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September 19, 2018 at 10:00 pm

Bye bye bugs? Scientists fear non-pest insects are declining WATCH

OXFORD, Pa. (AP) — A staple of summer — swarms of bugs — seems to be a thing of the past. And that's got scientists...

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September 15, 2018 at 10:15 pm

US hurricane, Asian typhoon: 1 brings water, the other, wind

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nature expresses its fury in sundry ways. Two deadly storms — Hurricane Florence and Typhoon Mangkhut — roared ashore on the same...

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September 15, 2018 at 1:11 pm

2 storms, Florence and Mangkhut, different as water and wind

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nature expresses its fury in sundry ways. Two deadly storms — Hurricane Florence and Typhoon Mangkhut — roared ashore on the same...

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September 14, 2018 at 9:22 pm

Scientists: World’s warming; expect more intense hurricanes

WASHINGTON (AP) — A warmer world makes for nastier hurricanes. Scientists say they are wetter, possess more energy and intensify faster. Their storm surges are...

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September 14, 2018 at 2:25 pm

A warmer world makes hurricanes wetter and more intense VIEW

Global warming didn't cause Hurricane Florence, scientists say. But it makes the system a bigger danger.

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People drive along a flooded area as Hurricane Florence swept through the area in Wilmington, N.C., on Sept. 14, 2018. Florence, lashing the North Carolina coast with strong winds and blinding rain, made landfall Friday morning having already driven dangerous storm surges of several feet into beach and river towns. The eye of the storm came ashore at Wrightsville Beach, N.C., just east of Wilmington, with winds of about 90 miles an hour. (Eric Thayer/The New York Times) XNYT4 XNYT4

September 14, 2018 at 10:16 am

Florence could dump enough rain to fill the Chesapeake Bay

WASHINGTON (AP) — Florence's rain total will likely be staggeringly huge. Meteorologist Ryan Maue of weathermodels.com calculates that Hurricane Florence is forecast to dump about...

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September 13, 2018 at 9:41 pm

AP Explains: How hurricanes unleash lethal storm surges WATCH

WASHINGTON (AP) — Behold the awesome power of water. Already the ocean is swallowing beaches, roads and anything else in the way of Hurricane Florence's...

September 13, 2018 at 2:14 pm

AP Explains: How storm surges build up, destroy and kill VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — Behold the awesome power of water. Already the ocean is swallowing beaches, roads and anything else in the way of Hurricane Florence's...

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September 12, 2018 at 9:59 pm

For meteorologists, Florence ‘is a horrific nightmare storm’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Oddly, the closer Hurricane Florence gets to land, the murkier its future gets. Usually when a storm approaches the coast, forecasters can...

September 12, 2018 at 9:19 pm

Storm to be ‘exceptionally bad news’ if it hovers offshore

WASHINGTON (AP) — Oddly, the closer Hurricane Florence gets to land the murkier its future gets. Usually when a storm approaches the coast, forecasters can...