Archive for ‘flooding’
Severe Weather, Flooding Batters Northwest
December 4th, 2007
Heavy storms killed at least two people in the Pacific Northwest and forced all lanes of Interstate 5 between Portland and Seattle to be closed. Forecasts call for more snow Tuesday
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Evacuations Reported In Sheridan After Flooding
December 4th, 2007
Many Sheridan residents say they’re seeing the worst flooding they’ve ever seen.
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Flood Clean Up
December 3rd, 2007
Bucyrus City officials ask Federal Government for money to pay for damage to city property and buy homes that are total loses.
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Up-to-the-minute reports on flooding, storm damage
December 3rd, 2007
Washington officials have shut down all lanes of I-5 near Chehalis due to flooding, a closure that could last for more than 36 hours. Traffic is being rerouted through Yakima. Amtrak service is shut down as well.
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Tabasco, Mexico is 70% underwater; Red Cross accepting donations
November 2nd, 2007
This is the worst flooding that region has seen in the last fifty years. Over 500 people have lost their homes.
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Disease fears as Africa Floods
September 19th, 2007
Scores have died in more than a dozen countries. They’re usually ravaged by droughts but now they’re inundated by torrential downpours destroying settlements and sweeping away crops and livestock.
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Hurricane Katrina Survivors Speak About Experiences
August 27th, 2007
(Philadelphia) Hurricane Katrina survivors speak about their experiences two years after the tragedy.
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First Person: AP Editor’s Katrina Tour
August 27th, 2007
Brian Schwaner is the Louisiana news editor for The Associated Press, based in New Orleans. He takes us on a tour of the city, two years after the storm.
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Cleanup Begins After Storms
August 27th, 2007
Following last week’s torrential storms across the Midwest, many people are now beginning to salvage what flooding did not destroy.
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911 Calls From Power Line Deaths
August 24th, 2007
Three people, including a child, were killed Wednesday after lightning hit a power pole in Madison, Wisconsin; sending a live wire into flood water. The bus driver is also credited with trying to save the victims but he suffered a shock.
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Red Cross Gives Shelter From the Storm
August 24th, 2007
Flood waters in Findlay, Ohio are beginning to recede a bit after torrential rains saturated the region. Still hundreds have been taking refuge in a Red Cross shelter.
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Raw Video: Severe Storm Slams Chicago
August 24th, 2007
Adding to the rash of severe weather in the midwest, Chicago endured flooding, power outages, and widespread damage after a massive thunderstorm.
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5 Killed in Erin’s Wake
August 17th, 2007
Five people were killed after Tropical Storm Erin made landfall in Texas after being downgraded to depression.
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Keeping Katrina Out of California
August 16th, 2007
Keeping Katrina out of California, a panel discussion between Ron Stork, Raymond Seed, Peter D. Rabbon, Les Harder and David Brent. If a natural disaster hits, or a levee fails, could Sacramento become the next New Orleans? Or much of the Central Valley? How can we keep Guerneville, Napa and other flood-prone areas from repeated flood disasters? Come hear …
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Brits brace for more rain in flood-ravaged England
July 23rd, 2007
Major flooding caused billions of dollars worth of damage in parts of England over the weekend with officials warning that continued rainfall in the next few days could casuse Britain’s two biggest rivers to overflow.
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