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New Projected Major Hurricane's US Landfall Expected In Same Area As Helene: Track, Timing New Projected Major Hurricane's US Landfall Expected In Same Area As Helene: Track, Timing
New Projected Major Hurricane's US Landfall Expected In Same Area As Helene: Track, Timing A newly named tropical storm is projected to make landfall on the US coast as a major hurricane in the same area as Helene, which has become the nation's deadliest hurricane since Katrina in 2005. Just before 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, Tropical Depression 14 was upgraded to Tropical Storm Milton. Located in the Gulf Coast, it's expected to strengthen and "bring the risk of life-threatening impacts to the west coast of Florida next week," according to the National Hurricane Center. There is an increasing risk of life-threatening storm surge and wind impacts for portions of the west c…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Mansfield Issues Boil Water Order, Residents Scramble To Get Clean Supply Mansfield Issues Boil Water Order, Residents Scramble To Get Clean Supply
Mansfield Issues Boil Water Order, Residents Scramble To Get Clean Supply Mansfield issued a boil water order on Sunday, Sept. 11 after E. coli was detected in the Town's water supply. The order will stay in effect until further notice and until the Town gets three negative daily tests in a row.  The order applies to residents whose water comes from the Mansfield Water Division and not the Attleboro Division, the town added. Residents in Foxboro who also get their water from the Mansfield Division fall under the order as well.  Residents are being told to boil their water for at least one minute before cooling and bottling it for other purposes like coo…

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by David Cifarelli