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BRISTOL, Pa. - Quick actions from those in charge of a water treatment facility near a chemical spill along the Delaware River prevented the harmful toxins from entering the plant. Health officials in Bucks County said Sunday that between 8,100 and 12,000 gallons of a water-based latex-finishing solution spilled into the river late Friday because of a burst pipe at the Trinseo Altuglas chemical facility in Bristol Township.The midnight spill happened at low tide less than half a mile upstream from the AQUA Pennsylvania water treatment facility. AQUA President Mark Lucca said by the time he heard about the spill the plant had already been shutdown thanks in part to early warning sensors that helped them decide to shut off water intake from the river. "The first thing people are asking us is ‘is my water safe to drink?’ It absolutely is safe to drink, how do we know? Because it never got into the plant" Lucca said. RELATED COVERAGEAQUA's local water reserves were fairly high, so Bristol's water supply was never threatened.

COLOMBO (News 1st); A 10-hour water cut will be in effect for Colombo and its suburbs on Saturday (25), said the National Water Supply and Drainage Board.Accordingly, the water cut will be in effect from 11 AM to 9 PM on Saturday (25).The areas that will be affected are:Colombo, Dehiwala, Mount Lavinia, Kotte, and Kaduwela Municipal Council AreasMaharagama, Boralesgamuwa, and Kolonnawa Urban Council AreasKotikawatte and Mulleriyawa Pradeshiya Sabha areasRatmalana and Katubedda 

COLOMBO (News 1st) – The National Water Supply and Drainage Board said that a nine-hour water cut will be in effect for Colombo and its suburbs on Saturday (21).The water supply for Colombo, Dehiwala, Mount Lavinia, Kotte, Kaduwela, Ratmalana, Katubedda, Maharagama, Boralesgamuwa, Kolonnawa, Kotikawatte, and Mulleriyawa will be suspended for nine hours from 11 AM to 8 PM on Saturday (21).Essential maintenance by the Ceylon Electricity Board was listed as the reason for the water cut.

COLOMBO (News 1st) – The National Water Supply and Drainage Board said that a nine-hour water cut will be in effect for Colombo and its suburbs on Saturday (21).The water supply for Colombo, Dehiwala, Mount Lavinia, Kotte, Kaduwela, Ratmalana, Katubedda, Maharagama, Boralesgamuwa, Kolonnawa, Kotikawatte, and Mulleriyawa will be suspended for nine hours from 11 AM to 9 PM on Saturday (21).Essential maintenance by the Ceylon Electricity Board was listed as the reason for the water cut.

COLOMBO (News 1st) – Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, North-Western, Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle and Matara districts, said the Department of Meteorology adding that thundershowers accompanied by severe lightning are likely to occur at several places in Uva, Eastern, Northern, North-central, and Central provinces. Fairly heavy showers above 75 mm may occur at some places in these areas.There may be temporary localized strong winds during thundershowers. The general public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimize damages caused by lightning activity. 

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Flooding concerns became all too evident Sunday, as the remnants of Hurricane Ian flooded roads down the shore and some interior sections of Philadelphia suburbs.Route 40 into and out of Atlantic City was closed because of flooding. Some of the streets looked like rivers and water even towered high above storm drains.Route 30 out of Atlantic City was also closed for a period of time because of coastal flooding.Some roads were also reportedly underwater in Sea Isle City and Wildwood.Ocean, Atlantic, and Cape May Counties in New Jersey are still under a coastal flood warning.

PHILADELPHIA - Most of the Delaware Valley can expect to see heavy downpours and flooding Tuesday after a mostly pleasant Labor Day weekend. FOX 29's Sue Serio says the rain will move into the Philadelphia area during the hours of the morning commute and will linger into the evening.A Flash Flood Warning has been issued for parts of Philadelphia and its surrounding suburbs, including Delaware, Montgomery and Chester counties, until 11 a.m. Dangerous flooding is possible, according to the National Weather Service.By 10:00 p.m., showers will still linger in the area, but they will be spotty. Rain will continue in the forecast Wednesday, with showers expected all day. Parts of the area could see between one to two inches of rain per hour, which is needed desperately due to drought conditions. A flood watch has been also been issued for several other counties into this evening. Temperatures are expected to stay in the 70s Tuesday and Wednesday before returning to the 80s Thursday. Looking ahead, after significant rainfall Tuesday and Wednesday, the rest of the week is set to be sunny, warmer and dry. >> Download FOX 29's Weather Authority App to get severe weather alerts in your areaSEVEN-DAY FORECASTTUESDAY: Heavy rain.

