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NEW YORK — An earthquake rattled parts of Queens Tuesday morning and may have sparked a series of underground explosions reported on Roosevelt Island, city officials said. “The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reports that a 1.7 magnitude earthquake has occurred near Astoria, Queens,” Notify NYC reported. “The earthquake has reportedly been felt in the New York City area, but there are no reports of injuries or damage in New York City at this time.” Residents of both Manhattan and Queens reported hearing multiple explosions just before 6 a.m. centered Main St. in Roosevelt Island just so......

NEW YORK — When a seven-story Bronx apartment building partially collapsed Monday afternoon, creating a jaw-dropping scene of devastation, some residents were away on vacation, others at work and still others were at home, forced to spring into action to save themselves. “Let’s go, let’s go, just leave everything,” tenant Sadie Martinez recounted telling her brother before they snatched up her 1-year-old and the family dog. “I was scared for my baby, not me.” There was no immediate warning the building would crumble, but Martinez recalled hearing a loud noise that afternoon as she was preparin......

DETROIT — The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald not only inspired an iconic ballad from Canadian crooner Gordon Lightfoot, it also led to the advancement of Great Lakes weather monitoring and forecasting that has helped ships navigate storms ever since. Forty-eight years ago, the largest freighter in Lake Superior history sank during a November storm. "Back in 1975, there were actually zero wave-monitoring buoys on Lake Superior, which is hard to even fathom," said Matt Zika, a meteorologist at the National Weather Station's Marquette office. "You take Lake Superior, which is basically the size......

The state of Hawaii has announced a $150 million recovery fund for the victims and survivors of the state’s devastating wildfires from the summer. The inferno, which began Aug. 8, killed more than 100 people. Gov. Josh Green said the money would go to families of those who were killed by the blazes, as well as those who “suffered severe personal injuries.” Recipients could receive more than $1 million each. “Our message is clear — in Hawaii, during difficult times, we come together to help one another, and right now we are coming together to help those who have suffered the most,” the governor......

SEATTLE — Despite recent rainfall most of Washington still suffers from drought and climatologists say the months ahead aren't likely to offer much relief. The entire state is forecast to remain warmer than normal and much of the state east of the Cascades is likely to see below-average precipitation between now and January, according to the latest seasonal outlook from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Around the first of the year, El Nino conditions are expected to begin pushing warm, tropical air into the Pacific Northwest, worsening the state's warm and dry spell, Washin......

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Tammy gained strength before beginning its sideswipe of several Caribbean islands on Saturday, according to the National Hurricane Center. As of 5 p.m., the Category 1 hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 85 mph with higher gusts, located about 50 miles north of Guadeloupe and 35 miles east southeast of Antigua moving north northwest at 10 mph. “Fluctuations in intensity are possible during the next few days, but Tammy is expected to remain a hurricane while it passes near or over the Leeward Islands,” forecasters said. It became the season’s seventh hurricane as ......