Harvey Set to Dump More Rain and Rescue Efforts
Rescuers go door to door in Houston as Harvey floods widen. The storm has damaged over 87 000 homes and destroyed nearly 7 000 statewide with dozens of responders searching for survivors or victims. Explosions at a chemical plant and loss of power halt water supply in Beaumont as the system struggles to recover. The remnants push inland threatening Kentucky and surrounding areas.
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Houston
Beaumont
Kentucky
Meyerland
Fire Department
Lorain volunteers collect hurricane relief items at Black River Landing
Lorain residents dump donations for Hurricane Harvey at Black River Landing with 6th Ward Councilman Angel Arroyo Jr assisting. The drive runs 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today, 4:30 to 6 p.m. during a Lorain game, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, with a Monday delivery planned.
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Kristin Bauer
Chronicle
Reagan Dull
Lorain
6Th Ward
Angel Arroyo Jr
Black River Landing
Arroyo
Monitoring Hurricane Harvey From The Brownsville Area
North Ridgeville native Jon Wysochanski now in Texas kept a close watch on Harvey as it neared landfall. Rick Hallman, a 36 year old meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Brownsville, noted the storm veered from south of the area to north within two days and warned coastal conditions could bring dangerous surf and flooding. See WEATHER, A2.
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North Ridgeville
Texas
Rick Hallman
Weather Forecast Inc
Burke Lakefront
Brownsville
National Weather Service
Hallman
Harvey
Houston
Yucatan
Mexico
Rudolph Libbe seeks 10 year tax abatement in North Ridgeville
Rudolph Libbe Group plans $1.2 million improvements on Mills Industrial Parkway to relocate part of its operation to North Ridgeville. The Toledo based firm aims to create 50 jobs mainly in engineering and seeks a 10 year property tax abatement. If approved the project would reduce local property tax revenue to the schools for a decade while the city and schools share new income tax revenue per an agreed formula.
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North Ridgeville
Rudolph Libbe Group
Mills Industrial Parkway
Mike Limburg
Toledo
Limburg
Cleveland
Michigan
David Gillock
Rudolph Libbe
Gillock
Disease not a threat to people amid deer deaths
Lorain County reports of dead deer tied to epi zootic hemorrhagic disease or EHD but officials say humans cannot catch it. The virus spreads deer to deer through midges near watering holes, with cases noted in cattle and deer. symptoms appear in five to ten days and many deer die within 36 hours.
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Lorain County
Jamey Emmert
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Ohio
Ohio Department of Agriculture
Jefferson County
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Jeff Amy and
Matt Sedensky
Associated Press
Rose City
Victor
Charity Navigator
Bit
Jon Wysochanski
The
Chronicle-Telegram
Construction Company
Scott Mahoney
Bruce Bishop
Otten Road
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