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Chicago Belt Railway Seeks Approval for PTC Maintenance
FRA is taking comments through Sept. 1 on four planned network-work windows; the railroad says it will not disable I-ETMS but brief communication losses could occur.
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June Brought 374 Preliminary Tornado Reports as Western Drought Persisted
Three Midwest states set June report records. National precipitation ran above average, but nearly half the contiguous U.S. remained in drought at month’s end.
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NOAA Logs 374 Preliminary Tornado Reports in a Stormy June
Illinois, Indiana and Missouri set state June report records while the western United States completed its warmest first half of a year on record.