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P.E.I.'s Fiona-hit electrical grid remains at risk due to 'legislative restrictions': consultant
More than two and a half years after post-tropical storm Fiona wreaked havoc on P.E.I.’s electric grid, limitations on how ...
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Georgetown Sheriff's Office seeks help locating ATV obtained in fraudulent sale
PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. — The Georgetown County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's help in locating an ATV that was obtained in a fraudulent sale. According to a post made to Facebook by the ...
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USDA announces $340M in disaster relief for farmers and rural communities
including hurricanes Fiona, Ian, Idalia, and Helene. This funding will be used for: As part of today’s announcement, the Trump Administration is enhancing the Disaster Assistance Fund by streamlining ...
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USDA grants more than $340M in rural disaster relief aid to multiple states
including hurricanes Fiona, Ian, Idalia and Helene in which more than 230 people died last fall across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia as it flooded small ...
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Rollins visits Red River Valley as USDA delivers immediate relief to farmers
FARGO, ND – April 22, 2025 — Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced $340.6 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture disaster assistance to deliver relief to farmers, ranchers ...
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USDA grants more than $340M in rural disaster relief aid to multiple states
including hurricanes Fiona, Ian, Idalia and Helene in which more than 230 people died last fall across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia as it flooded small ...
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Power restored to nearly all customers in Puerto Rico after island-wide blackout, officials say
Just after crews said they were starting to rebuild the grid in 2022, the island was hit hard by Hurricane Fiona. The grid had already been deteriorating due to decades of a lack of maintenance ...
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Fire and hurricane delayed SC's smallest state park. It'll open this fall but some aren't happy.
Within a few weeks of completion in April 2024 the house caught fire. Months later in September, Hurricane Helene caused significant damage to the docks on the marina as well as to many trees and ...
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P.E.I. man sentenced to spend 7 years in prison for incest apologizes to daughter
A Prince Edward Island man in his late 50s will spend the ... The man was sentenced in Georgetown Provincial Court on Thursday. CBC News is not naming the man or giving details of the timing ...
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Puerto Rico faced a massive power outage. Why does this keep happening?
And in 2022, Hurricane Fiona once again plunged the island into darkness. For years, Puerto Rico has also faced a debt crisis which left the island unable to afford to maintain the grid ...
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Municipalities Asking Federal Leaders for Action Plan on ‘Climate Emergency’
She says people don’t have to look too far to see the effects of climate change – including the wildfires in Labrador last year, Hurricane Fiona, Hurricane Igor, and coastal erosion and flooding – ...