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☆ New Yorkers have experienced tornadoes, an earthquake and an extreme fire season this year
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Alaa Elassar | Leigh Waldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Throughout the summer, multiple towns experienced tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service. In July, an EF2 tornado passed through Rome during a severe storm that killed one person and caused widespread damage. There are currently 13 wildfires across the state encompassing more than 5,000 acres, according to Governor Kathy Hochul’s office. An 18-year-old New York State Forest Ranger volunteer and state employee died on November 9 when a tree fell while he was responding to the wildfire in Greenwood Lake. New York City alone has experienced over 230 brush fires since October 29, according to the New York City Fire Department.

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☆ Florida residents evacuate inward as Hurricane Milton nears
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Paul P. Murphy | Michelle Krupa | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Anna Maria Island, Florida CNN —Carol Whitmore couldn’t pack her big SUV to leave this barrier island as Hurricane Milton aimed Tuesday for Florida’s west coast with already-historic fury. Hurricane Helene took it two weeks ago. Still, for a while in Helene, Whitmore was cut off. Storm damage from Hurricane Helene sits Tuesday in a True Value store on Anna Maria Island, Florida. A lot of people going through a lot worse.”Dune sand pushed inland by Hurricane Helene sits Tuesday on streets on Anna Maria Island in Manatee County, Florida.

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Currently a tropical storm, Beryl is in the Gulf of Mexico about 245 miles southeast of Corpus Christi, fanning maximum winds of 60 mph as of 5 a.m. Dangerous storm surge along US Gulf Coast: Tropical storm conditions will begin to be felt along the western Gulf Coast on Sunday, with hurricane conditions expected later in the day. Hurricane-force winds will hit the lower and middle Texas coast Sunday night and Monday. A few tornadoes could also occur along the Texas Coast Sunday afternoon and evening. “Preparations should be rushed to completion before tropical storm conditions begin late today,” the hurricane center said Sunday morning.

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☆ Former Uvalde school police chief, officer indicted in 1st-ever criminal charges over failed response to 2022 mass shooting
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Shimon Prokupecz | Leigh Waldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Former Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Chief Pete Arrendondo and former school police officer Adrian Gonzales were named in the indictments, which represent the first criminal charges filed in the school massacre. The two officers face felony charges of abandoning and endangering a child, Uvalde District Attorney Christina Mitchell told the Uvalde Leader-News, and one of them was expected to surrender later Thursday. Earlier this year, the US Justice Department released a damning report that concluded law enforcement officers had many opportunities to reassess their flawed response to the May 24, 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School. Instead, it took 77 minutes from when the 18-year-old shooter walked into Robb Elementary School until he was stopped. Critical failures in leadership among specific law enforcement officers who rushed to Robb Elementary are cited by the Justice Department, whose 575-page report was released nearly 20 months after the massacre.

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