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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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 Gustav Floods Upper 9th Ward 


Sep 1, 08 12:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Six inches of water from Hurricane Gustav is flooding the Upper Ninth Ward of New Orleans, but the Army Corps of Engineers says the situation is not a major danger, the Times-Picayune reports. The Lower Ninth Ward’s levees, which were reinforced after Hurricane Katrina, have not given way. "... More »

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Gustav Makes Landfall Near New Orleans

FEMA, evacuated city prepare for punishing wind and rain

Sep 1, 08 10:25 AM CDT
(AP) - Hurricane Gustav crashed into the all-but-deserted Louisiana coast this morning, and the eye landed southwest of New Orleans. Gustav brought punishing wind and sheets of rain but veered away from New Orleans, where only a few holdouts remained, the AP reports. Tens of thousands were without power in New Orleans... More »

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 New Orleans: No
 Shelter if You Stay

City stung by images from Katrina refuses to put evacuees in Superdome

Aug 29, 08 6:35 PM CDT
(AP) - Police with bullhorns plan to go street to street with a tough message about getting out ahead of Hurricane Gustav: This time there will be no shelter of last resort. New Orleans authorities issued a warning today as new forecasts made it increasingly clear that the city will get some... More »

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 Hurricane Gustav to Hit Haiti

Expected to make landfall later today

Aug 26, 08 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hurricane Gustav is expected to make landfall in Haiti later today, Bloomberg reports, buffeting a country already hard hit by Tropical Storm Fay earlier this month. Gustav was upgraded from a tropical storm earlier this morning, after strengthening over the Caribbean. The National Hurricane Center said that preparations should “... More »

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 Fay Brings Floods—and Gators  


Aug 21, 08 7:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Florida residents bailing out amid four days of relentless rain from Tropical Storm Fay now have a more hair-raising worry: alligators and snakes. The storm has dumped about 30 inches of rain on the state this week, sending gators and others critters into flooded streets and neighborhoods in search of... More »

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 Emu Fought
 the Law, Law Won

Plop-plop spent days on the lam

Aug 21, 08 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - A pet emu is cooling its heels in jail today after leading police on a wild chase around Bay County, Fla., the News Herald of Panama City reports. Set free by a harsh storm and a low fence, Plop-plop was finally captured Monday, when police got a call from... More »

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(AP) - Flooding from Tropical Storm Fay killed four people in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and authorities warned Saturday that the storm could reach hurricane strength as it barreled toward Cuba. Florida's Gov. Charlie Crist declared a state of emergency and said Fay threatened the state with a "major disaster.... More »

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 Hurricane Forecast
 Gathers Strength

Early start to season could mean more and stronger storms

Aug 6, 08 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 2008 hurricane season could be more intense than originally predicted, forecasters warned yesterday. July saw the earliest hurricane to ever form so far east in the Atlantic, prompting experts to up their season estimates from 15 to 17 named storms and from seven hurricanes to nine. Five of the... More »

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 Flood Recedes, But
 Only 1 Well Remains 

Cedar Rapids restricts water use for next few days

Jun 14, 08 7:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Floodwaters receded today after 24,000 people fled Cedar Rapids, Iowa, but only one well is uncontaminated to service the city, CNN reports. Officials say it will run down if people take showers and flush toilets over the next 3 or 4 days. "Water is still our primary concern,... More »

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 1780 British Warship Found 

Extraordinarily well-preserved Revolutionary War sloop located in Lake Ontario

Jun 14, 08 6:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two intrepid explorers using sonar and a remote-controlled submersible have discovered what may be the oldest shipwreck in the Great Lakes, the AP reports. HMS Ontario, a British warship carrying as many as 130, sank in a storm in Lake Ontario in 1780. Since 1781, when six sailors’ bodies... More »

