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Tennessee Races to Repair Broken Water Mains in Storm’s Wake

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Workers in Tennessee raced Sunday to fix water mains that failed in freezing temperatures, and COVID-19 vaccine shipments resumed as the South carried on with efforts to recover from the winter weather that paralyzed parts of …

New Orleans Concerned About Flooding as Hurricane Season Nears

Dr. Lauren Morris’s dental office is in sight of one of the pumping stations designed to push water out of New Orleans. But despite that proximity, the roughly year-old business has already flooded. Now with a storm in the Gulf …

Storms Knock Out Power, Water Supply to More Than 300,000 in Brazil

More than 300,000 people in Brazil’s biggest city were without water Friday, more than 24 hours after thunderstorms knocked out electricity to two pumping stations, the Sao Paulo state water utility said. The water company known as Sabesp said the …