Marquette and vicinity: Today, mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. North wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Tonight, partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph. Extended forecast: Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 52. South wind 5 to 10 mph. ...
By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NEW YORK — Almost nothing stood in the way of the pounding waves that crashed into seaside homes in Staten Island’s Tottenville neighborhood when Superstorm Sandy struck the city 12 years ago. A narrow strip of sand, some beach scrub and a few lonely trees did almost nothing to slow the ocean swells as they collapsed houses and ripped others from their foundations, killing a 13-year-old girl and her father. But after years of work, a system of artificial reefs largely completed this summer could help soften the blow of future ...
TALISAY, Philippines (AP) — As a storm pounded his rural home, Raynaldo Dejucos asked his wife and children to stay indoors and keep safe from a lightning strike or slippery roads. One thing the 36-year-old didn’t mention was landslides. In the lakeside town of Talisay in the ...
By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Oct. 26, the 300th day of 2024. There are 66 days left in the year. Today in history: On October 26th, 1881, four lawmen, including Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday, exchanged gunfire with five outlaws, killing three of them, at the “Shootout at ...
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador has announced an increase in daily power cuts as the severe drought impacting the nation keeps lowering water levels for the key hydroelectric plants, the source of more than 70% of the country’s electricity. Acting Energy minister Ines Manzano said late Thursday that the authorities are ordering an electricity service suspension from eight to 14 hours a day in the country because the drought has worsened in recent days. Like other South American countries, Ecuador has faced a prolonged dry season. The new measures come days after President Daniel ...
ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Federal officials went door to door in Roswell on Thursday to assess the damage from historic flooding last weekend in the southeastern New Mexico community. The National Guard rescued more than 300 people over the weekend after 5.78 inches (about 14.7 centimeters) of rain fell Saturday, breaking Roswell’s previous daily record of 5.65 inches (about 14.6 centimeters) set on Nov. 1, 1901. Mayor Tim Jennings called it “a 500-year flood” and said Thursday that the death toll remained at two. He declined to release the names and ages of the dead. “One man ...
