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[ad_1] CNN  —  Much of California can’t soak up another drop of rain. Yet the state is getting pummeled again with torrential downpours and ferocious winds, causing power outages and treacherous travel conditions. More than 34 million Californians were under a flood watch Monday – about 90% of the state’s …

[ad_1] CNN  —  [Breaking news update at 9:47 a.m. ET] At least 25 people have died in Erie County, New York, as a result of a massive winter storm that blasted much of the US, county executive Mark Poloncarz said in a news conference Monday, citing the findings of the …

[ad_1] CNN  —  A nearly weeklong winter storm blasting much of the US has plunged temperatures to life-threatening lows, brought blizzards and floods, and left more than a quarter million people without power on Christmas Day. Blizzard conditions continue across the Great Lakes, while frigid cold temperatures grip the eastern …

[ad_1] CNN  —  A massive winter storm battered the US on Friday with frigid temperatures, high winds and heavy snow, leaving several people dead, knocking out power to over a million customers and wrecking holiday plans from coast to coast. The storm – expected to intensify throughout Friday as it …

[ad_1] CNN  —  A massive cross-country storm is producing damaging tornadoes in the South, where a child has died, and punishing blizzard conditions in Colorado and the Plains that have resulted in shuttered interstates and snarled travel. The storm system moving east across the nation – currently lingering over the …

[ad_1] CNN  —  With no suspects or motive announced, the FBI is joining the investigation into power outages in a North Carolina county believed to have been caused by “intentional” and “targeted” attacks on substations that left around 40,000 customers in the dark Saturday night, prompting a curfew and emergency …

[ad_1] CNN  —  A mass power outage affecting nearly 40,000 customers in North Carolina’s Moore County is being investigated as a “criminal occurrence” after crews found signs of potential vandalism at several locations, authorities said. Several communities across the county began experiencing power outages just after 7 p.m. Saturday, the …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Houston schools will remain closed Tuesday because of the ongoing boil water notice that was issued Sunday due to a loss of water pressure at a purification plant, the district tweeted Monday afternoon. The power outage at Houston’s East Water Purification Plant Sunday was caused by a …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Here’s a look at Hurricane Sandy, which was also called “Superstorm Sandy.” According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Hurricane Sandy affected 24 states and all of the eastern seaboard. Causing an estimated $81.9 billion in damages, it was the fourth-costliest US storm behind Hurricane Katrina …

[ad_1] CNN  —  As protesters took to the streets of Iran following the death in detention of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman apprehended for apparently not wearing her hijab properly, videos of the uprising began to flood the internet. Clips of students tearing up pictures of Iran’s Supreme Leader in …