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 Maine's Freak 
 Waves Have 
 Experts Stumped 

Specialists guess at what caused 'mini-tsunami'

Boston Globe Boston Globe Nov 4, 08 2:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Researchers are perplexed about Maine’s “waves of biblical proportion” that had residents fearing the apocalypse last week, the Boston Globe reports. Just before low tide, New England harbors were flooded with 12 feet of water, which then receded in massive whirlpools, repeating three times in 15 minutes. The occurrence—similar to a 1992 Florida storm—is so unusual it is nameless. More »

More about:  storm • Maine • tsunami • Atlantic Ocean • National Weather Service • Whirlpool

 Ike Experts 
 Warn of 
 'Certain Death' 

Prediction of 22-foot storm surge brings dire evacuation warning from weather service

CNN CNN Sep 12, 08 5:06 CDT
(Newser) - Refusing to evacuate could be the last mistake residents living in hurricane-vulnerable homes in coastal Texas ever make, the National Weather Service has warned. The dire warning of "certain death" facing some single-family home dwellers came as forecasters predicted a storm surge of up to 22 feet along Galveston Bay, CNN reports. Almost 1 million people have been ordered to evacuate. More »

More about:  Texas • hurricane • Hurricane Ike • evacuation • severe weather • National Weather Service

 Hundreds Plucked From
 Grand Canyon Flood

Campers caught as dam breaks

Arizona Republic (Phoenix) Arizona Republic (Phoenix) Aug 17, 08 10:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hundreds of tourists, along with members of the Havasupai Native American tribe, were rescued from the Grand Canyon today after a dam broke causing serious flooding. About 300 people were rescued by helicopter over a 10-hour period after the Redlands Dam, south of the village of Supai, and 220 miles northwest of Phoenix, was breached, the Arizona Republic reports. More »

More about:  National Weather Service • Grand Canyon • National Park Service • Supai • Blackhawk helicopter • Grand Canyon National Park

 California Blaze a 'Gorilla' 

Firefighters face long, exhausting season

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Jul 7, 08 3:00 CDT
(Newser) - A wildfire in California's Santa Barbara County grew by another 700 acres in addition to 10,000 acres already charred as teams of exhausted firefighters continued to battle the fast-moving blaze. The Gap fire is a priority among the 1,781 blazes which have raged in the state over the last two weeks, reports the Los Angeles Times. More »

More about:  California wildfires • Big Sur • National Weather Service • Los Padres National Forest • Santa Barbara County

 After the Deluge:
 Tallying Massive Costs 

Food prices may rise for years to come

Reuters Reuters Jun 30, 08 2:54 CDT
(Newser) - Floods that ravaged the Midwest have begun to subside—but  the massive costs of weeks of rising water have only begun to be counted. The floods killed 24 people, left 38,000 homeless and destroyed billions of dollars of crops. The losses are likely to trigger food shortages and push up prices for years to come. More »

More about:  FEMA • corn • Mississippi River • St. Louis • Midwest floods • National Weather Service • Army Corps of Engineers • soybeans

 8,000 Lightning Bolts
 Spark California Fires 

44,000 acres burn in 700 blazes

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Jun 24, 08 2:19 CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of lightning strikes over a wide swath of Northern California ignited more than 700 wildfires that have burned some 44,000 tinder-dry acres of grassland, brush and forest. Firefighters managed to protect most homes in almost all of the fires. The historically bad fire season has been spurred by record low levels of rainfall and warm, flame-whipping winds. More »

 California Steaming:
 Heat Wave Goes On 

Triple-digit temperatures blamed for death of 77-year-old

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Jun 20, 08 9:30 CDT
(Newser) - Southern California is sweltering in a record-breaking heat wave that has killed at least one person, the Los Angeles Times reports. The 77-year-old woman died after wandering out of her car in 116-degree heat, and her husband is in critical condition. Forecasters warn the exceptionally high heat will continue through the weekend. As Californians cranked up the air-conditioning, energy use in Los Angeles was the highest ever recorded in June. More »

More about:  California • Los Angeles • heat wave • heat • National Weather Service • San Bernadino

UPDATED

Blizzard Death Toll Hits 22

Snow and howling winds wreak havoc in nation's heartland

Associated Press Associated Press Dec 24, 07 3:38 PM CST
(Newser) - The death toll from a winter storm that pummeled the upper Midwest rose to 22 today, the AP reports. The worst of the storm is over for the region, but it left behind icy highways and downed power lines, especially in Wisconsin, Illinois, and upper Michigan. Remnants of the storm system could dump heavy snow snow on western New York tonight, forecasters said. More »

More about:  Texas • Minnesota • Wisconsin • Kansas • power outage • snowstorm • fatalities • National Weather Service • Great Lakes • wind

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