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Damaging Wind Gusts That Could Cause Power Outages Will Be Main Threat From Major Storm System Damaging Wind Gusts That Could Cause Power Outages Will Be Main Threat From Major Storm System
Damaging Wind Gusts That Could Cause Power Outages Will Be Main Threat From Major Storm System The main threat from a significant storm on track for the region will be dangerous wind gusts that could cause power outages. The system will move in from the Midwest on Wednesday, Nov. 30. "At this force, tree limbs can break, weak trees can be blown over, and loose objects such as trash cans and recycling bins can become projectiles," according to AccuWeather.com. "Sporadic to regional power outages are likely." Frequent wind gusts out of the west/northwest between 35 and 50 mph are expected, especially later in the afternoon into the evening, with some gusts as high as 70 mph …

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by Joe Lombardi
News
18 People Rescued From Ice Floating In Lake Erie: US Coast Guard (Photos, Video) 18 People Rescued From Ice Floating In Lake Erie: US Coast Guard (Photos, Video)
18 People Rescued From Ice Floating In Lake Erie: US Coast Guard (Photos, Video) Eighteen people were rescued from an ice floe– or a separated sheet of floating ice– in Lake Erie on Sunday, the U.S. Coast Guard says. A group of snowmobilers were trapped on the ice floe, the Coast Guard stationed at Marblehead said on its Facebook page on Monday. Great collaboration with US Coast Guard Air Station Detroit and Catawba Island Volunteer Fire Department again today!... Posted by U.S. Coast Guard Station Marblehead, OH on Sunday, February 6, 2022 The group was first aided by a "good Samaritan" with an airboat while an Air Station Detroit helicopter arrived to rescue t…

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by Jillian Pikora
Obituaries
Pa. Firefighter Saved Son Before Drowning On Lake Erie Family Vacation, Family Says Pa. Firefighter Saved Son Before Drowning On Lake Erie Family Vacation, Family Says
Pa. Firefighter Saved Son Before Drowning On Lake Erie Family Vacation, Family Says A 38-year-old firefighter and U.S. Army veteran from Pennsylvania drowned on a family vacation over the weekend. Pittsburgh firefighter Lee Weber died in Lake Erie in Conneaut, Ohio on Saturday, July 24. Family members said Weber got caught in the tides and went under water, while getting his son to safety.  Weber's family searched for him, and his hour was found about an hour later with help from the Coast Guard. More than $32,000 had been raised on a GoFundMe for Weber's family as of Monday, July 26. Weber worked in the city's Hays neighborhood with Engine Station 20. "He wa…

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by Cecilia Levine