| Fires to follow floods as wild weather hits Australia(by Amy Coopes Amy Coopes 2009-02-07 01:09) | | SYDNEY (AFP) – Eastern Australia braced for more fires and floods Friday as the south faced extreme heat and heavy rain threatened to swell floodwaters ravaging the north. A once-in-a-century heatwave was forecast to intensify over the weekend with... |
| Over 218,000 still without power in Midwest( 2009-02-05 21:25) | | NEW YORK (Reuters) – More than 218,000 homes and businesses remained without power Wednesday morning after snow and ice storms January 27-28 left almost 1.7 million customers in the dark from Oklahoma to Pennsylvania, local utilities reported. About... |
| Blizzard of anger follows London snowstorm(By DAVID STRINGER, Associated Press Writer David Stringer, Associated Press Writer 2009-02-03 18:40) | | LONDON – Britain's capital cleared the soggy remnants of a paralyzing snowstorm as businesses on Tuesday counted the multibillion-pound (-dollar) cost. An estimated 6 million people skipped work Monday when the largest snowstorm to hit London in 18... |
| In western Ky., still stuck in ice storm's grip(By BRUCE SCHREINER and JOHN MORENO GONZALES, Associated Press Writers Bruce Schreiner And John Moren 2009-02-01 04:35) | | AURORA, Ky. – The power had been out since Tuesday at Lakeland Arbor Village, an independent-living community, and some of the food was spoiling, at least the stuff anyone really wanted to eat. "I still have some potted meat, but I'm getting kind of... |
| KY deploys full Army Nat'l Guard for storm cleanup(By BRUCE SCHREINER and BETSY TAYLOR, Associated Press Writers Bruce Schreiner And Betsy Taylor, Asso 2009-02-01 03:36) | | MAYFIELD, Ky. – Gov. Steve Beshear deployed every last one of his Army National Guardsmen on Saturday, with his state still reeling after a deadly ice storm encrusted it this week. More than half a million homes and businesses, most of them in Kentu... |
| Rain saves Afghanistan's World Cup dream( 2009-01-31 08:44) | | BUENOS AIRES (AFP) – Afghanistan's dreams of playing at the 2011 World Cup were saved by torrential rain which swept across the Argentine capital on Friday. Their final World Cricket League Division Three match against the Cayman Islands was abandon... |
| The Nation's Weather(By WEATHER UNDERGROUND, For The Associated Press Weather Underground, For The Associated Press 2008-12-03 17:04) | | Rain, snow or a mix of both were forecast for the Great Lakes region, the upper Midwest, the Plains, the Rockies and the Mississippi Valley on Wednesday, while the East and West coasts were expected to be largely dry. Three to 5 inches of snow was forecas... |
| Death toll rises to 109 in southern Brazil flooding: officials( 2008-11-30 10:57) | | RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) – Flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rain has killed at least 109 people in southern Brazil over the past week, Civil Defense officials said on Saturday. The toll, 10 more than reported Friday, is likely to rise because... |
| Hurricane Paloma pummels Caymans, churns toward Cuba(by Isabel Sanchez Isabel Sanchez 2008-11-16 14:47) | | HAVANA (AFP) – Dangerous Hurricane Paloma lashed the Cayman Islands Saturday with winds near 230 kilometers (145 miles) an hour on a collision course course with Cuba, where half a million people were evacuating. Cuban authorities issued maximum hur... |
| Paloma strengthens to Category Four hurricane( 2008-11-16 14:47) | | MIAMI (AFP) – Hurricane Paloma -- currently lashing the Cayman islands -- has strengthened to a Category Four storm with winds of up to 215 kilometers (135 miles) per hour, the National Hurricane Center said on Saturday. "Paloma is now an extre... |
| Hurricane Paloma heads to Cayman Islands(By TAMMIE CHISHOLM, Associated Press Writer Tammie Chisholm, Associated Press Writer 2008-11-16 14:47) | | GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – Late-season Hurricane Paloma bore down on the rain-drenched Cayman Islands on Friday, triggering a run on stores and stranding hundreds as the airport closed on the chain of tiny Caribbean islands. The hurricane's cente... |
| Storm Paloma strengthens into hurricane: US monitor( 2008-11-16 14:47) | | MIAMI (AFP) – Tropical Storm Paloma strengthened into a hurricane Thursday as it barreled northward across the Caribbean towards Cuba, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. The Miami-based monitor reported that the storm, which formed early Thur... |
| Tropical Storm Paloma becomes Caribbean hurricane( 2008-11-16 14:47) | | MIAMI (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Paloma strengthened into a hurricane in the Caribbean on Thursday on a path that threatened Cuba, U.S. forecasters said. The storm's sustained winds grew to 75 miles per hour (121 km per hour) as it churned 165 m... |
| Correction: Britain flooded marathon story( 2008-11-16 14:47) | | LONDON – In an Oct. 26 story about a marathon canceled because of rain, The Associated Press incorrectly reported the height of the mountains in Britain's Lake District. The highest peak is 978 meters (3,209 feet), not 2,150 meters (7,054 feet).... |
| New Caribbean tropical depression threatens Cuba( 2008-11-16 14:47) | | MIAMI (Reuters) – The 17th tropical depression of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season formed on Wednesday and was expected to strengthen into a storm or perhaps even a hurricane on a path that could threaten the Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Cuba, U.S.... |
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