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Here’s the latest for Monday, January 9: Damar Hamlin released from Cincinnati hospital; More storms hit California; Nurses strike at NYC hospitals; Another cargo ship gets stuck in Suez Canal.
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Idaho Statesman‘Seldom seen’ critter gets stuck in home chimney, Utah officials say. See it go free
Video of the release shows the furry creature peeking up at the conservation officer before scampering off through the snow.
- The News-Press
Watch: Cleaning a Fort Myers Beach canal one scoop at a time
Four months after Hurricane Ian walloped Southwest Florida, the clean-up efforts continue on Fort Myers Beach. Canals remain filled with debris.
- Sacramento Bee
Watch massive group of elk sprint along Utah freeway before returning to mountains
The herd caused traffic delays for drivers as they crossed multiple roads.
- CBS News
Underwater volcano erupts in Vanuatu, triggering warnings
Officials said "such eruptions have the potential to create tsunami waves."
- The Weather Network
3000 km Arctic front to plunge millions in Canada, U.S. into deep freeze
A powerful surge of Arctic air diving south will bring some communities their coldest air in years.
- Idaho Statesman
Dead elk pile up in Utah town. Could a popular landscaping plant be responsible?
Heavy snowfall has depleted regular food sources in the mountains and caused wildlife to venture into urban areas in search of food.
- Sacramento Bee
California snowpack at an ‘incredible’ depth. But keep those sprinklers off, state urges
The Sierra snowpack is ahead of the epic 1982-83 winter.
- San Luis Obispo Tribune
Parts of Highway 1 to reopen near Big Sur after slides. Here’s when
The scenic highway has been closed from just south of Ragged Point in San Luis Obispo County to Lime Creek in Monterey County for weeks.
- Lifehacker
How to See a Green Comet Hurtle Past Earth
Unless you are immortal, the next few weeks offer the only chance you’ll have to see Comet ZTF (C/2022 E3). The newly discovered chunk of ice and rock will glow green in the nighttime sky in the first few weeks of February, and it won’t be back near Earth for 50,000 years—if it ever returns at all.
- Hillsdale Daily News
'Our worst nightmares': Firefighters have serious concerns about electric vehicles
Fire Engineer Matt Halleck — a training officer in Hillsdale — said there's not much firefighters can do to extinguish electrical vehicle fires.
- AccuWeather
Pacific storm train to resume along West Coast
Pacific storms will once again reach the West Coast of the United States after a hiatus over the last couple of weeks. AccuWeather forecasters say that the upcoming storms won't pack quite the same punch as storms in early January. A change in the weather pattern will bring more of a west-to-east flow in the jet stream, which will usher in a string of quick-moving storms from the Pacific Ocean. In general, the storms will deliver moderate amounts of rain and mountain snow compared to the extreme
- Bradenton Herald
Red tide is improving around Tampa Bay and Anna Maria Island, but hangs on near South FL
Here’s the latest update on red tide conditions for the Bradenton and Sarasota area.
- Daytona Beach News-Journal
A travel website listed the 10 'deadliest' US beaches. 7 of them are in Florida, here's where
Be careful when you hit the beach. A new list from Travel Lens on the 10 'deadliest' beaches in the US is heavily Florida-centric.
- MarketWatch
Frustrated Texans endure another icy winter storm with no power, heat
Thousands of frustrated Texans shivered in homes without power for a second day Thursday, most of them around booming Austin, and fading hopes of a quick fix stirred grim memories of a deadly 2021 blackout after an icy winter storm across the southern U.S.
- Myrtle Beach Sun News
Large great white sharks are gathering off South Carolina, satellite tracking shows
Experts don’t know what drives the migration.
- Naples Daily News
Naples City Council votes to increase beach parking prices following Hurricane Ian
The Naples City Council increased beach parking prices to $4 an hour. By October, the cost will go up to $5.
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Think this is bad? Check out photos of Fort Worth’s epic ‘cobblestone’ ice storm of 2013
Who remembers the December 2013 winter storm that coated Fort Worth in 4 inches (!) of sleet, causing what became known as “cobblestone” ice on roads?
- LA Times
Earthquake: 2.9 quake strikes in Los Angeles
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake was reported Wednesday at 4:11 p.m. Pacific time in Los Angeles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
- Jalopnik
Man Drives Fanboat on North Texas' Icy Roads
An adventurous Texan decided to take his fanboat on the ice-covered road of North Texas. Earlier this week, a winter storm swept across the state of Texas. According to the Dallas Morning News, North Texas got an inch and a half of sleet on Tuesday and freezing rain on Wednesday. Hundreds of thousands of people are without electricity, and thousands of flights have been canceled. Texas’ roads are also in a state of disarray, with plenty of roads impassable by car.