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Hurricane Warning Issued for North Carolina
 Hurricane Warning 
 Issued for NC 
UPDATED
Sep 1, 2010 10:32 AM CDT

Hurricane Warning Issued for NC

Outer Banks empties out as East Coast readies

(Newser) - A hurricane warning has been issued for the North Carolina coast as powerful Hurricane Earl bears down on the East Coast, while a hurricane watch now extends into Delaware. Visitors have been evacuating Ocracoke Island in ferries and told to leave neighboring Cape Hatteras in North Carolina's Outer Banks, and...

Pakistanis Dig In: 'We're Scared of Losing Everything'
 Pakistanis Dig In: 
 'We're Scared of 
 Losing Everything' 
Nobody's evacuating
Aug 22, 2010 11:45 AM CDT

Pakistanis Dig In: 'We're Scared of Losing Everything'

Thousands stay behind to safeguard what's left

(Newser) - Somewhere beneath the swirling warm brown floodwaters drenching Pakistan lie the remnants of millions of displaced lives: possessions, crops, livelihoods, the ruins of homes. But even as the amount worth saving dwindles—perhaps a few bedraggled animals, cookware, or transistor radio—thousands upon thousands are digging in and refusing to...

UN Chief: Pakistan Flooding 'Unprecedented'
 UN Chief: Pakistan 
 Flooding 'Unprecedented' 
SHOW HIM THE MONEY
Aug 15, 2010 5:50 PM CDT

UN Chief: Pakistan Flooding 'Unprecedented'

Aid needs to be stepped up: Ban Ki-moon

(Newser) - Ban Ki-moon has toured his share of disaster areas, but the UN secretary-general said today that he's never seen anything on the scope of the floods that have rolled through Pakistan, displacing some 20 million people. Ban urged the international community to step up the pace of aid donations, saying:...

Freeze or Boil: An Extreme New Earth

Climate change means extreme weather the new norm

(Newser) - Remember last winter, when the only thing keeping you warm while shoveling the snow that would not stop falling was the sound of gleeful cackles coming from climate change deniers? Well, the New York Times would like to know who's laughing now, as Russia burns, Pakistan drowns, and the rest...

More Rain Lashes Drenched Pakistan

Gov't says 13M people affected by relentless monsoons

(Newser) - More rain soaked flood-ravaged Pakistan today and even heavier downpours were forecast for coming days, deepening a crisis in which hardline Islamists have rushed to fill gaps in the government's patchy response. Pakistani officials estimate as many as 13 million people have been affected by the rising waters. About 1,...

East Coast Burning Up
 East Coast Burning Up 
Jul 25, 2010 8:40 AM CDT

East Coast Burning Up

Find yourself a meat locker and stay there

(Newser) - Another wave of oppressive heat clamped down on a broad swath of Eastern states yesterday and today, reports the AP, with temperatures in the high 90s and 100s and residents scrambling for shade or just staying indoors. In the Mid-Atlantic, already the locus for brutal temperatures several times in July,...

Hundreds Rescued From 122° German Trains

Air conditioning breaks, windows don't open

(Newser) - The high technology of a modern German train whose windows don't open backfired badly yesterday when the air conditioning broke on 3 trains, sending temperatures inside the trains to 122 degrees and forcing the evacuation of more than 1,000 Deutsche Bahn passengers. One of the trains lost its air...

Rescuers Find 20th Body in Ark. Flooding

Last person known to have gone missing

(Newser) - Search crews today found the 20th victim and last person known to have gone missing when a flash flood swept through a popular Arkansas campground, but they planned to continue looking. A State Police spokesman didn't identify the latest victim, and did not say whether the person was an adult...

Tornadoes Leave Ohio a 'War Zone'
 Tornadoes Leave 
 Ohio a 'War Zone' 
SLIDESHOW
Jun 6, 2010 4:22 PM CDT

Tornadoes Leave Ohio a 'War Zone'

At least 7 dead; storms losing power as they head east

(Newser) - A tornado unleashed a "war zone" of destruction in northwest Ohio, destroying dozens of homes and an emergency services building as a line of storms killed at least seven people and threatened to do more damage today as it hit the Northeast. Storms collapsed a movie-theater roof in Illinois...

