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Tropical Storm Nicholas threatens Gulf Coast with heavy rain Via CNBC.com: Tropical Storm Nicholas headed toward the Texas coast Monday, threatening to bring heavy rain and floods to coastal areas of Texas, Mexico and storm-battered Louisiana. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said a hurricane watch was issued for the central portion of the Texas coast with much of the state’s coastline now under a tropical storm warning. […]

1 million Louisiana utility customers are left without power after Ida makes landfall Via CNBC.com: Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana on Sunday as a Category 4 storm with winds of 150 miles per hour, one of the strongest storms to hit the region since Hurricane Katrina, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. Ida has since been downgraded to a tropical storm and is expected to move farther inland over […]

Huge quake of magnitude 8.2 on Alaska Peninsula triggers tsunami warnings Via CNBC.com: A strong and shallow earthquake of magnitude 8.2 struck the Alaskan peninsula late on Wednesday, prompting tsunami warnings in the U.S. state and heightened surveillance across the pacific. There were no immediate reports of loss of property or life. Tsunami warning sirens were sounded close to a Walmart store in Kodiak, Alaska, a video filmed by a […]

U.S. Will Exit Paris Accord, Regardless Of Election Outcome Via Just The News: Regardless of the Election Day outcome, the United States is poised to officially exit the Paris Climate Accord on Wednesday. America's exit from the accord was scheduled by President Trump with a letter last year.  If President Trump wins a second term, the United States will remain absent from the accord; however, if Joe Biden is victorious, […]