Marquette and vicinity: Today, showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before noon, then a chance of showers. Patchy fog after 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and ...
SPRING, Texas (AP) — As the temperature soared in the Houston-area home Janet Jarrett shared with her sister after losing electricity in Hurricane Beryl, she did everything she could to keep her 64-year-old sibling cool. But on their fourth day without power, she awoke to hear Pamela Jarrett, who used a wheelchair and relied on a feeding tube, gasping for breath. Paramedics were called but she was pronounced dead at the hospital, with the medical examiner saying her death was caused by the heat. “It’s so hard to know that she’s gone right now because this wasn’t ...
BERRIEN COUNTY, Mich. (AP) — Part of an ancient Michigan cave where “The Great Train Robbery” was filmed has collapsed under heavy rain. A wall of Bear Cave in Buchanan collapsed this week, Adam Morris, the property manager at a campground that operates near the cave, told MLive.com. The wall collapsed at night and was already closed to the public due to flooding, Morris said. He didn’t clarify what night the collapse happened. The cave will remain closed pending an inspection, Morris said. It was unclear how soon the inspection might take place. Storms on July 9, 10 and ...
Associated Press undefined A wildfire in Salt Lake City has forced people living uphill from Utah’s state capitol to evacuate. The blaze on Ensign Peak remains uncontained, with more than 100 firefighters working to protect nearby homes on Sunday. Airplanes have responded and helicopters ...
Marquette and vicinity: Today, a 20 percent chance of showers after 9 a.m. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the morning. Tonight, mostly clear, with a low around 58. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the afternoon. Extended forecast: Sunday, ...
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press BARNET, Vt.— Exactly one year to the date of last year’s severe flooding in Vermont, Joe’s Brook Farm was flooded again by the remnants of Hurricane Beryl. This time it was worse. Workers were able to harvest some of the produce before last week’s flooding, but the family-owned vegetable farm still lost 90% of its crop in fields and greenhouses. “When we got hit twice on the same day two years in a row it’s pretty hard to recover from that,” said Mary Skovsted, who owns the farm with her husband. Around the state, and especially in ...
