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Wildfire near Athens burned area almost twice the size of Manhattan

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A European Union satellite mapping agency says 104 sq. kilometers (40 sq. miles) of land was burned northeast of Athens this week during a deadly wildfire that gutted dozens of homes and prompted multiple countries to send assistance. The Copernicus Emergency Management Service announced the damage estimate Wednesday, a day after the wildfire was contained in a massive effort that ended on the outskirts of the capital. A factory worker was killed in the fire that swept through mountainous areas southward, covering an area almost twice the size of Manhattan and ...

Today in History: Aug. 15, Woodstock music festival begins

By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, Aug. 15, the 228th day of 2024. There are 138 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 15, 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened in upstate New York; more than 460,000 people attended the three-day festival, which would become a watershed event in American music and culture. Also on this date: In 1057, Macbeth, King of Scots, was killed in battle by Malcolm, the eldest son of King Duncan, whom Macbeth had slain. In 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened as the SS Ancon crossed the just-completed waterway between the ...

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Marquette and vicinity: Today, showers likely, with a thunderstorms also possible after 5 p.m. Increasing clouds, with a high near 73. South wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except ...

Debby’s aftermath leaves thousands in the dark; threatens more flooding in the Carolinas

By RON TODT and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — The weather system previously known as Hurricane Debby was not quite done with parts of the U.S. Sunday as flood warnings remained in effect in North Carolina and thousands were without power in New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. After hitting Florida as a hurricane Aug. 5, the storm spent nearly a week unleashing tornadoes and flooding, damaging homes and taking lives along the East Coast before moving into Canada on Saturday. While many rivers had receded by Sunday, flood warnings remained in effect across central ...

At least 18 dead after landfill site collapses in Uganda’s capital

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda — A vast landfill site in the Ugandan capital has collapsed, killing at least 18 people, the Red Cross said. Fourteen other people were injured when the Kiteezi landfill, which serves as a waste disposal site for much of Kampala, ...

Today in History: Aug. 10, derecho rakes the Midwest

By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Aug. 10, the 223rd day of 2024. There are 143 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 10, 2020, a powerful derecho struck several Midwest U.S. states, causing four fatalities and an estimated $11 billion in damage, making it the ...