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3 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Kind of crazy’: Vance’s Ohio neighbors can’t help but notice his Secret Service detail

CINCINNATI — Since becoming former President Donald Trump’s running mate, the neighbors of Sen. J.D. Even the local Skyline Chili franchise in Vance’s East Walnut Hills neighborhood of Cincinnati couldn’t help but catch neighbors’ attention when “six or seven big black SUVs that said U.S. Gov” showed up in late August, a 17-year-old server told Raw Story. “Not used to …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Tijuana River sewage flows into San Diego County last year broke all records since 2000

LA Times

Debris collects in a catch basin on the U.S. side of the border in San Ysidro, Calif. Rainstorms in the past couple of years have brought staggering amounts of that polluted stew over the border into San Diego County, flooding some South Bay roads where people have had to be rescued, extending beach closures, and bringing sedimentation and trash to …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Midwest flooding: Swollen river claims house next to Minnesota dam

Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa — A house that was teetering on the edge of an eroding riverbank near a Minnesota dam collapsed into the river in the latest jarring example of extreme weather gripping the upper Midwest. “It’s been a very scary and hard situation,” Jenny Barnes, whose family owned the house and has run the nearby Dam Store for decades, …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

The Best Breakfast To Start The Day With, Depending On Your Health Goals

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING It can be challenging to stick with health goals long term, but every morning presents a new opportunity to do it. If your primary goal is to support your mental health — including managing depression or anxiety — Lon Ben-Asher, a registered dietitian, said a breakfast that includes omega-3 fatty acids, complex carbohydrates, protein and fermented foods …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Iowa floodwaters breach levees as even more rain dumps onto parts of the Midwest

Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa — Tornado warnings, flash flooding and large hail added insult to injury for people in the Midwest already contending with heat, humidity and intense flooding after days of rain. The sheriff’s office in Monona County, near the Nebraska border, said the Little Sioux River breached levees in several areas. “Normally, this river is barely a trickle,” 71-year-old …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Environmentalists say Pearl River flood control plan would be destructive. Alternative plans exist

Associated Press

— Environmental groups in Mississippi presented findings Wednesday from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers showing a long-debated flood control project along the Pearl River would be “destructive,” and the groups said alternative projects should be considered instead. “At the core, One Lake is a private real estate development scheme masquerading as flood control for greater Jackson,” said Jill Mastrototaro, …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Flood-affected Murraylands irrigators call for government to fast-track levee repairs

ABC

Sheep and cattle farmer Joanne Pfeiffer uses irrigated Murray River water to maintain lush paddocks to feed her stock. Key points: Flood-affected farmers in SA's Murraylands are calling on the state to repair broken levees A Murray Bridge irrigator says she lost eight months of income after her property was inundated twice The state's department of water says more than …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Being underinsured can leave you in a no-payout loop, as this flood-affected caravan park is discovering

ABC

Nearly a year after losing their home and their caravan park business to a rare flood event, Geoff and Barbara Calvert are stuck in a no-payout loop as a stand-off continues between their insurance company and the government's flood relief program. Key points: A Riverland caravan park will be significantly out-of-pocket after it was affected by the 2022 floods Its …

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1 year, 4 months ago

18 years after Katrina levee breaches, group wants future engineers to learn from past mistakes

Associated Press

Future engineers need a greater understanding of past failures — and how to avoid repeating them — a Louisiana-based nonprofit said to mark Tuesday’s 18th anniversary of the deadly, catastrophic levee breaches that inundated most of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. The push by Levees.org comes as Hurricane Idalia takes aim at Florida’s Gulf Coast, threatening storm surges, floods and …

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1 year, 4 months ago

A tropical storm came to the desert, and migrant farmers faced a new danger

LA Times

Rafael Nuñez, 29, right, and Isabel Ramirez, 23, work to prop up a piece of roofing to try to divert floodwaters from his mobile home as Tropical Storm Hilary dumps torrential rain Sunday in Thermal, Calif. As the rain began to pour down Sunday afternoon, Rafael Nuñez got the uneasy feeling he was unprepared. “We didn’t think it was true.” …

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1 year, 5 months ago

California, facing another wet winter, races to prevent more flooding with levee repairs

LA Times

As forecasters sound the alarm about another potentially wet California winter fueled by El Niño, Gov. “Whether it’s drought or flood, we have to set proper science-based environmental standards and regulate according to those standards for the protection of people.” Among the items outlined in the executive order are emergency repairs to levees directly affected by this year’s floods, including …

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1 year, 6 months ago

‘It’s a disaster’: California farmer faces ordeal as pistachio farm sits underwater

LA Times

A few years ago, Makram Hanna took his savings from years of work in real estate and decided to make a big investment together with relatives and two other families. “It’s a disaster,” Hanna said, standing with arms crossed beside rows of inundated pistachio trees. An aerial view of Makram Hanna’s flooded pistachio orchard after a breach of a nearby …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Majority of Californians fear worsening weather swings due to climate change, poll finds

LA Times

As California continues to experience swings from one weather extreme to another, a majority of residents say they are increasingly concerned about the state’s changing climate, and some worry that weather impacts could force them to move in the future. Nearly 70% of registered voters say they expect that volatile fluctuations between severe drought and periods of heavy rain and …

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1 year, 7 months ago

California fights to save city, prison in peril from rising Tulare Lake floodwaters

LA Times

Central Valley Californians threatened by this year’s massive Sierra snowmelt will receive much-needed state funding as they rush to raise the Corcoran levee, a critical piece of flood control infrastructure that protects the city of Corcoran and its sprawling prison complex from the rising waters of Tulare Lake. “Knowing that we can fully fund this Corcoran levee reinforcement so that …

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1 year, 9 months ago

California lawmakers urge Army Corps of Engineers to speed up Pajaro levee repairs

