Archive for ‘weather’
Calif. Flood Fears in Wildfire Wake
December 7th, 2007
Southern California residents stacked sandbags and authorities ordered thousands of people to evacuate ahead of possible flash flooding and mudslides in areas burned bare by recent wildfires.
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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.
Popularity: 5%
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
Popularity: 8%
Evacuations Reported In Sheridan After Flooding
December 4th, 2007
Many Sheridan residents say they’re seeing the worst flooding they’ve ever seen.
Popularity: 6%
UN kicks off Bali climate conference
December 3rd, 2007
Faced with melting polar ice caps and worsening droughts, climate experts at a massive U.N. conference Monday urged quick action toward a new international pact stemming an increasingly destructive rise in world temperatures.
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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.
Popularity: 4%
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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Partial Bridge Collapse Traps Several Families
November 27th, 2007
Heavy rains and the bridge’s age led to a partial collapse that left a few families without a way out of their O’Hara Township neighborhood.
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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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Possible Tornado Damages Tenn. Town
November 15th, 2007
Officials say a mobile home in White County suffered major damage Wednesday evening as severe storms swept across middle Tennessee.
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Near Record Low Temperatures Hit Florida
November 8th, 2007
Temperatures in parts of Florida were below freezing early Thursday.
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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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