By LISA RATHKE and DAVID SHARP Associated Press BARRE, Vt.— The remnants of Debby raced northward with heavy rain that caused flooding and evacuations on Friday in western New York, creating new misery after causing at least eight deaths over a multi-day journey of destruction up the ...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities flew additional forces Thursday to the southern island of Crete, where 250 firefighters battled a wildfire that forced the evacuation of eight villages in mountainous areas. The blaze tore through olive groves, farmland and scrub, damaging irrigation networks, but posed no immediate threat to the busy holiday resorts along the island’s coast. The fire service said 40 members of a specialist unit from Athens joined the operation in the island’s central Rethymno area late Thursday, boosting the ground forces to nearly 300. A first team was ...
Marquette and vicinity: Today, a 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 61. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Tonight, a 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high ...
By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Aug. 9, the 222nd day of 2024. There are 144 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 9, 1945, three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, a U.S. B-29 Superfortress code-named Bockscar dropped a nuclear device over Nagasaki; ...
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City emergency management officials have apologized for a hard-to-understand flood warning issued in Spanish by drones flying overhead in some neighborhoods. City officials had touted the high-tech message-delivery devices ahead of expected flash flooding Tuesday. But when video of a drone delivering the warning in English and Spanish was shared widely on social media, users quickly mocked the pronunciation of the Spanish version delivered to a city where roughly a quarter of all residents speak the language at ...
Marquette and vicinity: Today, a chance of showers before 11 a.m., then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. South wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. ...
