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Residents flee Gulf Coast

By REBECCA SANTANA, JEFF MARTIN and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Gulf Coast braced Sunday for a potentially devastating hit from twin hurricanes as two dangerous storms swirled toward the U.S from the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Officials feared a history-making onslaught of life-threatening winds and flooding along the coast, stretching from Texas to Alabama. Continue reading “Residents flee Gulf Coast”

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Massive California wildfires rage on

By MARTHA MENDOZA and FRANK BAKER Associated Press

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Three massive wildfires chewed through parched Northern California landscape Sunday as firefighters raced to dig breaks and make other preparations ahead of a frightening weather system packing high winds and more of the lightning that sparked the huge blazes and scores of other fires around the state, putting nearly a quarter-million people under evacuation orders and warnings. Continue reading “Massive California wildfires rage on”