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Power outages in U.S. Northeast after blustery rainstorm
Posted by Reuters: Zach Howard on January 31st, 2013
Reuters: Rain and high winds lashed U.S. Northeast and mid-Atlantic states early on Thursday, knocking out power to more than 330,000 homes and businesses as they braced for a coming snowstorm.
Gusty winds of up to 77 miles per hour battered parts of New England and a high-wind advisory remains in effect until 6 p.m. for northern Connecticut, most of Massachusetts, and southern New Hampshire, the National Weather Service said.
Thunderstorms rolled across the Northeast early on Thursday morning, toppling...
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Canada lynx threatened by rising temperatures in Maine
Posted by Reuters: Zach Howard on May 18th, 2011
Reuters: The rare Canada lynx, whose range has shrunk considerably in recent decades, faces a grave threat from rising temperatures in Maine, federal wildlife experts said on Tuesday.
The shaggy wild feline whose principal eastern U.S. habitat is Maine, preys on snowshoe hare but may lose out to competing hunters if snowfall decreases in coming years as predicted, according to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Lynx, bobcats and fishers stalk the same primary food source.
The historic range of the...