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Residents of South Texas were trying to salvage what was left of soggy possessions and beginning the long process of drying out their homes on Friday as the remnants of Hurricane Dolly threatened still more rain in the area.
Baby's cries lead to child's rescue; infant's grandmother perishes in twister BOSTON - A state official said Friday that a baby's cries led to his rescue after a possible tornado demolished his grandparents' lakeside home....
EPSOM, New Hampshire (AP) -- The cries of a baby led rescuers to him in the wreckage of a home flattened by a tornado that killed his grandmother and blew his grandfather into the yard, officials said Friday. Brenda Stevens,...
South Texans eager to salvage what they can from waterlogged homes struck by Hurricane Dolly have another problem: The floodwaters they're slogging through are laced with stinging fire ants, snakes and even deadly tarantulas.
"This is no ordinary storm. It is one of the largest and deepest lows we've seen for some years," MetService spokesman Peter Kreft said. The intense low was predicted to move over Cape Reinga in the Far North later today and...
About $1 billion is needed over three years, according to a new assessment. International efforts to help millions of people in Burma (Myanmar) left homeless and destitute by a lethal May cyclone are running low on funds,...
