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Disasters, heat caused $48M in damage, 5 deaths in Md. in 2012
Weather disasters including tornadoes, the derecho storm and Hurricane Sandy caused at least $48 million in property and crop damages in Maryland last year, the costliest since 2003, according to data released Thursday. Five people also died from...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Natural Disasters, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Weather Service
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Preparing your home for storms
Jill Sorensen's basement flooded after a winter storm knocked out her power, then again in 2011 during Hurricane Irene.
What stopped another encore performance during last year's derecho? She'd installed a sump pump that uses her home's water pressure to...Tags: Energy Saving, Weather Reports, Timonium, Catonsville, Building Material
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BGE awards grants to emergency responders across Maryland
Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. on Wednesday donated $317,883 to groups across the state that BGE President and CEO Kenneth DeFontes Jr. calls the utility company's "kindred spirits" — Maryland's emergency responders. "This is something new for us,"...
Tags: Government Aid, White Marsh, American Red Cross, Baltimore County, Fires
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Lawmakers press for disaster aid for Garrett Co.
Members of Maryland's congressional delegation asked the Obama administration Thursday to reconsider its decision to deny federal disaster aid to Garrett County residents walloped by an October snowstorm. In a letter to Federal Emergency Management...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), FEMA, Martin O'Malley, Justice System, Craig Fugate
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Sandy tests Md. emergency preparations
Baltimore emergency officials expected devastation on par with Hurricane Katrina. Expecting Hurricane Sandy to knock out communications, they coordinated with local radio to broadcast public safety information and planned a "carrier pigeon" network that...
Tags: Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Weather Warnings, National Hurricane Center, Media Industry, Government
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Forecasters predict subdued hurricane season
Forecasters are expecting the fewest Atlantic hurricanes and tropical storms since 2009, particularly if the weather phenomenon El Niño develops by the heart of the hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting...
Tags: National Hurricane Center, Science, Weather Reports, Hurricane Andrew (1992), Tropical Storms
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Magnitude of Friday's storm shocked meteorologists, utility workers
As of midday Friday, forecasters at the National Weather Service in Sterling, Va., were uncertain that the Baltimore area would see any thunderstorms at all later in the evening.
Without a cold front or a low-pressure system in place, they lacked the...Tags: Southern U.S. Storms (2011), Weather Warnings, Weather Reports, Hurricane Irene (2011), Martin O'Malley
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More than 300,000 still without power after deadly storm
A deadly storm, fueled by extreme heat and humidity, left Maryland in a state of emergency that continued Sunday, with hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses without power, with some residents expected to remain in the dark over the next week.
The...Tags: Anne Arundel Medical Center, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Southern U.S. Storms (2011), Natural Resources, Hurricane Irene (2011)
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More than 257,000 still without power in extreme heat
BGE officials continued to scramble Sunday to restore power to nearly more than 257,000 customers as the area suffered with temperatures near 100 degrees for a third day and braced for a chaotic Monday-morning commute.
After the state was rocked Friday...Tags: Anne Arundel Medical Center, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Southern U.S. Storms (2011), Commuting, Natural Resources
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Feeling powerless
For the second time in less than a year, hundreds of thousands of Baltimore Gas & Electric and Pepco customers are being forced to endure a week or more without electricity because of damage caused by a severe storm. Utility officials are aggressively...
Tags: Hurricanes, Stranger Than Fiction, Companies and Corporations, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Irene (2011)
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Seven deaths tallied so far from heat, storms
A summer heat wave expected to last through the weekend is now blamed for seven deaths across Maryland, and public officials called Monday for Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. to act quickly to repair power outages or risk more deaths.
Four people died...Tags: Maryland State Police, Natural Resource Industry, Colin Campbell, Natural Resources, Sales
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Four more heat-related deaths reported
Four heat-related deaths were reported to state health officials on Independence Day, three of them in Baltimore, bringing the death toll from the recent stretch of heat and storms to 11. Two men over age 65 and one man between the ages of 45 and 65 died...
Tags: Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Maryland Science Center, Medical Specialization, Global Change, Renovation
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