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Erin Strengthens Offshore, Forcing Outer Banks Evacuations and East Coast Beach Closures

Forecasters expect peak surf and coastal flooding during Thursday and Friday high tides despite the storm staying well offshore.

JAMA Study Maps Climate Disaster Exposure Across U.S. Drug Manufacturing

Oregon’s Doerner Fir Fire Moves Into Monitoring as Heat Persists 280 Feet Up

Texas Parents Press Senate to Pass Camp Safety Bill After Camp Mystic Flood

Uncontained Everglades Fires Shroud Broward in Smoke, Prompt Air Quality Alerts

Huge Category 2 Hurricane Erin Triggers East Coast Closures as Outer Banks Evacuate

Derby Fire Surges Past 800 Acres With Evacuations as Lee Blaze Reaches 68% Containment

Hurricane Erin Stays Offshore, Forces Outer Banks Evacuations and East Coast Beach Closures

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Hurricane Erin Swell Puts Much of East Coast at High Rip Current Risk

Hurricane Erin Skirts U.S., Forcing Outer Banks Evacuations and Dangerous Surf Alerts

Lightning Strike Likely Ignited Lockport Attic Fire

Flooding Persists Across Chicago Area After 4 to 8 Inches of Rain as Warnings Remain

Erin Weakens to Category 3 as Dangerous Surf Forces Outer Banks Evacuations

Microburst Confirmed After Mount Prospect Condo Roof Torn Off, Displacing Hundreds

Buckley Draw Fire Tops 400 Acres as Helicopters and Tankers Bolster Response

Hurricane Erin Expands Offshore, Set to Reintensify

5.7 Magnitude Quake Hits Sulawesi at Shallow Depth

Hurricane Erin Rapidly Reaches Category 5, Triggers Maritime Disruptions

Hurricane Erin Rapidly Intensifies to Category 4 Off Northern Leeward Islands

Willard Peak Fire Grows to 754 Acres, Forces Mandatory North Ogden Evacuations