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Six-year-old boy abducted from a California park in 1951 has been found alive and well

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Important Takeaways:

  • A boy who was abducted from a California park in 1951 has been found alive and well on the East Coast thanks to DNA testing and the persistent efforts of his family.
  • Luis Armando Albino was just 6 years old when he was kidnapped from the Oakland park where he had been playing with his older brother, lured by a woman who promised to buy him candy.
  • Instead, she “transported him out of state and eventually to the East Coast,” the Oakland Police Department (OPD) told NPR.
  • State and federal authorities searched extensively for Albino in the wake of his disappearance, but couldn’t find him or his remains.
  • All the while, his mother, Antonia Albino — who had moved the family from their native Puerto Rico just the year before — never gave up hope that he was alive.
  • Alida Alequin, 63, knew she had a missing uncle because her family talked about it. Alequin decided to take an online DNA test in 2020 “just for fun,” as she told the Mercury News.
  • FBI agents were eventually able to interview Albino and take a DNA sample.
  • His statements and genetics confirmed what police call “the best possible outcome”: He was indeed the boy who’d been snatched from the park 73 years earlier.
  • Details about Albino’s life on the East Coast are relatively scarce, and police say his case remains under investigation.
  • He has some memory of the abduction and his cross-country trip, she added, but had never gotten answers from the adults in his life.
  • Alequin said her uncle hugged her, gave her a kiss on the cheek and said, “Thank you for finding me.”

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Tropical Storm Ernesto jumps back to hurricane status causing concern on the East Coast

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Important Takeaways:

  • Hurricane Ernesto has intensified again after briefly dropping down to a tropical storm, whipping up dangerous currents along the East Coast on its journey northwards.
  • The hurricane, which originated as a small depression in the central Atlantic and strengthened to a hurricane by the time it slammed into Bermuda, briefly weakened back to a tropical storm after making landfall. However, it has now inched its way back up into a Category 1 hurricane.
  • While the storm will pass hundreds of miles offshore of the U.S., its powerful winds are currently whipping up intense waves along the East Coast, and will continue to do so for several days.

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Nineteen cities in the West break all-time temperature records while tornadoes, flash flood watches are happening in the Northeast

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Important Takeaways:

  • At least 28 heat-related deaths have occurred in the West this month.
  • At least 19 cities have broken their all-time high temperature records in the past week, including Las Vegas, which hit 120 degrees on Sunday for the first time in its history.
  • In Houston, Texas, a million electrical customers remain without power for the fourth straight day since Hurricane Beryl barreled into the city.
  • Remnants of Beryl brought up to six inches of rain on Wednesday evening from northern New York state to Vermont and New Hampshire, flooding neighborhoods and prompting evacuations.
  • At least three tornadoes were reported in New York state on Wednesday, including an EF-1 twister near Buffalo that packed 110 mph winds, according to the NWS.
  • In Vermont, heavy rain from the remnants of Beryl caused flash flooding in several cities, including Barre and Lyndonville, where multiple roads were closed due to flooding, officials said.
  • By Sunday, the heat will return to the East Coast with temperatures in the 90s from Boston to Washington, D.C. Combined with the heat index, temperatures on the East Coast will feel above 100 degrees into next week, according to the National Weather Service.

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Heat Wave sweeps the nation

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Important Takeaways:

  • Midwest and East Coast set to see the mercury soar 20 to 40 degrees above average as February ends with record-smashing warmth as low-pressure system sweeps across the U.S.
  • February is on track to rank among the warmest on record in various cities across the U.S., particularly in the Midwest and the East Coast
  • Temperatures are expected to soar 20-40 degrees above average in what is usually one of the coldest months of the year, potentially setting new records
  • By Wednesday, warmth will reach the East Coast, with Philadelphia and New York City expected to see temperatures in the 60s
  • Temperatures reached into the 60s in Denver, Chicago and Des Moines, Iowa, on Sunday, and Kansas City, Missouri, saw temperatures in the mid-70s.
  • Dallas might even approach 90 degrees, a high usually reached in only starting late April, while areas near the Mexico border might even experience triple-digit temperatures.

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East Coast urged to prepare for severe weather

Important Takeaways:

  • 130 million in the East brace for severe weather outbreak Monday as Washington sees highest threat in 10 years
  • More than 130 million Americans from New England to the Southeast are bracing for a turbulent afternoon and evening as powerful thunderstorms capable of producing hurricane-force wind gusts, large hail and possible tornadoes develop and race across the eastern U.S., including Washington D.C. which is now seeing its highest severe weather threat since June 2013.
  • The FOX Forecast Center says a cold front is pushing off to the east from the Ohio Valley. As instability forms along the front, it’s creating an environment ripe for severe thunderstorms to develop and sweep across the region.

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Millions in path of Winter Blizzard

Luke 21:25,26 “There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Important Takeaways:

  • Nor’easter, winter storm to threaten millions along East Coast, New England
  • Heavy snow, strong winds and potential blizzard conditions are being forecast starting later today for the East Coast.
  • “Blizzard conditions” and wind gusts as high as 75 mph.
  • “Significant beach erosion and coastal flooding will also be a concern,” the NWS says, adding that the looming onslaught of wintry weather – which could also cause widespread power outages during below-freezing temperatures — “will make travel nearly impossible.”

