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Monster Storm Strengthens: Life-Threatening Hurricane Closes In On East Coast Monster Storm Strengthens: Life-Threatening Hurricane Closes In On East Coast
Monster Storm Strengthens: Life-Threatening Hurricane Closes In On East Coast Click here for an updated story: Dramatic Change In Path Projected As Cat 4 Hurricane Florence Closes In On Coast More than 1.5 million people have been ordered to evacuate along 300 miles of coastline from the Carolinas to Virginia as a monster and strengthening Category 4 storm is poised to become the first hurricane of the season to make landfall on the United States. Hurricane Florence is churning 800 miles off the coast with sustained winds 140 mile per hour winds early Tuesday event. It is now projected to make landfall in North Carolina in the Wilmington/Myrtle Beach area between …

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by Joe Lombardi
Neighbors
Haverstraw Landslide Remembered: 19 Lives Lost Haverstraw Landslide Remembered: 19 Lives Lost
Haverstraw Landslide Remembered: 19 Lives Lost HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. -- This month, the village of Haverstraw is commemorating the 112th anniversary of the Haverstraw Landslide. Nineteen people, including four firefighters, lost their lives in the tragedy, which occurred on Jan. 8. Clay that was being excavated for brick use under a 100-foot embankment slipped out, destroying the Rockland Street business section and homes from Liberty to Jefferson Streets. Overall, 21 businesses were destroyed. The damage could've been worse, but a snowstorm stopped a fire that could've burned a large section of Haverstraw, according to "South of the Mo…

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by Sam Barron