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NEWS ABOUT: rainstorms

rainstorms stories: 6 news summaries

 Rains Hinder Aid 
 in Flooded Brazil 

32 dead, 200k homeless as rescue teams mobilize

May 6, 09 7:49 PM CDT
(AP) - Brazilian soldiers and civil defense authorities are using boats, trucks and helicopters to tote food and water to scores of areas isolated by floods that have killed at least 32 people and left nearly 200,000 homeless. Rain continues to fall and meteorologists predict the bad weather could last for... More »

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Brazil • flood • death • disaster • rainstorms

New England Pumpkin Crop Patchy After Summer Deluge

Heavy rains cut some yields by half due to bloating, rot and wash-outs

Sep 18, 08 7:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - An unseasonably wet growing season has devastated the New England pumpkin crop, the Boston Globe reports. The rain has multiple effects, almost all bad: some overwatered gourds swell so much they burst, while beds are washed out and depleted of fertilizer, leading to undersized specimens. And “pumpkins are... More »

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agriculture • New England • crops • Halloween • Pumpkin • rainstorms

 Grand Canyon Rescue Resumes

Helicopters continue to search for stranded campers

Aug 18, 08 2:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rescue operations resumed this morning in the Grand Canyon, as helicopters airlifted campers and residents stranded by severe flooding, the Arizona Republic reports. Around 400 people have been evacuated since yesterday, and rescue workers are still searching for 11 tourists who remain unaccounted for—although the local sheriff says it’... More »

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flood • flooding • rescue • flash floods • Grand Canyon • rainstorms • Grand Canyon National Park

 US Weather Hell:
 You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet 

Global warming will deliver decades of hurricanes, floods and heat waves

Jun 20, 08 4:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US will suffer a wide range of increasingly extreme weather events in the coming decades as a result of global warming—from drought and excessive heat to wildly destructive hurricanes and record floods triggered by intense rains, reports the Washington Post. The grim prognosis was revealed in the latest... More »

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climate change • drought • global warming • tropical storms • National Climatic Data Center • rainstorms • hurricanes • National Center for Atmospheric Research • greenhouse-gas emissions • Climate Change Science Program • excessive heat

 A Million Flee Chinese Deluge 

More flooding feared on Yellow River

Jun 16, 08 4:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - More than a million Chinese have fled floods in the southern regions of the nation after some of the worst storms in decades. The deluge comes as China is reeling from a devastating earthquake. The situation is likely to get worse in the next few days with expected flooding along... More »

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China • flooding • Yangtze River • Guangdong • rainstorms • Yellow River • National Meteorological Authority

 Midwest Flood Death Toll at 16  

Flood crests expected over weekend; snow blasts Minnesota, Chicago

Mar 21, 08 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Storms that caused flooding across the country's midsection have killed 16 people, and bad weather remains a threat, the AP reports. A snowstorm battering Minnesota and Illinois grounded hundreds of flights, and forecasters predicted a 9-inch total. Thousands were forced into shelters as rivers continued to swell; in many states,... More »

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Midwest • Chicago • Arkansas • Kentucky • Ohio • Indiana • flood • flooding • Maine • rain • Minnesota • Illinois • Missouri • snow • snowstorm • rainstorms

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