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  • February 2008

    • Record Rainfall Soaks Hawaii

      MSNBC  |  Feb 4, 08 9:38 PM CST

      Record Rainfall Soaks Hawaii

      (Newser) - A record downpour of 11 inches in 24 hours has damaged dozens of homes and sparked a flash-flood alert in Hawaii, MSNBC reports. No injuries have been reported, but many residents are voluntarily fleeing their homes in Hilo, the state's second-biggest city. "The situation in Hilo is critical and a life-threatening situation now," said Big Island mayor Harry Kim. More »

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      Hawaii  • levees  • Army Corps of Engineers  • rainfall  • flash floods

  • December 2007

    • Death Toll in Indonesia Flooding May Top 120

      Reuters  |  Dec 27, 07 12:23 PM CST

      Death Toll in Indonesia Flooding May Top 120

      (Newser) - More than 120 Indonesians are dead or missing after yesterday's landslides and floods, and thousands more are homeless, Reuters reports. A rescue team searched for bodies under yards of mud on steep hills and pulled out 12 with “spades and plows,” said a policeman. Many survivors are living in makeshift shelters in offices, schools, and tents. More »

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      flood  • Indonesia  • death toll  • landslide  • rainfall

  • July 2007

    • UK Floods Linked to Warming

      Independent (UK)  |  Jul 24, 07 4:43 AM CDT

      UK Floods Linked to Warming

      (Newser) - Central Britain is under water after record rains, and scientists are now saying that the heavy downfall is caused by man-made global warming. Britain's sodden summer, with swollen rivers, thousand homeless and water plants failing, has been caused by a southward shift of the jet stream. Not unprecedented, the Independent reports, but just what a new study predicts with warming. More »

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      Great Britain  • global warming  • United Kingdom  • flooding  • nature  • rainfall

    • China Shoots Down Bad Weather

      Asia Times  |  Jul 13, 07 5:30 PM CDT

      China Shoots Down Bad Weather

      (Newser) - China has a solution for its unpredictable weather: create its own. The county is toying with the world's largest weather modification program in terms of size, budget and equipment. The original idea was to ease droughts and improve harvests with man-made rain, but the program has evolved uses in fighting fires and even heat waves. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • weather  • farmer  • rain  • rainfall  • anti aircraft guns  • Weather Modification Program  • clouds

    • Wildfires Char the West

      Associated Press  |  Jul 9, 07 5:39 PM CDT

      Wildfires Char the West

      (Newser) - The wildfires sweeping the West continued to rage today, with showers reducing the intensity of some blazes as others spread unabated. In South Dakota, cooler temperatures and rain slowed flames that had burst out of a canyon, laying waste to 30 houses and killing a homeowner. Officials in Utah blamed a fatal weekend motorcycle accident on smoke from fires nearby. More »

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      California  • Utah  • wildfires  • firefighters  • South Dakota  • rainfall

    • Record Highs Scorch West

      CNN  |  Jul 6, 07 5:51 AM CDT

      Record Highs Scorch West

      (Newser) - A searing heat wave is likely to continue barbecuing the western U.S. today after record temperatures soared to 127 in Death Valley, 125 in nearby Baker and 116 in Phoenix yesterday. Las Vegas sizzled at 116 degrees with humidity in the single digits, and even northeastern Oregon cracked 107 degrees. More »

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      California  • United States  • Las Vegas  • weather  • elderly  • Arizona  • Idaho  • heat wave  • heat  • temperature  • sun  • physician  • rainfall  • West  • humidity

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