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Evacuation

Students receive medical attention Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, outside Finch Elementary School in southwest Atlanta. Potentially lethal carbon monoxide levels at the school sent at least 42 students and six adults to hospitals Monday amid the evacuation of about 500 students, authorities said. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal Constitution, John Spink)

Ga. students attend another school after gas scare

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ATLANTA (AP) - Students from an Atlanta elementary school where potentially deadly carbon monoxide seeped into the air will attend classes at a middle school about three miles away...
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Obama on storm: If they say evacuate, do it now

Julie Pace, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama delivered a sober warning to millions in the path of Hurricane Sandy on Monday, declaring that even though food, water and generators have been moved into position, 'this is going to be a difficult storm'...
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A fisherman walks home under cloudy skies along the shores of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012. Tropical Storm Isaac churned toward the Dominican Republic and Haiti on Thursday, threatening to strengthen into a hurricane. (AP Photo/Manuel Diaz)

Tropical Storm Isaac heads for Haiti

Danica Coto, Associated Press
(AP) - Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened slightly as it spun toward the Dominican Republic and Haiti, but seemed unlikely to gain enough steam early Friday to strike the island of Hispaniola as a hurricane...
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Hurricane Irene pelts East Coast with winds, rain

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NAGS HEAD, N.C. (AP) - For hundreds of miles, people in the storm's path either fled inland or stocked up on supplies to ride it out...
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Irene evacuations, transit shutdown ordered in NYC

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NEW YORK (AP) - Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered an evacuation by 5 p.m. Saturday for low-lying areas that house about 270,000 people...
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Obama urges those in Irene's path to prepare

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CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) - "I cannot stress this highly enough, if you are in the projected path of this hurricane you have to take precautions now," the president said...
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Here comes Irene: Have we learned from Katrina?

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - Is there an ethnic component to the willingness, or unwillingness, of some to leave when authorities advise that it's time to evacuate?...
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Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake was half a mile deep and centered near Louisa, Va., about 40 miles northwest of Richmond...
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