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A report released Thursday on last season's ice and wind storms says Kentucky's utilities should not spend billions of dollars burying electrical transmission lines to prevent future mass outages.
Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a new law penalizes utility companies that fail to provide safe and reliable service to customers after major storms.
Ida has become a tropical storm again, with top winds of 45 mph (72 kph), as it swirls in the Caribbean on a track that could bring it to the U.S. Gulf Coast next week.
One of the huge pine trees that surrounded Sieglinde Poegel's home of 42 years crashed through the roof and landed in her living room during the ice storm that crippled much of the Northeast last December.
The 69-year-old watchman couldn't swim so when Tropical Storm Mirinae sparked a flash flood he ran, shimmied up a tree and hung on — for three nights and two days.
An early blast of winter walloped some western states with deep snow and slowly pushed into Nebraska and Kansas Thursday, bringing blizzard conditions to the eastern plains and causing treacherous roads, closed schools and hundreds of canceled flights.
Typhoon Mirinae, the fourth cyclone to wallop the Philippines in a month, was barreling toward the capital of Manila, where some districts are still submerged by recent massive flooding, forecasters said Friday.
The Weather Channel plans to show movies for the first time in its 27-year history and it's easy to guess which one is leading off.
Living up to its name, Typhoon Lupit — meaning cruel in Filipino — zigzagged around the rain-soaked northern Philippines on Friday, keeping weary residents on edge and forecasters guessing about its next move.
Officials are asking residents to leave their homes in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where summer wildfires have made conditions ripe for mudslides.
A powerful fall storm packing strong winds and rain eased Wednesday without causing the widespread mudslides and debris flows that California residents had feared.
Boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao took a break from training camp in the Philippines last weekend to distribute food and supplies to hundreds of people who have been affected by the country's worst flooding in 40 years.
Authorities sent more than 200 coffins Monday to the typhoon-battered northern Philippines for the grim task of burying the storm's victims, including a family of eight whose house was buried under a torrent of mud.
Typhoon Parma weakened into a tropical storm but lingered off the northern Philippine coast Monday, causing widespread flooding and landslides that have killed 16 in the country and churning up rough seas that sank a cargo ship off neighboring Taiwan.
A popular Philippine actress cried out for help from a rooftop as a tropical storm roared and floodwaters rose menacingly. Then an actor emerged from nowhere on a speedboat and swept her to safety.
Millions of Australians were wiping a film of reddish Outback grit from nearly everything Thursday after the country's worst dust storm in seven decades played havoc with transport systems and sent asthmatics scurrying inside.
Candace Parker scored 22 points and keyed a second-quarter run that led the Los Angeles Sparks over the Seattle Storm 75-64 Sunday in the deciding third game of the WNBA Western Conference semifinals.
Tina Thompson hit a key 3-pointer with 5:44 remaining and the Los Angeles Sparks went on to a 70-63 victory over the Seattle Storm in Game 1 of their Western Conference playoff series Wednesday night.
Just before the start of the WNBA playoffs, the Seattle Storm have signed coach Brian Agler to a two-year contract extension.
Shannon Johnson scored 16 points and Janell Burse added 15 to lead the Seattle Storm to a 64-55 win over the San Antonio Silver Stars on Saturday night.
Diana Taurasi scored five of her 22 points in overtime, and the Phoenix Mercury went on to a 92-84 victory against the injury-depleted Seattle Storm on Thursday night, clinching home-court advantage for the entire WNBA playoffs.
Sue Bird has agreed to a multiyear contract extension to stay with the Seattle Storm, keeping the All-Star guard with the only WNBA team she's played for.
Charde Houston had 22 points and the Minnesota Lynx rallied to beat the short-handed Seattle Storm 76-68 on Saturday night.
Monique Currie scored 17 points, Matee Ajavon had 16 in her first start of the season and the Washington Mystics continued their playoff push with a 78-67 victory over the Seattle Storm on Thursday night.
Camille Little had 17 points and 13 rebounds, Sue Bird scored 12 points, and the short-handed Seattle Storm rallied to win their sixth straight, 65-58 over the New York Liberty on Tuesday night.
NN teen survives fallen tree in stormKathy Williams and her family have had to bear an incredible burden brought on by last week's storm" it's just been devastating; the best I can say is I thought we've been through hell," she said"
Its Not nice to fool mother natureBEIJING (AFP) – Chinese scientists artificially induced the second major snowstorm to wreak havoc in Beijing this season, state media said, reigniting debate over the practice of tinkering with Mother Nature.
