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  • September 2008

    • Thousands of Texans Flee Ike

      Houston Chronicle  |  Sep 11, 08 5:07 AM CDT

      Thousands of Texans Flee Ike

      (Newser) - Thousands have fled low-lying areas of Texas in the projected path of Hurricane Ike, the Houston Chronicle reports. The storm is expected to get stronger before making landfall   along the coast this weekend. Texas has troops and 1,350 buses on standby for evacuations. As many as a million people may move to higher ground, officials predict. More »

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    • Texas Boards Up as Ike Nears

      Galveston County Daily News  |  Sep 10, 08 6:22 PM CDT

      Texas Boards Up as Ike Nears

      (Newser) - Oil tankers are scrambling to get into the ports of Galveston and Texas City before officials close them in anticipation of Hurricane Ike, set to hit land by Saturday, the G alveston County Daily News reports. The storm is gathering strength and could be a fearsome Category 4 when it lands somewhere between Houston and Corpus Christi, a region with the nation's largest concentration of oil refineries and chemical plants, the AP notes. More »

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      weather  • Hurricane Ike  • severe weather  • Galveston  • Carnival Cruise Lines

    • Crist Again Declares Fla. Emergency as Ike Nears

      Tallahassee Democrat  |  Sep 5, 08 2:10 PM CDT

      Crist Again Declares Fla. Emergency as Ike Nears

      (Newser) - With Tropical Storm Hanna looking to be relatively benign when it makes landfall tomorrow, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has called another state of emergency for his state in anticipation of Hurricane Ike, the Tallahassee Democrat reports. Ike is bearing down on the peninsula’s southeast end, and is forecast to hit Tuesday. More »

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      Florida  • weather  • hurricane  • Hurricane Ike  • governor  • Charlie Crist  • Hurricane Hanna

    • Hanna Drenches Waterlogged Haiti

      Associated Press  |  Sep 3, 08 2:16 PM CDT

      Hanna Drenches Waterlogged Haiti

      (AP) - Far-reaching Tropical Storm Hanna drenched flood-plagued Haiti today, adding to the miseries of a country that has lost 110 lives to mudslides and flooding since mid-August. The storm was expected to sweep across the Bahamas and then start climbing along the US coastline by the weekend, with a 20% chance it could bring strong winds as far north as New York. More »

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      New York City  • weather  • Haiti  • tropical storms  • Tropical Storm Hanna

  • August 2008
  • July 2008

    • Beijing Becomes Obsessed With Rain

      Washington Post  |  Jul 31, 08 1:33 PM CDT

      Beijing Becomes Obsessed With Rain

      (Newser) - Talking about the weather isn’t just idle conversation in Beijing these days—it’s a national obsession, the Washington Post reports. The country is so anxious for a sunny Olympics—with just enough rain to clear the smog, of course—that changes in the forecast have become front-page news. Monday even saw the launch of Olympic Weather News , a daily newspaper devoted entirely to the topic. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Beijing  • weather  • pollution  • air pollution  • air quality  • weather modification

    • Global Warming Didn't Cause New England Tornadoes

      Boston Herald  |  Jul 25, 08 2:58 PM CDT

      Global Warming Didn't Cause New England Tornadoes

      (Newser) - Two tornadoes have ripped through New England in the last few days, killing a New Hampshire woman and doing serious property damage. But don’t blame global warming for the uncharacteristically violent climate: local climatologists tell the Boston Herald equally extreme weather struck the region in the ‘30s and ‘60s, resulting from “blocks” of bad weather patterns that last up to 3 months. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • New Hampshire  • weather  • severe weather  • tornado  • New England  • Rhode Island  • climatologists

    • 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

    • Tropical Storm Douglas Forms Off Mexico

      Associated Press  |  Jul 2, 08 1:27 PM CDT

      Tropical Storm Douglas Forms Off Mexico

      (AP) - Tropical Storm Douglas formed off Mexico's Pacific coast today, but forecasters say it is not expected to hit land. The storm, located about 245 miles southwest of Manzanillo, will bring rough weather to the southern Baja California Peninsula and could dump heavy rains between Lazaro Cardenas and Puerto Vallarta. More »

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      California  • Mexico  • weather  • Tropical Storm

  • June 2008

    • Navy Ship Leaves Port —Without 100 Sailors

      Associated Press  |  Jun 24, 08 6:34 PM CDT

      Navy Ship Leaves Port —Without 100 Sailors

      (Newser) - A US aircraft carrier set sail from Hong Kong early Sunday with about 100 of its crew still on shore leave, the AP reports. The USS Ronald Reagan and its support ships left port early because Typhoon Fengshen was bearing down. Officials are scrambling to book flights to reunite the sailors and their ship—though security prevented them from saying where. More »

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