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August 31, 2017 3:18 PM

Climate Cast: Harvey's climate change connections

Paul Huttner talks to climate and hurricane expert Bob Henson of Weather Underground about Hurricane Harvey, before being downgraded to a tropical storm.

by Paul Huttner

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August 31, 2017 1:05 PM

Bye-bye meteorological summer, hello major Hurricane Irma

Wide modle spread on Irma's potential track, but could be a U.S. threat.

by Paul Huttner

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August 31, 2017 6:06 AM

Rescuers start block-by-block search of flooded Houston

The confirmed death toll climbed to at least 31.

by The Associated Press

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August 31, 2017 4:31 AM

Harvey weakens and moves northeastward; pleasant Minnesota forecast

Tropical Storm Harvey has weakened, and is now a tropical depression with maximum sustained winds of 30 mph. As of Thursday morning, Harvey was centered 15 miles south of Monroe, Louisiana and was moving north-northeastward at 10 mph. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale forecast model shows how tropical depression Harvey’s rains…

by Ron Trenda

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August 30, 2017 2:39 PM

Tropical threats may continue next week

Tropics active as peak hurricane season approaches.

by Paul Huttner

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August 30, 2017 1:52 PM

Harvey won't boost your homeowners insurance rates. MN storms already are

Minnesota's insurance industry says it has had plenty of its own costly storms in the past two decades.

by Martin Moylan

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August 30, 2017 6:18 AM

He survived Hurricane Katrina. Now he's had to leave Houston

John Livious and his family settled in Houston after being evacuated from New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. For him, watching the flooding from Harvey is "unbearable, because it's like deja vu."

by Debbie Elliott

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August 30, 2017 6:16 AM

Stores full of furniture, 'Mattress Mack' opens his doors to flood victims

As Houston started to flood, small-business owner Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale posted a Facebook message urging people who needed shelter to come over. Hundreds streamed in.

by Heidi Glenn

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August 30, 2017 6:10 AM

Why approving emergency funding for Harvey might not be easy for Congress

Billions of dollars will be needed to clean up and rebuild in areas hit by Harvey. Passing that funding is one more must-do item on the list for a Congress that has struggled to get things done.

by Scott Detrow

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August 30, 2017 5:56 AM

Harvey repeats devastation back on shore in Texas, Louisiana

While conditions in Houston appeared to improve, the disaster took a turn for the worse east of the city, close to the Louisiana line.

by The Associated Press

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