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		<title>New Mexico Governor Declares State of Emergency in County Afflicted by Crime</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/08/15/835916.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The governor of New Mexico declared a state of emergency in response to violent crime and drug trafficking across a swath of northern New Mexico, including two Native American pueblo communities. The emergency declaration by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham makes &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New York in State of Emergency As It Faces Another Major &#8216;Lake Effect&#8217; Snowstorm</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2024/12/13/804752.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[New York State declared a state of emergency for portions of Western New York, Finger Lakes, Central New York and North Country regions as forecasts call for those areas to receive multiple feet of lake effect snow. Areas east of &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Connecticut Declares State of Emergency, Burn Ban Due to Severe Fire Conditions</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2024/10/28/798754.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 12:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The state of Connecticut on Saturday instituted a ban on the use of outdoor grills, firepits, and campfires, and the kindling and use of flame outdoors in all state parks, forests, and wildlife management areas due to statewide severe fire &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New Mexico Wildfires Spread to 20,000 Acres, Forcing Thousands to Evacuate</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2024/06/19/780403.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2024 20:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A pair of wildfires in New Mexico have spread to more than 20,000 acres, forcing thousands of people to evacuate and leaving one person dead. The South Fork and Salt fires have grown to more than 20,000 acres (16,335 for &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>4 Michigan Counties Under State of Emergency After Main Break</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2022/08/17/680882.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2022 16:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[boil water notice]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared a state of emergency for four southeastern Michigan counties following a water main break that led to a boil-water advisory for several communities. Whitmer issued the emergency declaration Sunday for Lapeer, Macomb, Oakland, and St. &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Rochester Mayor Declares Emergency Amid Gun Violence Spike</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2021/11/16/642461.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[gun violence]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Police in Rochester, New York, are investigating a string of fatal shootings that came just hours after Mayor Lovely Warren declared a local state of emergency to combat rising gun violence. The recent killings, including three within a 12-hour period, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>State of Emergency Declared in South Louisiana Parish After Tornado</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2021/04/12/609564.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A south Louisiana parish is declaring a state of emergency after a tornado killed one person and injured seven in Palmetto on April 10. St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard said on Facebook that two of the injured people remained &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Leak at Wastewater Pond Prompts Evacuations in Florida</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2021/04/05/608559.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elizabeth Blosfield]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2021 15:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flood risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida Governor Ron DeSantis]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Saturday after a significant leak at a large pond of wastewater threatened to flood roads and burst a system that stores polluted waters. Officials in Florida ordered more than 300 homes &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Land Unstable After Landslide Blocks River, Causes Emergency in Maine City</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2020/09/21/583375.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2020 14:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A state of emergency remained in effect Thursday in the city of Westbrook, Maine, where workers have been assessing landslides that blocked the Presumpscot River. Westbrook Fire Chief Andrew Turcotte said Thursday that the immediate threat of flooding subsided, but &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wisconsin Governor Issues Emergency Order Due to Wildfires</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2020/04/22/565830.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Wisconsin residents grappling with the coronavirus have something else to worry about now: wildfires. Gov. Tony Evers on April 21 declared statewide state of emergency in response to elevated wildfire conditions. The governor&#8217;s office said the state has experienced more &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How Forested Communities Are Trying to Adapt to Growing Wildfire Threat</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2019/09/23/540740.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2019 05:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Unless it&#8217;s Sunday, Kelly Loew is steering her rusty red Jeep down the same mail route in Shingletown, as she has six days a week for the last seven years. But she delivers less mail these days as California&#8217;s persistent &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>High Winds, Tornado Rip Off Cape Cod Hotel Roof, Lead to Power Outages</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2019/07/25/533883.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2019 11:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[hotel damage]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[High winds and one radar-confirmed tornado ripped off a hotel roof, downed trees that blocked roads, and knocked out power to thousands on Cape Cod on Tuesday during the peak of tourist season. A tornado struck Yarmouth just after noon, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Arkansas Imposes 60-Day Insurance Cancellation Moratorium for Flood Victims</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2019/05/30/527905.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2019 16:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Texas / South Central News]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Arkansas Insurance Department announced a 60-day moratorium on the cancellation/non-renewal of policies for the non-payment of premiums by Arkansans affected by the flooding of the Arkansas River under Gov. Asa Hutchinson&#8217;s May 24 declaration of a State of Emergency &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Restoring Gas Heat in Rhode Island Could Take a Week or More</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2019/01/25/515700.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elizabeth Blosfield]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2019 11:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[East News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gina Raimondo]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[National Grid began the painstaking process Tuesday of going door-to-door to restore natural gas service to about 7,000 Rhode Island customers who were without heat on a day when temperatures weren&#8217;t expected to rise above freezing. The effort in Newport &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Flash Flooding Closes Roads, Damages Homes in Central New York</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2018/08/16/498301.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2018 13:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[East News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flash flooding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor Andrew Cuomo]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Home and business owners in New York&#8217;s Finger Lakes region were dealing with flooded basements after heavy rains caused flash flooding that inundated roads in several towns Tuesday. A state of emergency was declared in at least one county. The &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Flooding Leads to State of Emergency Declaration for NW Wisconsin</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2018/06/21/492973.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A state of emergency has been declared for counties in Northwest Wisconsin impacted by widespread flooding. Gov. Scott Walker declared the emergency state for Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, and Iron counties, where severe thunderstorms produced torrential rain, damaging wind, and &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cleanup Underway After Powerful Storms Pound Northeast</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2018/05/17/489473.