The Delaware Gazette

Midwest towns say early storm warnings saved lives

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WOODWARD, Okla. — The tele­vi­sion was tuned to fore­cast­ers’ dire warn­ings of an impend­ing storm when Greg Tomlyanobich heard a short burst from a tor­nado siren blare after mid­night Sun­day. Then silence. Then rumbling.

Off-the-charts pollen spreads allergy misery

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Allergy sea­son has come early and hit with a wheez­ing vengeance in parts of the South and Mid­west this year, thanks largely to an unusu­ally warm win­ter. Abun­dant pollen is caus­ing watery eyes, snif­fles and sneezing.

County works toward ‘StormReady’ designation

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Delaware County could soon be just one of 19 coun­ties in Ohio to earn a “Storm­Ready” des­ig­na­tion from the National Weather Ser­vice, rec­og­niz­ing it for its pre­pared­ness to severe weather emergencies.

World rings in 2012, bids adieu to a tough 2011

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NEW YORK (AP) — From New Zealand to New York, the world eagerly wel­comed a new year Sun­day with confetti-filled cel­e­bra­tions, glit­ter­ing fire­works dis­plays and star-studded festivities.

Library in process of updating facilities

Dur­ing a visit to the Delaware County Dis­trict Library’s Main Branch, you may have noticed some minor con­struc­tion and ren­o­va­tions tak­ing place. You may remem­ber that as part of the cam­paign pledges that the Library made when you approved our levy in 2009 was to update our exist­ing facil­i­ties as well as con­struct the new Orange Branch.

Tornadoes in Southeast kill 6, flatten houses

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LEXINGTON, N.C. — A day after deadly tor­na­does struck the South­east, sur­vivors looked for what they could sal­vage, hud­dled in loved ones’ hos­pi­tal rooms and shared sto­ries of how they made it through the furi­ous storms.

Baked Apple: Heat wave hits urban northeast

NEW YORK (AP) — The urban North­east baked like a potato wrapped in foil Fri­day as record-breaking, 100-degree tem­per­a­tures and steam­bath humid­ity com­bined with the heat-trapping effects of asphalt and con­crete to make mil­lions of peo­ple miserable.

Agencies supply fans, air conditioners to residents

Delaware County agen­cies have been dol­ing out box fans faster than they are receiv­ing them, in an effort to help res­i­dents com­bat the streak of nearly 100-degree days.

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