BENSALEM, Pa. - When he was in elementary school, Dan Pigott just happened to be visiting Washington with his parents in 1973 as the Watergate hearings were underway. He managed to get a seat to watch history unfold.That memory was particularly resonant Thursday night when Pigott watched the opening hearing as another special congressional committee unveiled evidence of what it said was then-President Donald' Trump's "attempted coup" on Jan. 6, 2021, when he beckoned supporters to come to Washington as part of his effort to overturn his 2020 election defeat."I think what this administration did is far worse.

NEW ORLEANS - At least one person was killed and many others were injured after a large tornado tore through New Orleans and surrounding areas on Tuesday night, leaving a trail of damage in its wake as it flipped cars and even lifted a house into the air and dropped it onto the street with a family inside.Videos showed a large, multi-vortex tornado that went into the Arabi area, a suburb of New Orleans. It then moved east across the Mississippi River into the Lower 9th Ward and parts of St. Bernard Parish — both of which were badly damaged by Hurricane Katrina 17 years ago.St.

KYIV, Ukraine - Russian troops kept up the pressure on Ukraine's capital city on Monday and air raid sirens were heard across the besieged country overnight, even as both nations were expected to resume diplomatic talks.The attacks around Kyiv came a day after Russia escalated its offensive by shelling areas close to the Polish border. The Ukrainian military said Monday that Russian troops had not made great strides over the past day.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Gov. Tom Wolf hit the road Wednesday to begin selling his proposal for what would be the largest-ever increase in aid for Pennsylvania's public schools, several times over, as school officials digested the news and Republicans who control the Legislature warned that it will never happen.The money — just over $1.5 billion in new dollars for instruction and operations — is almost a quarter of what the state sends now under a public school funding system that critics say has left the poorest public schools, including ones with large minority student bodies, underfunded for decades.Wolf took his case to teachers and district officials in a news conference at Erie's Pfeiffer-Burleigh Elementary School, while education groups said they hoped that lawmakers would at least approve close to what the Democrat requested in his budget proposal Tuesday.That said, school boards and superintendents know Wolf has made big requests before that the Republican-controlled Legislature has turned down, in favor of a smaller sum."We understand that this is always a starting point and typically something less is approved than what the governor asks for," said Mark DiRocco, executive director of the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators.

COLOMBO (News 1st); A 16-hour water cut will be experienced from 8 AM on Saturday (8) to midnight the same day, said the National Water Supply and Drainage Board.The water supply will be disrupted to the areas located in the following localities:– Colombo Municipal Council– Dehiwala Mount Lavinia Municipal Council– Kotte Municipal Council– Kaduwela Municipal Coucil– Maharagama Urban Council– Boralesgamuwa Urban Council– Kolonnaware Urban Council– Kotikawatte Pradeshiya Sabha– Mulleriyawa Pradeshiya Sabha

COLOMBO (News 1st); An estimated 12 hour water cut is being experienced in the Colombo , Kotte, Kaduwel, and Dehiwala – Mt Lavinia MC areas, Maharagama, Boralasgamuwa & Kollonnawa UC areas, Kotikawatta & Mulleriyawa PS areas.The National Water Supply and Drainage Board said the water cut is due to electricity failure at the Ambatale Water Treatment Plant.

PHILADELPHIA - The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission announced the assignment of 835 as a new area code that will eventually serve parts of the Philadelphia suburbs due to the dwindling supply of available telephone numbers in the 610 and 484 area.The Commission voted 3-0 on Thursday to approve a petition filed by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA).The 610 and 484 calling area serves residents and businesses in Lehigh, Berks, Delaware, Chester, and Northampton counties, along with a portion of Montgomery County.The NANPA says the remaining supply of available telephone numbers is estimated to be exhausted in early 2023.

PHILADELPHIA - The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission announced the assignment of 835 as a new area code that will eventually serve parts of the Philadelphia suburbs and the Lehigh Valley that use 610 and 484 area codes.The Commission voted 3-0 on Thursday to approve a petition filed by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA).

More people are buying houses and moving to the suburbs, according to the Saskatchewan Realtors Association, with sales up 108 per cent in Saskatoon in March compared to 2020.

PENNSYLVANIA - President Joe Biden on Monday announced that at least 90% of the adult U.S. population will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine by April 19 and will have access to a vaccination site within 5 miles of home. The news comes as Philly suburbs continue to fight for more doses.In an address to the nation from the White House, Biden said quick vaccination would still depend on supply as well as overcoming some people's hesitancy about the shots.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pa. - Making sure students get a good and equitable education.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pa. - People want to get vaccinated.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pa. - The state still has to decide where they are putting some suburban vaccination sites.A department of health spokesperson says discussions are ongoing but they hope to start vaccinating at these sites no later than mid-April. It's something that has some people in this area feeling hopeful, but leaders in the four counties still aren't fully behind this.Bob Rolle and his son Trent walk into the Montgomery Mall to shop but in a month they could be here to get a vaccine.County leaders say they submitted this location to the state as their choice for a mass vaccine site, run by PEMA for Bucks and Montgomery counties.

