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Michigan Weather: Heavy rain, strong storms before heat wave kicks in
Scattered showers and thunderstorms will spread across Michigan Thursday and Thursday night, with the potential for locally heavy rainfall and isolated strong storms.
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What happenedScattered showers and thunderstorms will spread across Michigan Thursday and Thursday night, with the potential for locally heavy rainfall and isolated strong storms.
The headline splitThe Grand Rapids Press (MLive) frames it as "Michigan Weather: Heavy rain, strong storms before heat wave kicks in". WPLG Local 10 (Berkshire/Graham, Miami) frames it as "Flooding from days of heavy rain in southern China has killed 39 people".
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Michigan Weather: Heavy rain, strong storms before heat wave kicks in
Scattered showers and thunderstorms will spread across Michigan Thursday and Thursday night, with the potential for locally heavy rainfall and isolated strong storms.
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Flooding from days of heavy rain in southern China has killed 39 people
BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in southern China said Thursday that 39 people died in flooding after a tropical storm dumped heavy rainfall, as the country's east coast and Taiwan prepared for...
