Wharton Flood Forces Hundreds to Flee as River Rises
Colorado River floods threaten 1,800 residents in Wharton as the crest nears nine feet above flood stage. At least 15 people died statewide from days of rain while shelters open in Victoria and Wharton. Evacuations and road closures spread across DeWitt County as warnings caution residents to leave and prepare for worsening conditions.
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Wharton
Texas
Colorado
Gulf of Mexico
John Patton
National Weather Service
Victoria
Salvation Army
Guadalupe
Margaret Macha
DeWitt
Wreck kills mother daughter near Parker Kansas
Richard McKinney faced a grim Christmas Day as his daughter Belinda Clements and granddaughter Angal Clements vanished on Tuesday morning. Their car left Linn County Road 540 and overturned upside down in four feet of water near Parker. Authorities believe the women died in the crash rather than by drowning. Belinda Clements, 33, Angal May Clements, 10, were en route to Paola and Johnson County when the accident occurred.
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Angas May Clements
Parker
Paola
Johnson County
McKinney
Linn
Kansas Highway Patrol
Linn County
William Justus
Laser guide star eyed for atmosphere testing in California
In Livermore California scientists plan to fire a 1 kilowatt laser into the sky to create a artificial star to measure how Earth's atmosphere distorts images from ground based telescopes. The initial star will be magnitude seven and likely not visible to the naked eye, improving to magnitude four by next summer aiding astronomical imaging.
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Livermore
Calif
San Francisco Bay Area
Earth
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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