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archaeology • shipwreck • storm • Lake Ontario • Britain • Revolutionary War • discovery • HMS Ontario

updated

Iowa Tornado Kills 4
at Boy Scout Camp

At least 40 others are injured

Jun 11, 08 9:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four people were killed and at least 40 others were injured when a tornado struck a Boy Scout camp in western Iowa, the Des Moines Register reports. A Scout spokesman said about 100 youths ages 14 to 18 were at the camp along with adult supervisors, but it wasn't immediately... More »

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 Storms Pummel Midwest, 
 Scare Visitors 

Kansas tornadoes smash homes, spook elephants

Jun 6, 08 2:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Severe weather lashed the Great Plains yesterday after forecasters warned of a possible tornado outbreak as bad as the 1974 one that spawned 39 twisters, AP reports. At least four tornadoes touched down in Kansas, causing widespread damage and spooking a pair of runaway circus elephants. Heavy rains caused rivers... More »

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 Deadly Storms Sweep Southeast 

1 killed, 2 injured in NC twister

May 9, 08 6:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - A deadly North Carolina twister was part of a powerful storm system that rocked the Southeast last night, AP reports. The Carolina tornado knocked three tractor-trailers off a highway, killing one and injuring two. Storms also hammered a shopping area in Mississippi, and homes in Tennessee and Alabama, where winds... More »

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Updated

 Up to 10,000 Dead
 in Burma Cyclone 

Toll continues to rise as relief officials gain access to hard-hit areas

May 5, 08 1:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - As many as 10,000 might have died in the cyclone that struck Burma on Saturday, a government official told foreign diplomats today, and that number could rise yet higher as aid workers pick through the rubble. The death toll, originally estimated at 351, had already been raised to 4,... More »

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 Savage Storms Lash the South 

2-year-old dies in Kentucky; Mississippi and Arkansas battered

Apr 5, 08 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Severe storms tore through Southern states yesterday, the AP reports. Homes were damaged and tens of thousands of people had their power knocked out. A 2-year-old Kentucky girl died in surging floodwater and 22 injuries were reported in Mississippi as storms packing possible tornadoes toppled trees, ripped roofs off homes... More »

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 Atlanta Cleans Up 
 After Tornado's Mess 

Surprise storm rips through city; no deaths reported

Mar 15, 08 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Atlanta cleaned up today after a tornado with 130mph winds ripped through the city last night, CNN reports. About 30 people were injured, though none of the injuries were believed to be life-threatening. Thousands were without power today, and about 20 homes were damaged or destroyed in the historic Cabbagetown... More »

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Tornadoes Kill 54 in South

Twisters rip through Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee

Feb 6, 08 7:24 AM CST
(Newser) - At least 54 people are dead and 100 injured in a series of tornadoes that tore across the South last night and early this morning, and rescue teams fear that the full extent of the storms' destruction remains to be seen. The twisters, which closed polls early in some states,... More »

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Freak Twisters Ravage Midwest

Two killed in unseasonal storms

Jan 8, 08 11:29 AM CST
(Newser) - A series of freak tornadoes touched down last night across the Midwest, killing two Missouri women and leaving a swath of destruction in their wake, CNN reports. Another person was killed when another twister hit Arkansas this morning. “I’ve never seen damage like this in the summertime,”... More »

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Western US Storms Kill 3

Some areas get up to 9 feet of snow; Nevada levee bursts, causes floods

Jan 6, 08 12:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Weather conditions have yet to clear up on the West Coast, where storms have deposited 5 or more feet of snow on mountain ranges, caused severe flooding and blackouts, and killed at least three people. Higher Sierra Nevada peaks have gotten up to 9 feet of snow, the AP reports,... More »

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SoCal Braces for Fierce Storm

Canyon residents ordered to leave for fear of mudslides

Jan 4, 08 11:35 PM CST
(Newser) - A storm that battered Northern California and knocked out power for more a million people today is drenching Los Angeles tonight, sparking evacuation calls for an estimated 3,000 people, the Los Angeles Times reports. Torrential rain is expected and residents of canyon areas scorched by the October wildfires have... More »

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