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Earthquake · Cape CanaveralA 4.0 earthquake hit off Florida's East Coast on Wednesday night. Earthquakes are rare in and around Florida, but they do happen, although not usually of the magnitude of the Feb. 7 quake. There have been more than 20 earthquakes reported in Florida since 1992, the U.S. Geological Survey says.See the Story
Magnitude 4.0 earthquake hits off coast of Cape Canaveral
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Floods · Los AngelesIt's easy to forget that a river runs through the heart of Los Angeles. Normally flowing at a crawl, much of it through nondescript concrete channels, the Los Angeles River picks up speed during the rainy season. By Monday, fed by a slow-moving atmospheric river dumping historic amounts of rain, the river was raging and even threatened to overspill its flood-control barriers in some sections. In a dramatic river rescue Monday afternoon, an LA Fi…See the Story
Normally at a crawl, the Los Angeles River threatens to overflow during torrential rains
62% Center coverage: 13 sources