
Mr. Dorsey
District Court
Frederick Bower
Cate
Bower
Larry
Fire log brief reports incidents and ambulance calls
Fire calls in the last 24 hours ending 8 p.m. Monday include 1:43 a.m. at East 16th Street and North Market with wires down, 1:17 p.m. at 1-270 and Md. 80 southbound with a vehicle fire United Urbana, and 5:12 p.m. at Old New Market Road and E Main Street in New Market with a brush fire. Ambulance calls recorded as Emergency and 375 routine, total 1.
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North Market
Urbana
Old New Market Road
E. Main Street
New Market
Lottery Results from Baltimore Drawn Monday Night
Maryland lottery numbers drawn on Monday evening include Play Three 2 3 4, Play Four 8 6 9 5, and Match 5 2 10 15 24 33, with officials noting no claimed records yet.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Maryland thefts include computer from car and dress shoes
Maryland State Police investigate two thefts in Mount Airy and Urbana. A Illinois resident reports a Toteable 486 Bi Link computer and an RS 422 board stolen from a car trunk, valued at 6000. In a separate break in, a ivory sequin cocktail dress and high heel shoes valued at 265 were stolen from an Urbana Pike apartment.
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Illinois
Woodville Road
Mount Airy
Thomas Staley
Urbana Pike
Ladybugs invade West Virginia homes in winter migration
In Charleston, officials report a surge of Harmonia axyridis ladybugs entering dozens of West Virginia homes seeking warmth. Experts say the non destructive beetles, introduced in the 1970s to control aphids, are simply seeking shelter as aphids wane. Local residents report vacuuming up swarms and noting colors from red to yellow as the bugs move indoors mainly between 2 PM and dawn.
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W.va
West Virginia
Jennifer Johnston
State Division of Agriculture
Tom McCutcheon
Kelly Guthrie
Advent
Jackson County
McCutcheon
Paul Schaefer
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Newark
Del
Japan
United States
Rain drenches Texas as flood claims six lives and displaces thousands
Debora Merkel and other Texans flee rising floodwaters after a heavy rainstorm that dumped as much as 30 inches in parts. About 10,000 residents were urged to evacuate, with 13 shelters open in the region. Downstream from a dam near Houston, 3,000 were evacuated as Trinity River rose. five thousand farther south fled low-lying areas. Several deaths occurred across Montgomery, Grimes and surrounding counties from vehicles swept away, flooded creeks, and other floodwaters.
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Texas
Debora Merkel
Merkel
Red Cross
Houston
Trinity River
Polk County
Billy Nelson
Montgomery County
Grimes County
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