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  • September 2008

    • Gustav Roars to Landfall as Cat. 2

      CNN  |  Sep 1, 08 8:55 AM CDT

      Gustav Roars to Landfall as Cat. 2

      (Newser) - Hurricane Gustav was downgraded to Category 2 as it churned toward landfall this morning, causing 9-foot storm surges and widespread power outages to the southeast of New Orleans, CNN reports. A FEMA official told the AP this morning that the eye of the storm is expected to pass west of New Orleans, but its surge will likely breech levees and at least partially flood the city that was hit hard by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. More »

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  • August 2008
  • July 2008

    • Dolly Makes Texas Landfall

      Associated Press  |  Jul 23, 08 2:06 PM CDT

      Dolly Makes Texas Landfall

      (Newser) - Hurricane Dolly has come ashore near South Padre Island, Texas, the AP reports, forcing thousands on both sides of the US-Mexico border to forsake their homes for shelters. Heavy winds and rains have already destroyed a building’s roof and cut power for thousands; authorities say levees along the Rio Grande are holding. More »

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      Texas  • weather  • electricity  • rain  • winds  • Hurricane Dolly  • South Padre Island

  • June 2008

    • Wildfires Tamed in Calif., Rage in NM

      Associated Press  |  Jun 21, 08 6:35 PM CDT

      Wildfires Tamed in Calif., Rage in NM

      (Newser) - Firefighters almost completely contained a Northern California blaze today as fires in New Mexico threatened to spread, buoyed by lightning and high winds, the AP reports. The California fire, in Santa Cruz County, has leveled up to 15 homes and led to the continued evacuation of 2,000 people. Officials hope it will completely contained by the end of the day. More »

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      California  • wildfires  • firefighters  • New Mexico  • California wildfires  • winds  • lightning

  • May 2008
  • October 2007

    • 500,000 Flee So Cal Firestorm

      Los Angeles Times  |  Oct 23, 07 4:58 AM CDT

      500,000 Flee So Cal Firestorm

      (Newser) - High winds and hotter temperatures are forecast for Southern California today, frustrating firefighters struggling to contain the runaway blazes that have forced more than half a million people from their homes and consumed almost 900 buildings in the last two days. At least a dozen fires are still torching tinder-dry hillsides from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border, reports the Los Angeles Times . The worst damage is around San Diego and Lake Arrowhead. More »

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      California  • Los Angeles  • wildfires  • natural disaster  • San Diego  • Southern California  • Malibu  • winds  • Santa Ana winds

  • July 2007

    • Typhoon Drowns Southern Japan

      ABC News (Australia)  |  Jul 13, 07 1:38 PM CDT

      Typhoon Drowns Southern Japan

      (Newser) - A massive typhoon is pummeling the Japanese island of Okinawa, stirring up 40 foot waves and 150mph winds which are overturning trucks and ripping trees from the ground. Super typhoon Man-yi has injured at least 17 people and cut the electricity to nearly 100,000 homes. "This is one of the biggest typhoons we've experienced in Okinawa," says a local. More »

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      Japan  • weather  • storm  • Tokyo  • Okinawa  • rain  • winds  • typhoon  • flights  • waves

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