In Texas, about 100 people were injured and more than 200 homes and structures destroyed.
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Ocean heat and La Nina combo likely mean more Atlantic hurricanes this summer
Get ready for what nearly all the experts think will be one of the busiest Atlantic hurricane seasons on record.
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Gov. Mills to create commission to prepare Maine for more battering storms
Mills will sign an executive order Tuesday to create the commission in the wake of an extremely warm and stormy winter.
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Small businesses, municipalities urged to apply for portion of $35 million aid to rebuild after storms
The funding is part of a $60 million storm relief package secured by Gov. Janet Mills and lawmakers during the recent legislative session.
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Heavy rains over Texas have led to water rescues, school cancellations and orders to evacuate
A flash flood warning was also in effect in the Houston-area on Friday morning.
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Maine’s wharf owners scramble to repair what they can before lobstering season starts
Contractors are hard to come by amid the mounting demand to repair damage from January storms that battered the coast. Now, many are patching their own wharves, hoping they can hold out until the real work can be done.
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Tornadoes kill 4 in Oklahoma, leaving trail of destruction and thousands without power
Dozens of reported tornadoes have wreaked havoc in the nation’s midsection since Friday.
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When red-hot isn’t enough: New government heat risk tool sets magenta as most dangerous level
U.S. health and weather officials are unveiling a new color-coded system to warn Americans about heat danger, and it will set magenta as the most dangerous level.
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Frequency of ferocious storms, power outages on the rise in Maine
Columbia University public health researchers found that the typical Maine customer went without power for longer than average between 2018 and 2020.
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City opens warming center at Augusta Civic Center due to storm
The Augusta Civic Center will be open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday.