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submitted by Gretchen Wright 209 weeks 4 hours 38 minutes ago
Tornadoes across four Southern states tore through homes, ripped the roof off a shopping mall and blew apart warehouses in a rare spasm of violent winter weather that killed at least 22 people and injured dozens more.
The twisters that slammed Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky were...(more)
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submitted by Julia Leigh 156 weeks 4 days 5 hours 26 minutes ago
The two Severn bridge crossings between England and Wales were among hundreds of roads and routes closed while snow continued to create chaos across regions of Britain yesterday, with more than 20,000 homes left without electricity.
Some of hundreds of motorists trapped by a blizzard in Devon...(more)
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submitted by Mr. Sweenie 233 weeks 2 days 1 hour 44 minutes ago
KINGSTON (Reuters) - Hurricane Dean buffeted Jamaica's southern coast, flooding the capital and littering it with broken trees and roofs after killing nine people earlier on its run through the Caribbean.
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submitted by AB 243 weeks 2 days 17 hours 7 minutes ago
Torrential rains in southern China trigger floods and landslides, killing 66 people and leaving many homeless.
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submitted by Julia Leigh for team Outdoor news 114 weeks 3 days 14 hours 56 minutes ago
Storm clouds clustered over Southern California mountains this morning, bringing a dusting of snow and making for a scenic skyline, but meteorologists said only scattered showers may hit the Los Angeles Basin this afternoon as the chilly Pacific storm moves out.
The storm, which is coming out...(more)
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submitted by AB 243 weeks 2 days 17 hours 4 minutes ago
AP - A beached ship carrying more than 200,000 gallons of fuel oil withstood pounding waves with no signs of leaking as maritime officials on Sunday expressed hope of removing the freighter.
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submitted by Ari 232 weeks 4 days 17 hours 54 minutes ago
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Heavy thunderstorms flooded portions of the central United States again on Friday, knocking out the water supply in one Iowa city and disrupting a major transcontinental highway.
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submitted by Julia Leigh for team Mysteries of the Universe 139 weeks 1 day 4 hours 6 minutes ago
It never fails. Whenever a natural disaster hits, somebody always risks bodily harm to take some video amid the chaos and destruction. Insane? Perhaps, but the fact is that footage from Mother Nature blows away anything you'll see in a summer blockbuster.
This weekend, when several tornadoes...(more)
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submitted by JKM 191 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago
After two years of below-average rainfall in California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a statewide drought on Wednesday.
The proclamation in an executive order allows water officials to more rapidly shift water around California, one of the nation's top farm states that also has wilderness areas prone to...(more)
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submitted by elvis 155 weeks 1 day 17 hours 3 minutes ago
The chilly storm that sent bands of rain through Northern California Sunday delighted, delayed or distressed people, depending on where they were and, in some cases, what they had strapped to their feet.
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submitted by Robert Cauthorn 186 weeks 6 days 15 hours 50 minutes ago
Records were made to be broken. And today may just be the day for some Bay Area high temperature marks to fall by the wayside. "Yesterday we broke five records, so I think we might break some today," said Andrew Joros, a forecaster with the National...(more)
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submitted by Lisa 177 weeks 4 days 3 hours 36 minutes ago
As Hurricane Ike surged onto Galveston Island this morning, many of the estimated 23,000 Galveston residents who ignored a mandatory evacuation order phoned for rescues to no avail because emergency workers were called off the streets, officials said.
Help wasn't expected until after dangerous storm conditions subsided....(more)
