
NATIONAL NEWS
AP
AUGUST 2011
2011
Floods...waters come tumbling..
Vermont has really be in a water's spin as rain and flooding from Irene's visit is staying over. Vermont is battling with remains of her drinching stay over. Vermont residents is undergoing some of it's worst flooding in 40 years. Since Vermont is loaded with lots of United States history one of their historic covered bridges was washed away with Irene. Governer of Vermont, Peter Shumlin has called his state a "flooding catastrophic." So far at least some 50,000 people have no power! Irene has claimed at least one fatality due to her rampage over the state.
FIRE.....O' BABY!
"Wet in one place...too dry in another.."
Texas and Oklahoma are two places wild fires are burning up with strong winds conditions. Officials said that Oklahoma City and North Texas forced hundreds to evacuate their home fronts due to either smoke or fires. So far that O' Baby has left at least 10 to 12 homes consumed along with 1,500 acres of woods.
In North Texas at least 20 homes were burned and at least 125 homes in a lakeside community were taken to leave. Temperatures got up to 106 degrees which makes a smoking oven along with the burning. As the fires and smoke have way Texas hasn't reported any injuries yet.
That's the latest ..O' Baby!
Posted By: MIISRAEL Bride
Wednesday, August 31st 2011 at 3:13PM
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