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U.S. NEWS Wednesday 30 May 2018

Alberto remnants leave flooding, downed trees in wake

By JAY REEVES northwest of Birmingham. U.S. forecasters said rain
Associated Press Subtropical storm Alberto could still cause dangerous
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — rolled ashore Monday af- flash floods in the coming
The soggy remnants of Al- ternoon in the Florida Pan- days in northern Alabama
berto moved toward the handle and then weak- and large areas of Geor-
nation’s interior Tuesday, ened overnight to a de- gia, Tennessee and the
leaving scattered flood- pression. Carolinas.
ing and downed trees in Beachcombers had re- In North Carolina, a televi-
the wake of the year’s first turned to the white sands sion news anchor and a
named tropical storm. of the Northern Gulf by photojournalist were killed
More than 25,000 power Tuesday morning, but fore- Monday while covering
outages were reported in casters still warned of dan- the weather, when a tree
Alabama, many caused gerous currents. became uprooted from
by trees rooted in soggy soil In Cuba, flooding dam- rain-soaked ground and
falling across utility lines. aged an oil refinery and toppled onto their SUV, au-
But while forecasters said caused crude oil to spill thorities said. Mindy Borkson, of Hollywood, Fla., walks through a bed of
the subtropical depression into Cienfuegos Bay as the WYFF-TV of Greenville, seaweed washed up along the beach, Tuesday, May 29, 2018,
could dump as much as 6 remnants of Alberto contin- South Carolina, said news at Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park in Dania Beach. Fla.
inches (15 centimeters) of ued to drench the island in anchor Mike McCormick Ass. Press.
rain inland, few major prob- heavy rain. and photojournalist Aaron North Carolina Gov. Roy The weather service said its
lems were reported so far. State-owned TV showed Smeltzer were killed. Cooper said in a statement. meteorologists confirmed
“We’ve had a lot of rain, but authorities using barriers “Two journalists working to Alberto was more of a rain- a weak tornado with maxi-
we got lucky. It was a con- Tuesday to try to contain keep the public informed storm than a wind threat, mum winds of 85 mph (147
stant rain but not a heavy the spill from the Cien- about this storm have tragi- but the National Weather kph) hit an area around
rain,” said Regina Myers, fuegos refinery in central cally lost their lives, and we Service said at least one Cameron, South Carolina,
emergency management Cuba about 150 miles mourn with their families, tornado had been con- on Monday afternoon. No
director in Walker County southeast of Havana. friends and colleagues,” firmed. one was hurt.q

SUV driver arraigned in crash that injured 3 pedestrians

By STEVEN DUBOIS Porter, 61, was arraigned does not provide a possible
Associated Press Tuesday on charges of at- motive or include a confes-
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A tempted murder and other sion.
driver suspected of inten- crimes. He was assigned a One witness, Rob Otis, told
tionally ramming his SUV court-appointed attorney. an officer shortly after the
into three women on a The women are being treat- crash that he saw the SUV
Portland, Oregon, sidewalk ed at a Portland hospital. A — a blue Mazda Tribute —
told jailhouse officials he probable cause affidavit drive up onto the sidewalk
has been living in his car released after the hearing and then accelerate.
for the past year, regularly said one of the women, “He saw a student go fly-
uses marijuana for pain re- Portland State student Han- ing into the air after being
lief and does not know the nah Cline, suffered a life- struck by the SUV,” and
victims. threatening injury. then watched the vehicle
According to court docu- The other women, who do continue to drive on the
ments, Greg Porter also not attend the university, sidewalk until near the end
told jailers in Friday’s book- were identified as Sabrina of the block, Marrero wrote.
ing interview that he has Vuscan and Fadra Regis. Other witnesses reported
a ninth-grade education Vuscan sustained a lacer- hearing the sound of bod-
and receives a monthly dis- ated liver and spleen while ies being struck, but never
ability check. His criminal Regis suffered a fractured heard the driver slam on
history includes two out-of- leg, the document states. his brakes. One alertly took
state misdemeanors from The affidavit filed by pros- photos of the vehicle and
more than 20 years ago. ecutor Melissa Marrero its license plate, helping in-
The crash happened Friday outlines why police believe vestigators quickly identify
morning at Portland State Porter is responsible, but a suspect.q
University. Investigators ar-
rested Porter hours later af-
ter finding him behind the
wheel of a damaged SUV.
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