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Updated 7:38 am CDT, Friday, September 28, 2018 MIAMI (AP) — The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Kirk is likely to dissipate after dropping heavy rain and causing flooding in the eastern Caribbean. At 8 a.m. EDT Friday, the center of Kirk was about 140 miles (225 kilometers) southwest of Lt. Lucia with maximum winds of 50 mph (80 kph). It was moving forward at 12 mph (19 kph) with tropical storm-force winds extending 115…

Seth Borenstein, Ap Science Writer Updated 1:12 pm CDT, Thursday, September 27, 2018 FILE – This Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017 satellite image made available by NOAA shows the eye of Hurricane Irma, left, just north of the island of Hispaniola, with Hurricane Jose, right, in the Atlantic Ocean. Six major hurricanes _ with winds of at least 111 mph (178 kph) _ spun around the Atlantic in 2017, including Harvey, Irma and Maria which hit parts…

Updated 11:05 am CDT, Thursday, September 27, 2018 HOUSTON (AP) — Opera star Plácido Domingo took the stage for the gala reopening of a Houston venue that suffered about $100 million in Hurricane Harvey flood damage last year. The Wortham Theater Center reopened Wednesday night with a sold-out crowd of about 2,300 at the Houston Grand Opera. Domingo also performed 30 years ago at the center’s original opening. Parts of the city-owned structure flooded after Harvey…

Updated 8:01 am CDT, Thursday, September 27, 2018 MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Tropical Storm Kirk is on a path to dump heavy rains that could bring dangerous flooding to the eastern Caribbean. At 8 a.m. EST, the National Hurricane Center says the center of Kirk was about 60 miles (95 kilometers) east of Barbados. It had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kph) and was moving ahead at 16 mph (26 kph). Tropical storm-force…

Published 6:40 am CDT, Thursday, September 27, 2018 COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A team of people led by a Virginia man called the “Hurricane Cowboy” is working to rescue animals in the Carolinas abandoned during Hurricane Florence. Patrick McKann is a horse trainer and former bull rider, rodeo cowboy and jockey. He earned his moniker last year when providing aid in Texas following Hurricane Harvey. McKann tells The State his team has rescued horses, donkeys, chickens,…

Updated 12:39 pm CDT, Wednesday, September 26, 2018 MIAMI (AP) — Kirk has reformed as a tropical storm in the eastern Caribbean, and forecasters say it’s gaining strength. The system was downgraded to a tropical depression earlier this week. But the National Hurricane Center says it has reorganized and is moving. At 11 a.m. EDT, the center of Kirk was located about 360 miles (575 kilometers) east of Barbados. It had maximum sustained winds of 50…

From Texas Standard: Sonora is a place most people only encounter on their way to someplace else. It’s located along Interstate 10, 170 miles west of San Antonio and nearly 400 miles east of El Paso. The town of about 3,000 people is the kind of place that’s rarely in the news. But like a lot of other things in Sonora, that changed on Friday, with an unexpected and catastrophic flood. It’s almost 6 p.m….