Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Workers Say They Weren't Allowed to Go as Waters Rose (Daily Rundown by Newser)

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October 2, 2024
 
 
The Big Rundown
Surviving workers at a plastics factory in eastern Tennessee say that as floodwaters rose on Friday, managers didn't let them leave until it was too late. Keep reading
 
More Big News
Some 45,000 dockworkers at 36 US ports are now on strike. Keep reading
 
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Science Buzz
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Wild Card
Tens of thousands of properties in the Tampa Bay region were damaged or completely destroyed as Hurricane Helene tore through Florida's Gulf Coast, where some homes ended up submerged in several feet of water, reports WUSF. Keep reading
 
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