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After wet weekend, new tornadoes, floods seen in U.S. Midwest
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 1st, 2014
Reuters: A strong storm front that proved deadly in Iowa moved through northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin on Monday, bringing with it hurricane-force winds and thunderstorms that damaged homes and took down trees and power lines.
The National Weather Service issued thunderstorm and flash flood warnings west of Milwaukee and Chicago as storm spotters reported 70 mph (112 kph) winds and baseball and golf ball-size hail that pelted parts of Iowa earlier on Monday.
One person was killed in Linn County,...
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Posted by Alaska Dispatch: Yereth Rosen on July 1st, 2014
Alaska Dispatch: Several U.S. military sites are vulnerable to rising temperatures and seas as well as other impacts of climate change, and the Department of Defense should do more to protect its facilities, said a federal report issued Monday by the Government Accountability Office.
The report examined 15 military facilities around the nation, including several in Alaska. Investigators worked for a year to assess climate change impacts at those sites and the military’s work to adapt and protect infrastructure....
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