Archive for ‘storm’
Martinez Beaver Dam Takes Beating In Storms
January 29th, 2008
The Martinez beaver dam in downtown was damaged in last weekend’s storms. But some say city officials damaged the dam
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Flood Waters Pull Back in Pacific Northwest
December 6th, 2007
Anxious residents in the U.S. Pacific Northwest waited for floodwater to recede so they could see what was left of their homes after this week’s fierce storm howled through, killing at least seven people.
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B’desh to seek World Heritage aid for Sundarbans
December 5th, 2007
Bangladesh will seek emergency funds from the World Heritage Centre to restore the ecosystem and biodiversity of the Sundarbans mangrove forest, badly mauled by last month’s killer cyclone, officials said on Wednesday.
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Northwest Reels From Deadly Storms
December 5th, 2007
Residents waited glumly for muddy floodwaters to recede and motorists faced massive detours Tuesday as an overflowing river severed the Pacific Northwest’s biggest and most important transportation corridor to a depth of 10 feet.
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Community, Officials Attend Hearing Over Flooding
November 29th, 2007
Public officials met today to discuss the flooding that’s been plaguing some local communities since the remnants of Hurricane Ivan passed through parts of the area in 2004;
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Stampede Causes Bridge Collapse in Bangladesh
November 25th, 2007
A section of a bridge collapsed Saturday as thousands of hungry cyclone victims stampeded toward aid workers delivering rice along Bangladesh’s coast.
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Survivors wait as aid effort builds
November 21st, 2007
It has taken some five days to gain access to the hardest hit areas in an operation involving helicopters, planes and boats, as well as thousands of ground troops and aid workers.
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Workers labor to help Bangladesh victims
November 20th, 2007
Rescue workers struggled Tuesday to get food, fresh water and shelter to hungry and exhausted survivors of Cyclone Sidr, which has killed 3,150 people and may claim more lives
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Hunger, Contamination in Wake of Cyclone
November 20th, 2007
More than 3,100 have been killed by a massive cyclone in Bangladesh but officials fear the final toll might reach 10,000.
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Bangladesh storm toll over 3,000, millions suffer
November 19th, 2007
Four days after super cyclone Sidr killed more than 3,000 people in Bangladesh, rescuers struggled on Monday to reach isolated areas along the country’s devastated coast and give aid to millions of survivors.
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Death Toll Rises From Bangladesh Cyclone
November 18th, 2007
Hungry survivors are scrambling for food as rescue workers clear fallen trees and twisted roofs from roads to reach remote villages after a cyclone battered Bangladesh, leaving at least 2,300 people dead and thousands homeless.
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Vietnam braces for new tropical storm as flood toll rises to 49
November 5th, 2007
Flood-ravaged central Vietnam was bracing for Tropical Storm Peipah, forecast to make landfall this week, even as the country copes with floods that have killed at least 49 people in two weeks, officials said Monday. By Monday morning, the floods had cut off a main north-south railway in central Binh Dinh province and more than 100,000 houses were …
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Remnants of Hurricane Noel Batter New England
November 4th, 2007
High winds and heavy surf battered the Massachusetts coast Saturday as the remnants of Hurricane Noel moved northeastward. Wind gusts were reported as high as 70 miles an hour.
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Tropical depression threatens more floods in Vietnam
November 3rd, 2007
Vietnam is bracing for more floods as a newly formed tropical depression is forecast to trigger rains in central provinces where floods have killed at least 25 people since last week, according to the national weather bureau.
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Noel not expected to strengthen
November 2nd, 2007
Hurricane Noel, the deadliest storm to hit the Atlantic this year, is not expected to gain strength in the next 24 hours as it tracks northward toward the U.S. but it may grow in size, forecasters said Friday. Noel slammed the Caribbean earlier this week with heavy rains that caused flooding and mudslides, leaving 115 dead, officials said
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