Wampsville, N.Y. — The Madison County Sheriff’s Office announced Saturday that there should be no unnecessary travel on Oneida Lake because of dangerously high water levels. The unusually high water levels on the lake are causing shoreline flooding, and are hiding hazards in the water, such as shore walls and rocks, that are typically able…
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Northwest heat wave: Volunteers get water to the vulnerable
December Snedecor, a homeless woman who lives in a tent in Portland, Ore., helps set up snacks at a cooling center established to help vulnerable residents ride out the second dangerous heat wave to grip the Pacific Northwest this summer on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. Snedecor, 46, spent two nights at the same cooling center…
In Michigan, a Park Made of Water
A buoy floats in an otherwise empty Lake Huron bay, a little button in the water, only a 10-minute paddle from the beach. Below it, resting on the bottom in 18 feet of water, lies the remains of the L.M. Mason, a 125-foot wooden schooner caught by a vicious storm on Oct. 22, 1861. Carrying…