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In recent years, far more people died in the continental U.S. from hurricanes’ freshwater flooding than from their coastal storm surges — a dramatic reversal from a decade earlier.
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Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 21 May 2025
The Golden Dome project aims to see the United States design and deploy a next-generation missile defense shield over the entire continental U.S. that will be able to detect, track and intercept hypersonic missiles and other advanced aerial threats.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 21 May 2025
The weather service offered up 155 positions, including 76 meteorology positions in the continental U.S., Alaska Hawaii and Guam.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 17 May 2025
Hart said 83% of the continental U.S. population is a two-day trucking distance from Illinois.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2025
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Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 21 May 2025
The Golden Dome project aims to see the United States design and deploy a next-generation missile defense shield over the entire continental U.S. that will be able to detect, track and intercept hypersonic missiles and other advanced aerial threats.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 21 May 2025
The weather service offered up 155 positions, including 76 meteorology positions in the continental U.S., Alaska Hawaii and Guam.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 17 May 2025
Hart said 83% of the continental U.S. population is a two-day trucking distance from Illinois.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2025
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“Continental U.S..” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/continental%20U.S.. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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