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Monterey (United States) (AFP) - A winter storm in the Northeast and flooding in the West left several hundred thousand US homes without power Wednesday, even as more rain and snow were forecast. Nearly 200,000 customers were without electricity in the western state of California, and nearly as many were affected in five northeastern states, the monitoring site poweroutage.us reported. Along the upper Atlantic coast, heavy snowfall and wind toppled trees and blocked roads, local weather services said. "Our utility crews... are working tirelessly to get everyone's power restored," New Hampshire...
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Felton (United States) (AFP) - Using a plastic broom, Camilla Shaffer scrapes at the thick layer of mud caking her yard -- it's the third time in two weeks that her house has been flooded thanks to the string of storms that have hit California in rapid succession. "I'm so angry, it just makes me want to cry," said Shaffer, a 59-year-old Briton wearing boots covered in muck. It was only a few days ago that she cleaned up her porch from the last storm, and now she has to start all over again. Upstairs her belongings are safe but the furniture of her art studio on the ground floor is ruined. In ...
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Lost Creek (United States) (AFP) - Chase Hays says he is "torn." After seeing floods ravage his hamlet in the mountains of eastern Kentucky, he filed a lawsuit against the mine that overlooks it, but the 34-year-old doesn't want to be seen as an "enemy" of coal. Like him, many in his Appalachian region are reluctant to question an industry that has long provided the only high-paying jobs. And with the US midterm elections approaching, few candidates dare talk about climate change. Yet the state has been devastated recently by extreme weather. In December, tornadoes killed 80 people in western ...
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Washington (AFP) - The 150,000 residents of Jackson, the capital of the southern US state of Mississippi, endured a fourth straight day without clean running water Thursday, with authorities urging those who still had supplies to shower with their mouths closed. The city, where 80 percent of the population is Black and poverty is rife, has been experiencing recurring water crises for years. But this week's ordeal plunged Jackson into an emergency, with days of major flooding disrupting the operation of a critical but aging water treatment plant. When residents turn on the tap, many see only a...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Parts of Yellowstone will remain closed for the rest of the year because of extensive flood damage, managers say, with the oldest national park in the United States completely shuttered Wednesday. Roads have been washed out in the northern portion of the 9,000 square kilometer (3,400 square mile) park after torrential rainfall and snowmelt sent months' worth of run-off into rivers in just a couple of days. All the entrances to the park, which sits chiefly in Wyoming and is home to the Old Faithful geyser, remained closed Wednesday for a third consecutive day. Images release...
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New York (AFP) - Several subway stations were flooded and major roads were cut in New York on Thursday ahead of the expected arrival of Storm Elsa, which has moved up the US East Coast after lashing Florida with wind and rain. Between 2 and 4 inches of water fell in a series of thunderstorms over the city and surrounding areas on Thursday afternoon, the National Weather Service (NWS) said, "causing extensive flash flooding in certain places." Subway passengers posted video footage on Twitter of flooded platforms at the 157th Street station north of Manhattan. Commuters could be seen waist-deep...
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