Hazardous Weather Outlook

On: By: Roxie Bell 

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
509 AM EDT Fri May 15 2020

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Lake Erie open waters from Ripley to Buffalo NY-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Vermilion to Avon Point OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Avon Point to Willowick OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Willowick to Geneva-on-the Lake OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Conneaut OH to Ripley NY-
Lake Erie open waters from Vermilion to Avon Point OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Avon Point to Willowick OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Willowick to Geneva-on-the-Lake OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Conneaut OH to Ripley NY-Lorain-Cuyahoga-
Lake-Geauga-Ashtabula Inland-Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull-
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509 AM EDT Fri May 15 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Lake Erie, eastern
Lake Erie, north central Ohio, northeast Ohio and northwest
Pennsylvania.
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USDA SECURE Rule Paves Way for Agricultural Innovation

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(Washington, D.C., May 14, 2020) U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced a final rule updating and modernizing the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) biotechnology regulations under the Plant Protection Act. The Sustainable, Ecological, Consistent, Uniform, Responsible, Efficient (SECURE) rule will bring USDA’s plant biotechnology regulations into the 21st century by removing duplicative and antiquated processes in order to facilitate the development and availability of these technologies through a transparent, consistent, science-based, and risk-proportionate regulatory system.… Read full story

NIH Begins Clinical Trial of Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin to Treat COVID-19

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Study enrolling adults with mild to moderate COVID-19 in the United States.

A clinical trial has begun to evaluate whether the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, given together with the antibiotic azithromycin, can prevent hospitalization and death from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, is sponsoring the trial, which is being conducted by the NIAID-funded AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG).… Read full story

Brown Applauds USDA Approval of Ohio Pandemic EBT Plan

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Plan will Provide Support to Households with Children Participating in Free or Reduced-Price School Meal Programs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) approval of the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Service’s plan to implement a Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) program.… Read full story