Tag: Waters

Seneca Nation Waters Flooded with Wastewater from Nearby City

The Seneca Nation of western New York is considering legal action against a municipal government after its city’s wastewater treatment plant overflowed into the Nation’s waterways for the second time this year, according to a memo from the Tribe. Last week, the tribe reported that approximately 200,000 gallons of untreated sewage from the City of […]

Swimming in waters at these San Diego County beaches could mean illness

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Summertime calls for beach days and swimming, but San Diego County health officials have warned this could mean illness for those who submerge in certain areas along the coast. On Saturday, the Department of Environmental Health and Quality released an updated water contact closure and advisory list for the county. […]

Aging Lake Alvin spillway submerged by flood waters

East of Harrisburg, Lake Alvin has hit the point of bursting. Significant rains, starting Thursday and continuing into late Friday night, filled the lake’s spillway, a water control structure meant to control the release of water into Ninemile Creek, a tributary of the Big Sioux River. When an Argus Leader reporter arrived 5 p.m. Thursday […]

I-90 reopens but other Minnesota roads close as waters keep rising

Both directions of Interstate 90 are back open after closing for several hours Friday morning as the travel lanes were under several inches of water. Westbound lanes between Worthington and Luverne opened by mid-morning, and eastbound lanes were back in operation by early afternoon. The area saw as much as 7 inches of rain, and […]

Texas man sentenced to prison for threatening to kill Rep. Maxine Waters

A 61-year-old Texas man who threatened to kill Rep. Maxine Waters has been sentenced to 33 months in prison. Brian Michael Gaherty of Houston was sentenced Monday and fined $10,000 by a federal judge. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner applied a hate […]

Swimmers face potentially dangerous waters at Tybee, on Georgia coast

Simmers could face potentially dangerous conditions this week along the Georgia coast, officials warned Monday. “Lifeguards will be flying red flags due to strong surf, strong longshore currents and rip currents,” Tybee Island Ocean Rescue posted on its Facebook page. The National Weather Service’s Charleston office said there would be a moderate threat of rip […]

Back-to-back shark bite incidents cause Florida county to close waters

The waters off Walton County, Florida, closed after back-to-back shark bite incidents Friday. Both incidents occurred in Walton County — which is in the Florida Panhandle — and not near a boat, but officials are unclear how far the attacks happened from land, said Mackenzie McClintock, a spokesperson for the South Walton Fire District. The […]