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South Metro Fire prepared for triple response in red flag conditions Thursday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:51:08 GMT

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (KDVR) -- Low humidity and strong winds are prompting red flag alerts for much of the Front Range Thursday.“Anything that causes heat, spark flame can definitely cause a fire to spread quickly and has a potential to grow faster,” South Metro Fire Rescue Public Information Officer Lauren Ono said.  High fire danger, red flag warning for next 48 hours SMFR Crews are staffed and on high alert given the conditions.“If we do get a fire today, we are actually going to triple our response,” Ono said. “We'll get more crews to the incident faster so we can contain and control the fire as quick as possible.”South Metro Fire is asking Coloradans to download emergency alerts for both where they live and work.National Weather Service's definition of red flag warningWhen it is warm with very low humidity and stronger winds move in, that combination raises the risk of fire danger.  If you are allowed to burn in your area, all burn barrels must be covered with a weight...

Everything you need to know about drinking water-related illnesses

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:51:08 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The odds of being infected from drinking water are small in the U.S., though health authorities do document roughly two drinking water-related illness outbreaks every month on average.Rates of illness or death related to drinking water are low in the U.S. In ten years from 2011 to 2020, there has been one illness related to drinking water per every million people, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveillance data - about 352 people a year total. Mangoes, oranges cause ‘sticky’ situation on I-70 after crash There have been 1,149 outbreaks resulting in 586,145 illnesses, 1,663 hospitalizations and 288 deaths in the U.S. from 1971 to 2020. Legionella and giardia are the two largest sources of infection. The number of drinking waterborne disease outbreaks and hospitalizations lessened since 1971, then grew since the mid-2000s. The most illnesses in a single year came from the 1993 Milwaukee cryptosporidiosis outbreak. This was the largest...

Heavy rains trigger flood advisories across Miami-Dade

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:51:08 GMT

Soggy streets across South Florida have sparked flood advisories in some areas of Miami-Dade County.The rainfall has begun to peter out, Thursday afternoon, but not before it dumped inches of rain, like 6.3 inches in Sunrise Harbor, 5 inches in Key Biscayne, 4.1 inches in Coral Gables and 3.5 inches in Coconut Grove.Some downpours continue to batter areas in the southern part of the county, like Cutler Bay and Homestead. Another batch of rain is pushing into Key Biscayne.The heavy precipitation has triggered multiple flood advisories. One extends south to the Florida Turnpike and Southwest 117th Avenue, near Kendale Lakes, all the way north to the Dolphin Expressway near Miami International Airport, until 5:45 p.m.A second advisory near Gables by the Sea, extending south to Pinecrest, was set to expire at 4:15 p.m., as was a third advisory in areas of Coral Gables and South Miami. However, they might be extended.

Former employee accused of stealing 62 granite slabs from funeral home in Hollywood appears in court

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:51:08 GMT

An employee at a funeral home has been accused of stealing dozens of granite slabs that were set to cover graves. The suspect stole more than 60 granite slabs.Johan Albuquerque, 47, appeared before a judge, Thursday. According to police, the stones were stolen from Fred Hunter Funeral Homes, which sparked a months long investigation. “You are being charged with grand theft between $20,000 but less than $100,00,” said a judge. The funeral home began asking questions last September when the staff began complaining that there was a shortage of headstones. After an audit, based on a police report, 62 stones slabs were missing for a total of about $35,640. Police said that Albuquerque was in charge of the slabs, and when management confronted him and told him they had surveillance video of him leaving the grounds with them, Albuquerque confessed to the theft. Employees told police that they helped Albuquerque with loading the slabs onto his truck. When they asked him question...

Utility worker rescued after becoming trapped in hole in Fort Lauderdale

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:51:08 GMT

Crews came to the rescue of a utility worker who became briefly trapped in a muddy hole at a site in Fort Lauderdale.Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue crews responded to the scene of the incident along Northwest 12th Place, Thursday afternoon.The victim, a city of Fort Lauderdale employee, was working on installing new pipes underground when he fell into the hole and became stuck from the waist down.“As our crews arrived, we found the worker trapped about waist deep in mud and water from an active hole,” said a FLFR Executive Chief Garret Pingol. “We’re not sure of the dynamics, exactly how he became trapped as of yet, whether he sunk into the hole or there was some small collapse around him.”After about 15 minutes, the man was freed, covered in mud and water but OK.“Things happen with the work,” he said after he was pulled to safety.“Luckily they were following their procedures. It wasn’t a hole that was too deep,” said Pingol.A...

