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6 hours ago · Bucket trucks are seen in an area hit by Hurricane Helene. CONTRIBUTED. FORT WAYNE — A second wave of power restoration crews from Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) are in numerous states after Hurricane Helene left a trail of destruction and millions of people without power. In total, 466 I&M employees and business partners are helping its sister ...
6 hours ago · For example, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, with a death toll of around 230,000 people, cost a 'mere' $15 billion, [1] whereas in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in which 11 people died, the damage was six times higher. The most expensive disaster in human history is the Chernobyl disaster, costing an estimated $700 billion. [2]
6 hours ago · PressReader. Catalog; For You; Clarion Ledger. Combination of factors contributed to NC disaster 2024-10-02 - Doyle Rice and Dinah Voyles Pulver . Forecasters had warned that Hurricane Helene would be a “once-in-a-generation” storm for portions of the Appalachians, and the forecast proved tragically accurate.
6 hours ago · Tuesday morning, Appalachian Power reported more than 85,000 customers were still without power in the company’s service territory, which includes parts of West Virginia, Virginia and a small ...
6 hours ago · The catastrophic flood disaster was caused by an unfortunate combination of weather, hydrology and geography, experts told the newspaper. Almost unimaginable amounts of rains fell along a swath of the United States more than 200 miles long, rushing from tall peaks and turning tumbling mountain streams into unrecognizable torrents, according to ...
6 hours ago · In a lot of ways, being in this unreal destruction reminded me of when I was young and my dad was in the West Virginia National Guard and he had to deal with the 1972 Buffalo Creek disaster. In that case, the dam broke, killing 125 West Virginians.
6 hours ago · Justin Holland, official government weather observer for Murray, reported that the high temperature for the month was 93 degrees on Sept. 5. The low temperature for the month was 49 degrees on Sept. 8. Average temperatures for the month were a high of 83 degrees which was one degree above normal and a low of 63 degrees which was five degrees ...
