Storm lashes Carolinas causing extensive damage and floods
Severe weather battered the Carolinas with high winds and heavy rain stranding hundreds and damaging more than 1000 buildings. Flooding hit Topsail Beach and Onslow County while Maryland and New Jersey faced high tides and flood warnings along the coast. Authorities estimate total damage near seven million dollars with ongoing cleanup and water shortages reported by Camp Lejeune Marines delivering fresh water.
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North
Carolina
Annapolis
Baltic
Fort McHenry
New Jersey
Maine
Northeast
New York
Massachusetts
al Moore
National Weather Service
Newark
N.J
North Carolina Island
Topsail Beach
Camp Lejeune
Onslow County
Topsail
Caudle
North Carolina
Cosl
South Carolina
Myrtle Beach
Toxic flood spill disrupts Chehalis area cleanup weeks after spill
Crews worked to clean a contaminated zone around Chehalis Washington after a spill of pentachlorophenol and diesel polluted 12 homes and four businesses. Officials estimated 3 200 gallons leaked from American Crossarm and Conduit Co as residents faced an extended wait to return home. Federal and state agencies coordinated the response while authorities weighed soil removal versus washing down and disposal of contaminated items.
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Ehalis
Conto
American Crossarm and Conduit Co
Chehalis
American Crossarm
Fred Olson
State Department of Ecology
Portland
Ore
Olson
Webb
Erosion Devastates Garden City Beach In 9-Foot High Tides
Frances and Carl Rose evacuated Lana Pier, Mich., as Waccamaw Neck beaches eroded to nine feet above normal. Myrtle Beach officials called the damage among the worst since 1954 Hazel, with 40 mph winds wrecking sea walls and flooding pools at multiple coastal hotels.
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Waccamaw Neck
Grand Strand
Patrick Dowling
Myrtle Beach
Garden City
Beam
South Carolina
New Jersey
Atlantic
Cape May
Lake Michigan
Charles Collinson
Illinois State Geological Society
Ventura
Calif., Seas
Lava Threatens Three More Homes In Hawaii Outbreak
Lava from Kilauea flows toward three more houses and ten other structures as a second tongue advances toward Kalapana. Residents Kaipo and Mat Zig Roberts watch their 42 year home threatened while the Patt house burns from side flows. Civil Defense notes two other houses at risk and a small push toward Kalapana town. The 8 mile long lava stream from Kilaneau's east rift zone has added new land near the sea and park rangers keep ocean trail open to spectators.
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Kalapana
Hawaii
Kilauea
Bea
Seth
Kaipo
Matzig Roberts
Ava
Harry Kim
Hawaii County
Louis
Becky Patt
Civil Defense
Pau
Kilaneau
Ainece
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Rangers
Pennsylvania liquor store managers sue governor
In Harrisburg 705 state liquor store managers sue Gov. Thornburgh over ending the liquor monopoly via the Sunset Review Act arguing it violates the Pennsylvania Constitution. The action follows Thornburgh's executive order to auction stores and shift liquor and wine sales to private firms.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Dln
Dick Thornburgh
Commonwealth Court
Thornburgh
Edward A. Cloonan
Independent State State Union
Esa Signa
Madelphia
Ahd Bourgh
Runkel
United Food and Commercial Workers
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Carolinas
Hess Aeity Damae
Associated Press Oe
Jeff Webb
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
WelSbresen
My Can Cablevision
Shoppingtown
Fay’s
Frances and
Carl Rose
Lana Pier
Mich
Hare
Hawaiian
Knight-Ridder
Legislatire
Cloonan
Liquor Control Board
House
Senate
P.T. Barnum
Hamburgh
David Runkel
State Bureau of Real Estate
Steve Gardner
Department of General Services
Real Estate Bureau
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