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2018 13:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Cuomo]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Residents in the Northeast cleaned up Wednesday, a day after powerful storms pounded the region with torrential rain and marble-sized hail, leaving at least three people dead and more 200,000 homes and businesses without power. Connecticut officials said men in &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Massachusetts Regulators Probe Uber Pricing During Storm</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2018/05/14/489118.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2018 13:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Baker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flooding]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts regulators are investigating whether ride-hailing company Uber violated state law by increasing prices during a powerful storm in March. The Boston Herald reports that the Department of Public Utilities, which oversees ride-hailing apps, sent Uber a letter last month &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Thousands Without Power in New Jersey After Latest Storm</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2018/03/23/484251.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Phil Murphy]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Thousands of utility customers remain without power in New Jersey following the fourth major storm to hit the state in three weeks. The storm dropped around a foot of snow in some parts before leaving the region early Thursday, with &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Snowy Nor&#8217;easter Brings Threat of More Power Problems</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2018/03/08/482722.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elizabeth Blosfield]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chris Martin]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Another snowy, blowy nor&#8217;easter threatened a new round of power outages as it began moving up the East Coast on Wednesday, causing officials to close schools and government offices and raising concerns for utility customers still trying to bounce back &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Winter Storm Prompts Emergency Declaration on Maryland Shore</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2018/01/05/476372.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2018 13:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Governor Larry Hogan]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A state of emergency was in effect on parts of Maryland&#8217;s Eastern Shore in response to a coastal winter storm. Gov. Larry Hogan issued the declaration late Wednesday night for the Lower Shore, including Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester counties. Ankle &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Drought May Have Aided Storm That Walloped Maine, Northeast</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2017/11/02/470245.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elizabeth Blosfield]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2017 13:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[drought conditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gina Raimondo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paul LePage]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Drought conditions across much of Maine may have contributed to the large numbers of trees that toppled during a storm that walloped the Northeast this week, officials said. The storm cut power to nearly 1.5 million homes and businesses in &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>California Fires Pose Grave Risk to Marijuana Growers</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2017/10/12/467266.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Jergler]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2017 13:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[For many businesses in northern California, it will take years to rebuild from the wildfires that have decimated the region. For many legal cannabis growers, the destruction could be insurmountable. At least six marijuana farms have been destroyed, said Hezekiah &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Emergency Price Stabilization Act in Effect in Four Oklahoma Counties</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2017/08/10/460786.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2017 16:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[An Emergency Price Stabilization Act is in place in Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa and Wagoner counties after a state of emergency was declared following the recent tornado outbreak in those counties, Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter announced. The price gouging statute &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wisconsin Under State of Emergency for Wildfire Danger</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2017/05/12/450938.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 16:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has declared a state of emergency as the state faces heightened wildfire conditions. Walker issued an executive order directing all state agencies to assist with potential wildfire response and recovery efforts. The order also directs the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>U.S. Blizzard Grounds Flights, Raises Power as Trump Tweets</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2017/03/14/444357.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elizabeth Blosfield]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2017 12:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[canceled flights]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[roof collapses]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A late-winter storm is about to bury the eastern U.S. in snow. Airlines have canceled thousands of flights, wholesale power prices surged and natural gas futures rallied as the storm prepared to spin up the Atlantic Coast, threatening New York &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wind and Rain from Hurricane Matthew Block Roads, Cut Power in Virginia</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2016/10/11/428984.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 13:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[East News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dominion Virginia Power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[downed trees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heavy rains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high winds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hurricane Matthew]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[road closure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sinkhole]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[High water and downed trees are blocking roads and tens of thousands of people are without power as southeastern Virginia cleans up after Hurricane Matthew&#8217;s heavy rain and winds. Dominion Virginia Power says more than 100,000 customers in Virginia are &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Washington Governor Declares Emergency in 20 Counties in Wake of Wildfires</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2016/08/24/424383.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2016 19:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[West News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency declaration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov. Jay Inslee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State of emergency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washington Gov. Jay Inslee]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Gov. Jay Inslee has declared a state of emergency for 20 Eastern Washington counties in response to multiple wildfires that threaten homes and natural resources. Inslee issued the declaration Tuesday after touring fires in the Spokane region. Inslee noted that &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Monstrous Southern California Wildfire Displaces More than 80,000</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2016/08/18/423820.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie K. Jones]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2016 16:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[West News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buildings burned]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evacuations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov. Jerry Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State of emergency]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[It tore through canyons and flew over ridges in every direction with astonishing speed, sending flames 80 feet skyward and forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes. The Southern California wildfire that began as a small midmorning patch of &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>3 Deaths Reported in Tennessee from Weekend Storms</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2016/07/11/419719.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2016 16:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency says severe storms overnight July 8 are to blame for three deaths in the eastern part of the state. The agency says a 60-year-old man and 40-year-old woman were killed in Carter County when a &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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