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The catastrophic flooding and destruction caused by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina is likely to have caused at least a record $53 billion in damages and recovery needs, Gov. Roy Cooper s administration said Wednesday.The state budget office generated the preliminary figure for direct or indir
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LAKEWOOD, Colo. 鈥?A hospital parking lot isnt the typical place for a family reunion, but after 69 days in the hospital, it was the perfect place for the Rael family to gather to celebrate the fact that Wanda Vigil is now going home.Wanda spend 69 days at St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood battling COVID-19 鈥?42 of them on a ventilator. Shes a fighter. We were told 20 days i
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