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OKC plan to release water from Canton Lake amid drought draws controversy
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (297+ words) Oklahoma City will begin releasing water from Canton Lake on Sept. 17 to replenish Lake Hefner, but residents near Canton Lake are frustrated over potential water loss and environmental impact. Oklahoma City will release 16,000 acre-feet of water from Canton Lake starting…...
Residents near Indiahoma evacuated as wildfire spreads
2+ week, 1+ day ago (126+ words) An evacuation order has been issued for residents in Comanche County, near Indiahoma, due to a wildfire burning out of control Saturday afternoon. The National Weather Service issued the evacuation warning at the request of the Oklahoma Department of Emergency…...
Oklahoma Monarch Society launches five-year conservation plan
2+ week, 6+ day ago (146+ words) KOCO The Oklahoma Monarch Society has unveiled a five-year action plan to help recover butterfly populations and support other pollinators across Oklahoma More than 60 partners are collaborating on this statewide effort, which aims to address conservation challenges, including habitat loss,…...
Arkansas high school player finds snake in helmet
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (263+ words) Animal experts say an Arkansas high school football player is lucky he wasn't injured after he discovered a venomous snake inside his helmet at a recent practice. Last week, a player at Maumelle High School noticed the cottonmouth snake, bringing…...
Videos show flooding in eastern New York as heavy rain shifts to New England
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (607+ words) Dangerous flooding is unfolding in eastern New York amid torrential rainfall as a band of slow-moving downpours move toward New England after drenching New Jersey and Pennsylvania on Tuesday. Multiple flash flood warnings are in effect over the Hudson Valley,…...
Hurricane Fausto strengthens into Category 2 storm, expected to approach Hawaiian Islands next week
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (165+ words) Hurricane Fausto has strengthened into a Category 2 storm in the Pacific Ocean and is expected to approach the Hawaiian Islands next week, forecasters said. The risk of some impacts from wind and rainfall in the area is increasing, the National…...
Large earthquake in Texas panhandle felt in Oklahoma
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (241+ words) A 5.0 magnitude earthquake originating in Pampa, Texas, was felt early Thursday morning across parts of Oklahoma, with no major damage reported. A 5.0 magnitude earthquake originating in Pampa, Texas, early Thursday morning sent tremors across the Texas panhandle and into Oklahoma,…...
Did you feel it? Magnitude 5.0 earthquake in Texas Panhandle wakes some Oklahomans
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (167+ words) KOCO A magnitude 5.0 earthquake in the Texas Panhandle on Thursday morning was felt all the way in Oklahoma Some Oklahomans reported waking up to shaking at 5:21 a.m after an earthquake in Spearman, Texas, which is northeast of Amarillo The shaking…...
Hurricane Fausto forms in the eastern Pacific
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (503+ words) Tropical Storm Bertha formed Monday evening in the Gulf of Mexico south of the Florida Panhandle as it drifts erratically toward populated coastal areas bearing a threat of heavy rain, storm surge and damaging wind gusts, forecasters say. Meanwhile, in…...
Get the Facts: Could Oklahoma see 120-degree temperatures soon? Not so fast.
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (311+ words) The heat is building back up after Oklahoma saw its hottest day of the year on the Fourth of July, but the heat-up isn't as extreme as some on the internet may believe. Over the weekend, a user on X…...