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What lies beneath Harvey floodwaters becomes growing concern

More than 130,000 properties were damaged, and some 223,000 people have applied for federal Hurricane Harvey assistance. Tests of floodwaters conducted show some neighborhoods are contaminated with lead and arsenic, as well as bacteria like E.coli. Omar Villafranca reports. Source

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From above, a wider picture of the devastation in the Keys

FEMA says Irma destroyed 25 percent of homes in the Florida Keys, and 65 percent are heavily damaged. There is almost no power and no water. By any measure, especially in the Lower Keys, a housing and humanitarian crisis will go on for weeks. Mark Strassmann reports. Source

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Facebook Oversight Board upholds Trump suspension but orders review of the process

Facebook’s Oversight Board has issued a decision upholding the company’s suspension of former President Donald Trump following the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. But the panel also directed Facebook to review its decision within six months and criticized the “indeterminate and standardless penalty of indefinite suspension.” CBS News tech reporter Dan Patterson joins Vladimir Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green on CBSN with the breaking news and what it means. Source

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Flooded once by Harvey, Fort Myers gets battered again by Irma

The Gulf coast city of Fort Myers was severely flooded two-weeks ago by Hurricane Harvey and on Sunday night it was getting battered by Hurricane Irma. The hurricane carried winds in excess of 100 mph. At a middle school nearly 2,800 people took shelter. Once Irma’s winds clear overnight, the danger will become an incredible storm surge upwards of 10 feet in places. Kris Van Cleave reports. Source

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