Experts say these caterpillars found in Florida have venomous hairs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:51:08 GMT

GAINESVILLE, Florida (WESH) — Look but don’t touch this pretty-looking caterpillar because it might cause an allergic reaction.Spring brings warmer weather, pollen and caterpillars waiting to become butterflies and moths.“This time of year, we start to see all kinds of caterpillars coming out,” Dr. Adam Dale with the University of Florida said.One of the most attractive, the tussock moth caterpillar, while stunning in appearance, can also give you something you didn’t bargain for if you pick one up.“The problem is that they are like little porcupines. Those hairs will get caught in the skin, and cause an irritation and they have a little venom as well, so it’s important for the kids to stay away from them,” Dr. Norman Leppla with UF said.That is a warning for parents as kids visit playgrounds and enjoy recess outside where caterpillars may be hanging out.“There are several caterpillar species that have these hairs or spines that can get into the skin, a...

FBI searching for armed bank robber in Hollywood

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:51:08 GMT

The FBI is on the lookout for a robber on the run in Hollywood.Surveillance pictures show the bandit entering a PNC bank on Tyler Street and North 19th Avenue, Wednesday afternoon.Authorities said the robber flashed a weapon, demanded money from a teller, then ran off.No shots were fired and no one was hurt.The amount of money taken has not been released at this time.

Biden to mark Good Friday peace deal in five-day Irish trip

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:51:08 GMT

DUBLIN — U.S. President Joe Biden will pay a five-day visit to both parts of Ireland next month to mark the 25th anniversary of the U.S.-brokered Good Friday peace accord, according to a provisional Irish government itinerary seen by POLITICO.The plans, still being finalized with the White House, have the president arriving in Northern Ireland on April 11. That’s one day after the official quarter-century mark for the Good Friday Agreement, the peace deal designed to end decades of conflict that claimed more than 3,600 lives.With Irish roots on both sides of his family tree, Biden has long taken an interest in brokering and maintaining peace in Northern Ireland. He has welcomed the recent U.K.-EU agreement on making post-Brexit trade rules work in the region — a breakthrough that has yet to revive local power-sharing at the heart of the 1998 accord.According to two Irish government officials involved in planning the Biden visit itinerary, the president will start his stay overnigh...

EU’s Vestager: Biden’s green subsidies could face probes in Brussels

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:51:08 GMT

WASHINGTON — Companies benefitting from the United States’ $369 billion Inflation Reduction Act may be required to notify their subsidies to the European Union’s antitrust enforcers under new EU rules, the bloc’s competition boss Margrethe Vestager said Thursday.Speaking to reporters in Washington, Vestager said that with the EU’s new foreign subsidies regulation, “it is conceivable that subsidies that are given in the United States will be relevant to notify in the EU,” as part of Washington’s huge green subsidy package.  The foreign subsidies regulation gives Brussels powers to screen investments, takeovers or bids funded by foreign states. The European Commission will be able to potentially block firms from dealmaking with governments or public tenders, should they present threats to competition in the European Union.“Once a subsidy is notified, we will have to do a balancing test: Is this overall good or bad for c...

Suspect accused of kicking teen into T station pit, stabbing man in Whitman appears in court

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:51:08 GMT

23-year-old Kedrian Perry Marshall appeared in court Thursday in connection with accusations that he kicked a 16-year-old boy into the pit of the State Street T station on Tuesday. Marshall has been charged with attempted murder for the incident on the T platform. On Thursday, investigators said he also allegedly stabbed a man in Whitman hours later. Speaking with 7NEWS, the mother of the teen who was kicked said she can’t believe what happened. â€œWhat that person did to my son is horrible,” the mother said. https://twitter.com/MBTATransitPD/status/1641438251281170432The teen escaped injury after being pushed off the platform, somehow missing coming in contact with the third rail. Officials said Marshall took off. Court proceedings revealed Marshall was separately wanted in connection with the stabbing in Whitman, where a man was stabbed in the face and head in a Myrtle Avenue apartment complex. Police s...