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Germantown Sinkhole Repairs Advance as Temporary Sewer Bypass Set to Begin Friday

WSSC reports no sewage release or impact to drinking water.

Columbus Avenue Reopens After Major Jackson Square Water Main Break

Mayor Moves to Restore South Connellsville VFC as Primary Responder After Council Ouster

Magnitude 3.5 Quake Rattles Off Rancho Palos Verdes Coast Late Sunday

Power Largely Restored as Phillipsburg Maps Sinkholes After Truck Collapse

Manjeera Trunk Pipeline Bursts in Manikonda, Flooding Homes and Cutting Water to Thousands

Bay Area Storm Brings Heavy Rain, High Winds and 500 Lightning Strikes

Contractor Strikes Power Lines in Clear Lake, Operator Stuck as Outages Hit 1,300

Mysuru Scrapyard Blaze Guts At Least 12 Godowns, No Casualties Reported

Kreuzberg Bürgeramt Expected to Reopen Thursday After Fumes Force Closure

Most Power Restored in Brooklyn After Salt-Damaged Cables Trigger Dayslong Outages

Ottawa Boosts Policing in Surrey Extortion Crisis, Declines Emergency Request

Louisiana Confirms Ninth Winter-Storm Death After Prolonged Power Outage

VDOT Uses Heavy Equipment to Open Emergency Access on Iced Virginia Neighborhood Streets

University of Michigan Student Lucas Mattson Found Dead After Nearly 20-Hour Search in Extreme Cold

Melvindale Water Main Break Repaired After Overnight Flooding Traps Cars

Faulty Undersea Cable Triggers Islandwide Blackout on Bornholm

Burst Main Triggers Adelaide Sinkhole That Trapped Tourists’ Rental Car

Partial Reopening After Sewage Spill Shuts Route 11 at Pinamar

Ypsilanti Standoff Ends Peacefully After 30 Hours as Sword-Wielding Man Is Taken Into Custody