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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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Central Florida CNN —Now that books are being banned and disappearing from school libraries, students and parents are showing up to school board meetings in Florida to argue for access to books that take on difficult subjects. Some school board lawyers are confused by the rules, and and those arguing for access have few ways to fight back. According to a PEN America study, more than 40% of book bans nationwide last school year happened in school districts in Florida. But for the spectacle to matter, a school board member had to declare the words were inappropriate for the crowd who came to hear them. … They should stay in the libraries.”Jacob Smith, who said he graduated from a county school in 2017, also addressed the board.

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