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Climate change stirs ghosts of America s toxic past Tue 20th April 2021 | 08:30 AM
McIntosh, United States, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Apr, 2021 ) :Murky flood waters of Alabama s Tombigbee River rippled over ground tainted with mercury and a pesticide so toxic that US officials outlawed it decades ago, a dangerous past that could cause even more damage with climate change.
Hundreds of America s worst polluted places, like a neighboring pair of chemical plant sites on the Tombigbee, are threatened by storms, rising waters, fires and other extreme weather made more intense as the Earth warms. There might be a whole lot of danger for us, said 59-year-old Darrell Wayne Moss, who lives across the street from the sprawling Olin chemical plant. It makes you afraid. A tall, barbed-wire topped fence rings the factory which is a jigsaw-like collection of pipes, storage tanks, shiny metal vats and sheds and bears signs warning DANGER: RESTRICTED AREA.
Ask Rufus: Walking Through an Architectural History of Columbus The Ole Homestead is a vernacular raised cottage that was apparently purchased or constructed by Charles Abert when he moved to Columbus in 1825. It is the oldest building known to have survived within the original town limits of Columbus. Courtesy photos
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The South Side Historic District in Columbus is an architectural gem with about 250 homes on the National Register of Historic Places. It provides a place where in a less than an hour walk through the western part of the district you are carried through 200 years of architectural history. The neighborhood encompasses a delightful sampling of Columbus’ architecture, history and stories.
FIRST ALERT: Severe storms will continue FIRST ALERT 4-10-21 (Source: Fred Hunter WBRC) By Fred Hunter | April 10, 2021 at 3:08 AM CDT - Updated April 10 at 9:10 AM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Widespread showers with embedded thunderstorms will continue pushing south and east with storms remaining below severe limits despite the vivid lightning during the pre-dawn hours. The last of the rain will be near the Alabama-Georgia line by mid-day with some cloud breaks beginning this afternoon in West Alabama.
The cold front pushing the precipitation east will move through the area tonight and there could still be a few rumbles of thunder associated with isolated thunderstorms overnight some of which could be strong-to-severe especially along and east of I-20. The cold front and accompanying showers should exit Southeast Alabama by sunrise Sunday morning leaving drier air and mostly sunny conditions for the remainder of the day.