Health officials are warning people to stay away from the area beaches and bodies of water where the region’s record-breaking rainstorms have caused sewage spills.
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Puget Sound orcas beat up and even kill porpoises, new research reveals. But why?
But why do they do it? It’s not to eat them, the southern residents that frequent Puget Sound eat only fish, primarily Chinook salmon. Even when Chinook are scarce, they do not switch to eating ...
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Large sewage spill causes emergency creek closure in Anne Arundel County
The Anne Arundel County Department of Health is warning against water contact for a creek in Glen Burnie after a large sewage spill ... 28. The cause appears to be a pump failure at the complex ...
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1998 Hurricane Georges: extreme rainfall causes record flooding on Escatawpa River
We are going to be on the warm to hot side each afternoon, though not necessarily record-breaking hot. We do not expect to see rain over the next seven days, but we could see a very stray shower ...
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5,000+ residents without power across Puget Sound due to morning storm
Multiple power outages caused by heavy rain and wind are affecting more than 5,000 residents in the Puget Sound region Wednesday ... that the cause of the outage is under investigation and power ...
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Ready for fall weather? A month's worth of rain could drench western Washington next week
Goodbye summer, hello fall. An abrupt change to wet and windy weather is forecast for western Washington this weekend, just in time for autumn. A shift in the weather pattern will pave the way for ...
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Record rainfall causes widespread flooding in Hong Kong
Hong Kong has been inundated by heavy rain resulting in widespread flooding, which has submerged dozens of vehicles. Hong Kong Observatory attributed the deluge to the remnants of Typhoon Haikui.
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Record rainfall causes flooding in Hong Kong days after typhoon
Record rainfall in Hong Kong caused widespread flooding in the early hours of Friday, disrupting road and rail traffic just days after the city dodged major damage from a super typhoon. The Hong Kong ...
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Video captures another sunfish spotted in the Puget Sound!
Another very unusual sea creature has been spotted visiting the waters of the Puget Sound! An ocean sunfish called a Mola Mola was spotted while a couple was cruising south between McNeil and Anderson ...
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Record rain and mosquitoes ‘a window into the new normal’
CONCORD, N.H. — This summer has brought record rainfall to the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in the southwestern corner of the White Mountain National Forest. The 8,700-acre forest received ...
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NTSB probe of Puget Sound floatplane crash points to likely cause and fix
The Otters that ply the routes up and down Puget Sound fly only in calm weather with clear visibility ... from its base at the southern tip of Lake Washington to the San Juan Islands, on its ...
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Havelock reports sewage spill of estimated 123,000 gallons, largest on record
HAVELOCK, N.C. (WNCT) — Another sewage spill has been reported in Havelock, the biggest on record. The City of Havelock ... estimated at 87,000 gallons. Sound Rivers reported it as the biggest ...