Natural disasters

2 dead; northern Michigan town cleans up from rare tornado

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Two people are dead and dozens more injured after a rare tornado hit a small northern Michigan community by ED WHITE Associated Press May 21, 2022, 10:51 PM • 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article GAYLORD, Mich. — Roofs and walls on a busy business stretch were turned to tangled rubble. … Read more

California reservoirs: The state’s two largest are already at ‘critically low levels’ and the dry season is just starting

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CNN — Against the backdrop of the water crisis in the Colorado River Basin, where the country’s largest reservoirs are plunging at an alarming rate, California’s two largest reservoirs — Shasta Lake and Lake Oroville — are facing a similar struggle. Years of low rainfall and snowpack and more intense heat waves have fed directly … Read more