Oklahoma Tornadoes Kill 6
 Oklahoma Tornadoes Kill 6 
May 11, 2010 1:20 AM CDT

Oklahoma Tornadoes Kill 6

Dozens injured as tempest rips through state

(Newser) - At least 6 people were killed as tornadoes ripped through Oklahoma yesterday. Dozens more were injured when winds flipped mobile homes and cars, and hailstones the size of baseballs crashed through windshields, AP reports. The dead include a child killed by flying debris and a man crushed by an RV,...

Southeast Flood Toll Hits 27
 Southeast Flood Toll Hits 27 
May 4, 2010 4:24 AM CDT

Southeast Flood Toll Hits 27

Deluged Tennessee calls for federal help

(Newser) - The death toll from storms that lashed the Southeast over the weekend has now hit 27, and lawmakers in Tennessee warn that the cleanup bill will be in the billions. Much of Nashville remains flooded and authorities fear that the still-rising Cumberland River will swamp the city's only working water...

Huge Sandstorm Turns Beijing Sky Orange

Storms have jumped sixfold in 50 years due to deforestation

(Newser) - China's capital woke up to orange-tinted skies today as the strongest sandstorm so far this year hit the country's north, delaying some flights at Beijing's airport and prompting a dust warning for Seoul. The sky glowed and a thin dusting of sand covered Beijing, causing workers to muffle their faces...

Landslides Claim 40 on Atlantic Resort Isle

Madeira awash in mud after heaviest rains since '93

(Newser) - The death toll from mudslides and flash flooding on the Portuguese island of Madeira rose to 38 people today as the government rushed emergency aid to the resort haven. More than 100 others were injured and an unknown number were missing, authorities said. A government rep told state news agency...

Northeast Staggered by Record Storm

Blizzard breaks snowfall records in Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia

(Newser) - Snowfall records in Washington, Philadelphia, and Baltimore have been buried by a storm experts say will go down as one of the most disruptive in American history. The storm, the second of back-to-back blizzards, is dying down today, but the federal government will remain closed along with most schools and...

As DC Digs Out, a Surreal Feel

Snowball fights, skiers roam deserted streets of 'Epcot Center version' of city

(Newser) - The flakes have stopped falling, but residents in the Mid-Atlantic region were faced today with the prospect of digging out of more than two feet of snow in some areas. Roads reopened but officials continued to warn residents that highways could be treacherous. Hundreds of thousands of people from Pennsylvania...

Snow Paralyzes DC, Mid-Atlantic

Capital could get walloped with 2 1/2 feet as storm rages on

(Newser) - Emergency crews struggled to keep pace with the heavy, wet snow that continued to batter the Mid-Atlantic region today, as the white stuff piled up on roadways, toppled trees, and left hundreds of thousands without electricity. The storm, with 10 inches on the ground at the White House and up...

Washington Plows to a Halt
 Washington Plows to a Halt 
SNOWPOCALYPSE NOW
Feb 5, 2010 10:22 PM CST

Washington Plows to a Halt

Public transit mostly shut; residents advised to stay inside

(Newser) - Much of Washington is at a halt tonight, with snow falling at the rate of up to 3 inches an hour from the fearsome storm—perhaps the worst in modern history—working its way toward the capital. Above-ground portions of the city’s Metro system are closed, and expected to...

Brits Battered by Biggest Snowfall in 50 Years

Frozen nation buried

(Newser) - The British government has issued a flash emergency weather warning for all counties as what's expected to be the biggest snowfall in 50 years is burying the nation. Forecasters are predicting nearly 20 inches of snow in under 24 hours in areas already socked by record chills and blizzards. Drivers...

Christmas Storm Slaps US
 Christmas Storm Slaps US 
SLIDESHOW
Dec 25, 2009 10:13 AM CST

Christmas Storm Slaps US

The weather outside is frightful, snarling travel and knocking power out

(Newser) - A fierce Christmas storm dumped more snow and ice across the nation's midsection today after stranding travelers as highways and airports closed and leaving many to celebrate the holiday just where they were. Meteorologists predicted the slow-moving storm would glaze highways in the East with ice through Christmas night and...

Typhoon Kills 32 in Vietnam
 Typhoon Kills 32 in Vietnam 
UPDATED
Sep 29, 2009 11:32 AM CDT

Typhoon Kills 32 in Vietnam

Military clears villagers from flood-prone areas as Ketsana grows stronger

(Newser) - Typhoon Ketsana slammed central Vietnam today, flooding towns and villages and killing at least 32 people. Roughly 170,000 people were evacuated before the storm hit. State-run TV called it the worst storm the country had seen in more than three decades. Meanwhile, the death toll in the Philippines climbed...

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