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BAXTER -- About 3,000 Crow Wing Power customers lost electricity Monday after a storm damaged two substations. Lee Heurung, operations coordinator with Crow Wing Power, said today that between...

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Storms kill 6 as systems move across country

...person died, a floating bridge buffeted by powerful wind was closed, and tens of thousands of homes and businesses lost electricity. The bodies of Duane Bentley and Susan Bentley, both in their 50s, were recovered Friday morning, hours after...

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Storm ices southern Plains

...Bowling, a 21-year-old mother of two who first lost electricity and then telephone service. "Everything in my trailer...really cold." About 214,000 Arkansas customers lost electricity early Wednesday, while 120,000 Oklahoma homes...

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In the wake of Charley

...their grandparents were in a concrete condominium and no evacuation order had been given for that area. They never lost electricity and only minor wind damage was reported in that vicinity. Cathy Wells said they were able to stay in touch with...

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Nation braces for more severe storms

...Jersey, and gusts reached 70 mph in Keansburg, near the New Jersey shore. Thousands of eastern Texas residents who lost electricity during ice storms may not have power for weeks, utility company officials said. In Arkansas, crews worked to restore...

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Storm plunges California into mid-winter

...miserable commute, or for the nearly 1.3 million Pacific Gas and Electric customers across Northern California who lost electricity at some point starting Wednesday night. Power outages Friday morning hit San Francisco General Hospital and canceled...

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Severe storms batter Britain, France; at least four dead

...that all 14 people aboard the vessel were taken ashore by helicopter. In southern England, nearly 30,000 homes lost electricity over the weekend and early Monday as winds gusting up to 90 mph snapped power lines and uprooted trees.

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Chernobyl nuclear power plant shuts down for good

...tired of living with radiation scares, were relieved at its closure. For others, though, the shutdown means lost electricity and lost jobs. Kuchma, who on Thursday toured the ill-fated plant and tidy Slavutych, the town where Chernobyl...

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Deadly weather

...cheek in the biting wind. Alabama Power Co. said it had restored power to most of the 57,000 households that lost electricity at the height of the storm. Shelters were opened in churches and a community college. The governor said he expects...

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Navy honors USS Cole crew who rescued wounded, prevented bomb-damaged destroyer from sinking

...of San Antonio recalled spending several frenzied hours working to restore communications aboard the ship, which lost electricity after the attack. "We were just praying that somebody out there knew what had happened to us. It was a scary experience...

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