Britain issued five severe flood alerts Monday morning warning of a danger to life after Storm Dennis dumped weeks worth of rain in some places. The weather system brought winds of more than 90 mph and up to six inches of rain over the weekend.

Its gale-force winds also injured nine people in weather-related car accidents in Germany and caused flooding and power outages elsewhere in northern Europe.

Two charter flights carrying American cruise ship passengers from Japan landed at military bases in California and Texas overnight. This starts the clock on a quarantine period to ensure passengers don’t have the coronavirus.

The State Department announced later that 14 evacuees confirmed they had the virus, but were allowed to board the flight because they did not have symptoms.

These passengers were isolated separately from other passengers on the flight.

Several break-ins and a threatening note led St. Thomas women’s transfer house residents to temporarily move out of their St. Paul house earlier this month.

On Tuesday, Feb. 4, the house’s Apartment Coordinator, Vanessa Gomez, told St. Paul Police officers an unknown person entered the house multiple times in one week, moved things around and left notes, according to a police report.

Six St. Thomas students, including Gomez, currently live in the two-story house on campus. St. Thomas Public Safety said its investigation is ongoing.

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Owen Landrud can be reached at land4746@stthomas.edu.