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East Coast snowstorm leaves thousands without power

Luke 21:25,26 “There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Important Takeaways:

  • ‘Downright Dangerous’: Thousands Without Power After Snowstorm Sweeps Through Parts of Virginia, Carolinas
  • Winter weather advisories and ice warnings were in effect for dozens of counties from South Carolina to Virginia with some areas getting over five inches of snow.
  • “Power outage threat is going to increase dramatically as these northeasterly winds continue to increase, and the freezing rainfall rates are also going to increase,” Timmer stated.
  • Over 203,000 customers were reported in Virginia Beach, 102,000 in Norfolk, and 106,000 are without power in Chesapeake, according to PowerOutage.US.

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Winter Storm slams East Coast knocking out power

Luke 21:25,26 “There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Important Takeaways:

  • Powerful storm slams East Coast with snow, winds and freezing rain
  • A powerful winter storm that slammed the Southeast over the weekend was moving north Monday, causing widespread power outages and covering roads in a mix of snow and ice.
  • More than 125,000 customers were in the dark in Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and West Virginia, according to the website PowerOutages.us.
  • As the system moves north, Pittsburgh could see more than a foot of snow and some parts of New York could see 2 to 3 inches of snow falling every hour.

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East Coast winter blast leaves many without power

Important Takeaways:

  • Virginia winter storm leaves 180,000 without power days after hitting area
  • Electric utility company in the state, tweeted that crews have been working through the night to restore power to residents after the storm
  • However, crews have been faced icy roadways, road closures and downed trees.

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Biden says East Coast fuel shortages to end in days as pipeline reopens

By Stephanie Kelly

(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said that U.S. motorists can expect filling stations to begin returning to normal this weekend even as shortages gripped some areas amid restart of the top U.S. fuel pipeline after it was shut by a ransomware attack.

The Colonial Pipeline, which carries 100 million gallons per day of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, will take some time to fully recover and could still suffer “hiccups,” he said. Colonial began supplying some fuel to most regions along its 5,500 mile (8,850 km) route.

The pipeline resumed computer-controlled pumping late Wednesday after adding safety measures.

The shutdown caused gasoline shortages and emergency declarations from Virginia to Florida, led two refineries to curb production, and spurred airlines to reshuffle refueling operations.

The pipeline’s restart should bring supplies to some hard-hit areas as soon as Thursday, said U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm.

“Relief is coming,” added Jeanette McGee, a spokeswoman for motor travel group AAA.

Motorists’ tempers frayed as panic buying led stations to run out even where supplies were available. On Thursday about 70% of gas stations in North Carolina were without fuel, while around 50% of stations in Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia had outages, tracking firm GasBuddy said.

The average national gasoline price rose above $3.00 a gallon, the highest since October 2014, the American Automobile Association said, and prices in some areas jumped as much as 11 cents in a day.

Nicole Guy, 36, a leasing agent in Atlanta, was at her fourth gas station Thursday morning, trying to find gas. The station ran out of gas early Wednesday and the manager wasn’t sure when deliveries would resume.

Guy said she wished she had gone out the night before to refuel.

“My sister paid $3.50 at the pump last night for her car,” she said. “I thought if I went looking today I’d find a better deal. I never paid that much at the pump.”

Even as the pipeline resumes pumping, it will take time to replenish stocks. Gasoline inventories in the Northeast likely will fall to five-year lows this week, said Richard Joswick, an analyst with S&P Global Platts.

HACKERS RESURFACE

As FBI cyber sleuths dug into an attack that paralyzed a large part of the U.S. energy infrastructure, the group believed to be responsible said it was publishing data from breaches at three other companies, including an Illinois technology firm.

Biden on Thursday said officials do not believe the Russian government was involved in this attack.

“But we do have strong reason to believe that the criminals who did the attack are living in Russia,” he said. “That’s where it came from.”

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday urged companies that are victims of cyberattacks not to pay a ransom.

Colonial has not publicly said how much money the hackers were seeking or whether it paid the ransom. Colonial has a type of insurance that typically covers ransom payments, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.

To stem fuel shortages, four states and federal regulators relaxed fuel driver restrictions to speed deliveries of fresh supplies.

The U.S. also issued a waiver to an undisclosed shipper allowing it to transport gasoline and diesel from the U.S. Gulf Coast to East Coast ports on foreign-flagged vessels. The U.S. restricts deliveries between domestic ports to U.S.-built and crewed vessels.

Gulf Coast refiners that move fuel to market on the Colonial Pipeline had cut processing as an alternative pipeline filled to capacity last weekend. Total SE trimmed gasoline production at its Port Arthur, Texas, refinery and Citgo Petroleum pared back at its Lake Charles, Louisiana, plant.

Royal Dutch Shell Plc on Thursday said it was seeking alternative supply points to tackle challenges from the incident.

Airlines were refueling planes at their destinations, instead of usual departure points. On Wednesday, Delta Air Lines Chief Executive Ed Bastian said more fuel would be available “hopefully by the end of the week and as long as those predictions come true, hopefully we’ll be OK.”

(Reporting by Stephanie Kelly in New York; additional reporting by Rich McKay in Atlanta; Editing by Steve Orlofsky)