By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE — The death toll was rising in Central European countries on Sunday after days of heavy rains caused widespread flooding and forced mass evacuations. Several Central European nations have already been hit by severe flooding, including Austria, ...
By JAIMIE DING and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Helped by cooler temperatures, firefighters gained ground Friday against three blazes in Southern California and authorities began scaling back evacuation orders that displaced thousands of people. The largest blaze is the Bridge Fire east of Los Angeles, which has burned 81 square miles, torched at least 33 homes and six cabins and forced the evacuation of 10,000 people. The cause of the fire is not yet known. After days of burning without fire crews being able to stop its forward march, it was 3% contained on ...
By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Sept. 14, the 258th day of 2024. There are 108 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 14, 1901, President William McKinley died in Buffalo, New York, of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin eight days prior; Vice President Theodore ...
By MARIANA MARTINEZ BARBA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Mexico’s resort-studded Los Cabos area warned tourists and residents alike to stay inside Friday as Tropical Storm Ileana began to pound the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula with rain. Ileana formed Thursday off the Pacific coast of Mexico and was lumbering north-northwest at 8 mph, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. The forecast path would take it over or near the twin resorts of San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas. Ileana was centered about 55 miles southeast of Cabo ...
Marquette and vicinity: Today, mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Soth wind 5 to 10 mph. Tonight, a 20 percent chance of showers after 2 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Extended forecast: Sunday, a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2 p.m. ...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Perhaps it was fate that a man’s pickup truck got trapped in rising floodwaters unleashed by Hurricane Francine not far from where Miles Crawford lives. The 39-year-old off-duty emergency room nurse is professionally trained in saving lives — quickly — and that’s exactly what he did the moment he saw what was happening Wednesday night in his New Orleans neighborhood. Crawford grabbed a hammer from his house and ran to the underpass where the truck was stuck, wading through swirling waist-high water to reach the driver. When he got there, he saw that the ...