LA Times

Floodwaters surround homes and vehicles in the community of Pajaro, in Monterey County, earlier this month. On Tuesday, California lawmakers sent a letter to Michael Connor, assistant secretary of the Army for Civil Works, urging him to speed construction on a levee that failed earlier this month, flooding the small town, and to provide immediate emergency relief funds to shore …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Astonishing before and after satellite photos show California towns swallowed by floods

LA Times

The majority of Pajaro, Calif., just across the Pajaro River from Watsonville, Calif., was submerged by floodwaters after the river levee breached the night of March 10, 2023. A levee failure on the Pajaro River in Monterey County triggered massive flooding and prompted hundreds of evacuations and dozens of water rescues. The levee — three miles upstream from the town …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Thousands of Central Valley residents told to leave homes ahead of another rain onslaught

LA Times

Residents of Allensworth, Calif., stand next to a levee they worked to fortify instead of waiting for government agencies to prevent floodwaters from inundating their community. “It’s sort of a flood PTSD,” Ferranti said Sunday, as he and thousands of others prepared for the arrival of the latest in a series of major storms that have hit the Central Valley …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Flooding vulnerabilities of L.A. River’s Glendale Narrows spark concern amid record rain

LA Times

Heavy rain this week turned the Los Angeles River flood-control channel into a raging torrent, and with new storms expected on Monday, emergency officials are keeping a wary eye on a well-known stretch that has long been vulnerable to flooding. “Glendale Narrows is a choke point that we watch closely,” said Mark Pestrella, director and chief engineer of the Los …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Another atmospheric river pounds California, 27K to evacuate

Associated Press

WATSONVILLE, Calif. — The latest powerful atmospheric river to drench California put nearly 27,000 people under evacuation orders Tuesday due to flooding and landslide risks. Crews raced to stabilize the Pajaro River’s ruptured levee Tuesday, placing rocks and boulders to finish filling the gap that opened late Friday, about 70 miles south of San Francisco. “Even a small amount of …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Photos: Thousands to evacuate in flood-ravaged California

Al Jazeera

The latest powerful atmospheric river to drench California has put nearly 27,000 people under evacuation orders due to flooding and landslide risks. On the Central Coast, workers hauled truckloads of rocks to plug a broken river levee amid steady rain and wind. “We live seven houses away from the river and the water level was six feet high, seven probably,” …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Residents left in flooded California farm town feel ‘abandoned’ as levees fail

LA Times

The migrant town of Pajaro, Calif., was flooded last week during powerful storms that caused the levee to break. “I know some people criticize us for not leaving, but the flooding danger isn’t here, it’s somewhere else,” Alvarez said, pointing south toward Salinas Road, which was submerged in water. “If the water continues to erode through the levee such that …

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1 year, 9 months ago

‘Probable inundation’: Salinas River communities brace for flooding, crop losses

LA Times

Floodwaters surround homes and vehicles in the community of Pajaro in Monterey County on Monday. “Projections now include a probable inundation of roadways between the Monterey Peninsula and the rest of the county,” officials said hours before an atmospheric river was forecast to hit the agricultural region. “Crop fields in the Salinas Valley and the Pajaro Valley area are experiencing …

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1 year, 9 months ago

As Pajaro River levees erode, officials consider severing Highway 1 to relieve pressure

LA Times

A crew works on repairing a levee rupture on the Pajaro River in Monterey County on Tuesday. “The real question today is about manually breaching a section to relieve pressure,” said Zach Friend, a Santa Cruz County supervisor whose district includes Watsonville, which is now threatened by the swelling Pajaro River. Adding to the challenge is that water flowing through …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Age, drought, rodents and neglect weaken California levees, heightening flood danger

LA Times

Much of the Monterey County town of Pajaro, just across the Pajaro River from Watsonville, was flooded when a levee failed early Saturday. “That’s just the very unfortunate way the planning and development process has worked over the past 100 plus years in the United States.” Throughout Northern California, the Central Valley and the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, there are …

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‘Kind of crazy’: Vance’s Ohio neighbors can’t help but notice his Secret Service detail

Tijuana River sewage flows into San Diego County last year broke all records since 2000

Midwest flooding: Swollen river claims house next to Minnesota dam

The Best Breakfast To Start The Day With, Depending On Your Health Goals

Iowa floodwaters breach levees as even more rain dumps onto parts of the Midwest

Environmentalists say Pearl River flood control plan would be destructive. Alternative plans exist

Flood-affected Murraylands irrigators call for government to fast-track levee repairs

Being underinsured can leave you in a no-payout loop, as this flood-affected caravan park is discovering

18 years after Katrina levee breaches, group wants future engineers to learn from past mistakes

A tropical storm came to the desert, and migrant farmers faced a new danger

California, facing another wet winter, races to prevent more flooding with levee repairs

‘It’s a disaster’: California farmer faces ordeal as pistachio farm sits underwater

Majority of Californians fear worsening weather swings due to climate change, poll finds

California fights to save city, prison in peril from rising Tulare Lake floodwaters

California lawmakers urge Army Corps of Engineers to speed up Pajaro levee repairs

Astonishing before and after satellite photos show California towns swallowed by floods

Thousands of Central Valley residents told to leave homes ahead of another rain onslaught

Flooding vulnerabilities of L.A. River’s Glendale Narrows spark concern amid record rain

Another atmospheric river pounds California, 27K to evacuate

Photos: Thousands to evacuate in flood-ravaged California

Residents left in flooded California farm town feel ‘abandoned’ as levees fail

‘Probable inundation’: Salinas River communities brace for flooding, crop losses

As Pajaro River levees erode, officials consider severing Highway 1 to relieve pressure

Age, drought, rodents and neglect weaken California levees, heightening flood danger