Coast Guard: Girl in Maine swept to sea by large wave from Hurricane Bill dies after rescue

September 16th, 2009 Coast Guard cancels lobstering ban on Maine islandPORTLAND, Maine — A congresswoman says the Coast Guard has rescinded a rule that prohibited lobstermen from fishing in the waters around a remote Maine island. Rep. Chellie Pingree says Coast Guard officials told her Tuesday night that they had withdrawn the rule making waters around Seal Island off-limits.

September 10th, 2009 Coast Guard to harness tide for electric powerPORTLAND, Maine — The Coast Guard has signed off on its first tidal power project, a small underwater turbine that will generate additional electricity at its station in coastal Maine. The $100,000 project in Eastport will be used to test tidal technology in the nation's northeastern corner, home to some of largest tidal variations in North America.

August 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Heavy storms and rain lashed the US' northern Atlantic Coast as Hurricane Bill rolled toward Canada after sweeping across Bermuda. Three people were rescued from the Atlantic by the US Coast Goard after being surprised by a large wave and washed into the ocean in the northeastern state of Maine, media reports said.

August 24th, 2009 Maine spectators ignored warnings before wave hitAUGUSTA, Maine — Rangers at Acadia National Park insisted Monday that they had done all they could to warn visitors before beauty suddenly turned brutal, launching a hurricane-generated wave over a group of gawkers, dragging several into the roiling Atlantic and killing a 7-year-old girl. Many visitors didn't heed alerts Sunday to keep back from huge waves that crashed spectacularly and dangerously against the rocky shore as Hurricane Bill passed over open ocean to the east, the park's chief ranger said.

August 24th, 2009 Maine ranger: Wave viewers didn't heed warningsAUGUSTA, Maine — Beauty suddenly turned brutal on a rocky outcropping at one of the nation's most popular national parks as a huge, hurricane-generated wave sent spectators scattering and dragged several into the chilly Atlantic, killing a 7-year-old girl. But the chief ranger at Acadia National Park said Monday that officials did all they could to caution throngs of visitors to keep back from huge waves that crashed spectacularly — and dangerously — against the rocky shore.

August 24th, 2009 Bill downgraded after leaving 2 dead on East CoastPORTLAND, Maine — The remnants of Hurricane Bill moved out into the Atlantic, forecasters said Monday, a day after the storm's powerful winds churned up waves that were blamed in the deaths of at least two people on the East Coast. A 7-year-old girl died in Maine after she, her father and a 12-year-old girl were swept into the water Sunday off Acadia National Park's Thunder Hole, where tourists often gather to watch waves crash into a crevasse and make a thundering sound while splashing high in the air.

August 24th, 2009 EDGARTOWN, Mass. — A large wave fueled by Hurricane Bill swept spectators out to sea at a Maine park Sunday as the storm-churned surf attracted onlookers and daredevils along the Eastern Seaboard.

August 24th, 2009 Bill weakening after leaving 2 dead on East CoastPORTLAND, Maine — Hurricane Bill was hundreds of miles from shore and weakening as East Coast wave watchers and surfers came out to meet the storm, but it still was blamed in two deaths. A 7-year-old girl died in Maine after she, her father and a 12-year-old girl were swept into the water Sunday off Acadia National Park's Thunder Hole, where tourists often gather to watch waves crash into a crevasse and make a thundering sound while splashing high in the air.

August 24th, 2009 Hurricane Bill blamed in deaths in Maine, Fla.PORTLAND, Maine — A large wave fueled by Hurricane Bill swept a group of surf-watchers into the sea at a Maine park Sunday, including a 7-year-old girl who died after the Coast Guard pulled her from the churning waters. The girl, her father and a 12-year-old girl who were all visiting Acadia National Park were plucked from the water by rescuers.

August 24th, 2009 Bill no longer a hurricane, weakening in AtlanticMIAMI — Bill is no longer a hurricane and forecasters say it's lost the characteristics of a tropical cyclone as it moves away from the Canadian coast in the Atlantic. The system still has tropical storm strength winds near 70 mph, but is expected to weaken gradually over the next few days.

August 24th, 2009 Hurricane Bill blamed for deaths in Maine, Fla.PORTLAND, Maine — A large wave fueled by Hurricane Bill swept a group of surf-watchers into the sea at a Maine park Sunday, including a 7-year-old girl who died after the Coast Guard pulled her from the churning waters. The girl, her father and a 12-year-old girl who were all visiting Acadia National Park were plucked from the water by rescuers.

August 23rd, 2009 Hurricane wave sweeps Maine spectators out to seaEDGARTOWN, Mass. — A large wave fueled by Hurricane Bill swept spectators out to sea at a Maine park Sunday as the storm-churned surf attracted onlookers and daredevils along the Eastern Seaboard.

August 20th, 2009 Hurricane Bill weakens to a Category 3 stormMIAMI — Hurricane Bill has weakened slightly to a Category 3 storm as it roars over the open Atlantic. Bill's maximum sustained winds had decreased to 125 mph early Thursday.

August 4th, 2009 British lord, 3 others escape Maine 'copter scareDEER ISLE, Maine — The U.S. Coast Guard says the pilot of a helicopter that made an emergency water landing near a tiny island off Maine's coast is a member of Britain's House of Lords.

May 13th, 2009 Officials: Fla. boat flips, 28 migrants thrownMIAMI — Coast Guard officials in Florida say they are responding to a report that a boat capsized and threw about 28 migrants into the water off the Fort Lauderdale coast.