TUNIS – Protests have swept towns and cities throughout Tunisia for a week, often turning to violence as demonstrators denounce what they say are broken promises from the government, which hasn’t been able to turn around an economy on the verge of bankruptcy. Many protesters are disenfranchised young people, a third of whom are unemployed, taking their voices to the street after being left behind by the country’s leadership.

General sorry f or ‘miscommunication’ over vaccine shipments — UK nixes Christmas gatherings, shuts London shops over virus— Another US coronavirus record; vaccine shipments reduced — As companies around the globe race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine and nations scramble to secure millions of doses, questions about the use of pork-derived ingredients has begun to play a role in the purchasing and planned distribution.

A quarter of a million people in Sydney's northern beach suburbs have been ordered into a strict lockdown until Christmas Eve to help contain a coronavirus cluster with authorities fearing it may spread across Australia's most populous city.

SYDNEY – Sydney’s northern beaches will enter a lockdown similar to the one imposed during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March as a cluster of cases in the area increased to 41. From late Saturday afternoon until midnight Wednesday, residents will only be permitted to leave their homes for five basic reasons: medical care, exercise, grocery shop, work or for compassionate care reasons.

Bengaluru: The coronavirus pandemic has transformed India’s Silicon Valley.The shops are emptying out fast in an upscale suburb of this bustling Indian metropolis, and the once-popular pubs frequented by the young workforce have fallen silent. The interiors of trendy showrooms, eateries and software companies are accumulating dust and rental signs have lined up the hollowed-out commercial hubs.The residents are calling it a “bloodbath on the streets."Koramangala, a popular haunt among college students and young working professionals in southern Bengaluru city, the IT capital of India, is a mix of luxury apartments, commercial structures, and posh bungalows where many Indian billionaires live.

WASHINGTON – In Republican hands for 28 years but now up for grabs, a suburban Missouri congressional district hugging St. Louis has become a lab for what each party considers one of its most lethal political weapons.TV ads by GOP Rep.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pa. - People are hopeful as our area moves into the least restrictive phase of Pennsylvania's three-tiered reopening plan.Counties in the green phase will enjoy the return of indoor entertainment and recreation businesses, such as movie theaters, casinos, and shopping malls. Likewise, restaurants and bars can reopen for indoor dining with a 50 percent capacity cap.Salons, barbershops, gyms, spas other personal care services will be allowed to reopen under the green phase.

MUMBAI : The city civic body will operate 50 mobile dispensaries in northern suburbs of Mumbai, which have emerged as the new COVID-19 hotspots, under an initiative launched on Monday that is aimed at curbing the spread of the infection in the metropolis and bring cases to zero.The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) launched Mission Zero rapid action plan under its "Chase the Virus' drive.Under the programme, that covers Borivali, Dahisar, Malad, Kandivali, Bhandup and Mulund suburbs of North Mumbai, the BMC will run 50 mobile dispensary vans which will go to different localities to conduct preliminary check-ups for 2 to 3 weeks to identify and treat COVID-19 patients.At a function organised at the Shahaji Raje Bhosale Sports Complex

NEW DELHI : Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday favoured a unified strategy for Delhi and NCR to tackle the coronavirus pandemic and said the suburbs like Gurgaon, Noida and Ghaziabad can't be separated from the national capital in this battle.Shah conveyed this message at a meeting with officials he chaired to review the COVID-19 situation in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), amidst increasing number of COVID-19 cases.“In view of the structure of Delhi-NCR region, all concerned bodies need to unite and work on a common strategy against the coronavirus pandemic.

higher Wednesday on hopes for a global economic recovery.TRAVEL:— Shares of cruise operators are falling Wednesday as Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings announced it's extending its suspension of global cruise voyages to include all trips embarking between Aug. 1 and Sept.

Three Manchester suburbs are the latest to benefit from wider pavements as measures to ensure social distancing continue.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – The allure was tempting: Haircuts were to be had, as was the chance to drink a beer at an outdoor bar after governors in Maryland and Virginia agreed to loosen weekslong lockdown restrictions because of the coronavirus. But unlike other areas of the country that are itching to reopen, wealthy suburbs in northern Virginia and Maryland are insisting on staying shut down.