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  • Flooding, wildfires just another element of 2020

    Beka Thompson, The Times|Dec 31, 2020

    WAITSBURG-Keeping with the 'chaos' theme of the year, 2020 offered some extreme weather events. On Tuesday, February 4, the National Weather Service reported 3.8" of snowfall in the area. On February 5, the snow was washed away by .69" of rainfall, setting a short-lived record. On Friday, February 6, the rainfall record was surpassed once again, with the area receiving .91" in less than 24 hours. The frozen ground, paired with heavy precipitation and sudden, warm weather, created the perfect...