Typhoon Mirinae barrels through Philippines, worsens flooding Typhoon Mirinae, the fourth in a month to hit the Philippines, barreled through the main island of Luzon in just a few hours early Saturday morning, the country's weather forecast bureau said. There is not yet report of casualties.
New Orleans Cannot be Protected from HurricanesBut, the Corps' top commander was quoted in two newspapers this weekend saying that despite ongoing efforts, flooding can't be stopped in New Orleans. According to The Guardian in the UK and Huffington Post, Lt.
Take a bit of RIM's Blackberry Storm 2RIM has finally announced the Storm 2, the successor to its first touchscreen phone. As well as an improved SurePress screen, and BlackBerry OS 5, the benefits from the addition of Wi-Fi.
Thousands In Sacramento Without Power After StormSACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Thousands of people in the Sacramento region remained without power early Wednesday and a massive cleanup effort was under way after a big fall storm walloped Northern California on Tuesday.
Calif. wildfire communities brace for stormLOS ANGELES - Southern California communities below wildfire-scorched mountains prepared Monday for the possibility of fast-moving floods laden with mud and rocks as a Pacific storm headed for the West Coast.
Storm Bearing Down On Northern CaliforniaSACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The first major storm of the season is bearing down on Northern California. Forecasters are predicting the system will dump one to three inches of rain along the coast and about two inches in the Sacramento area.
Tropical Storm Grace Off Europe Coast!That's right, that's a storm (named by the NHC, our government agency that issues official hurricane forecasts) off the coast of Europe, heading towards the U.K.
Former ACORN organizer worries about its future Wade Rathke, the former chief organizer of ACORN, acknowledged that the organization he founded in 1970 is caught in a public storm that threatens its existence.
Longest Lightning Storm: Saturn Sets RecordA powerful lightning storm brewing in Saturn's atmosphere since January has become the solar system's longest continuously observed thunderstorm, astronomers have announced.
The Manchurian Candidate article by David Horowitz; very interestingThose who were surprised by the White House appointment of Van Jones – a self-styled "communist," and a proponent of the idea that the Katrina catastrophe was caused by "white supremacy," haven't been paying attention to developments on the left since the fall of Comm …
The "True Identity" Of Van Jones. By Cliff Kincaid. September 10, 2009Some people are wondering who is next after Van Jones. But the Van Jones story is not over. And we still don't know who hired this "obscure" official, as some on the left are now trying to refer to him. Some of these controversies are currently being investigated by the new media.
Revolution Anyone?Quick question: how many Marxists, Communists, Domestic Terrorists and raving racialists does the President get to associate with before reasonable people can assume that the president on some level shares their particular vision of America?
Florida Garden Tip: Prune Trees Now Every time there is a big storm, or lots of wind, we see the problems caused by un-trimmed (or badly trimmed) trees. These trees can act like sails with their leaves and tree tops catching the wind, until it torques, topples or blows down onto something (or someone).
With 30+ Czars, one was bound to slip through the cracks but it looks like a lot more have slipped through the cracks than Mr. Van Jones.
Beck Boycotter Communist, Black NationalistThe founder of the group organizing a boycott against conservative talk show host Glenn Beck is a self-described "black nationalist" and "Communist", who has ties to a former terrorist and is working in the Obama administration as a so-called "Green Czar."
China villagers storm lead plantHundreds of Chinese villagers have broken into a factory that poisoned more than 600 children, reports say.
Man Saves Dog from Stormy Seas"AS galeforce winds ripped across Victoria yesterday, Maltese-@!$%#zu cross Bi Bi was blown off Brighton Pier."
Welfare storm family quit rented house THE family who unwittingly found themselves at the centre of controversy over their monthly €3,800 benefit payments have moved out of their eight-bedroom rented home in Clare, after falling behind with rent.
Severe lightning storm near Toronto Ontario As you can see. Severe lightning and loads of rain and thunder. This video is a few clips of the 7 minutes I was recording, it was going for over a solid hour, just continuous lightning.
Rare Condition Caused Flood in Louisville, Kentucky August 4, 2009"National Weather Service meteorologists say they couldn't have predicted the extremely rare circumstances that" led to flooding in Louisville, Kentucky on August 4, 2009.
Storm Dumps Record Rainfall on LouisvilleLouisville, Kentucky received "record rainfall" that caused flooding. This Courier-Journal article includes links to several photo galleries and several other articles.
Record Breaking Rains Cause Major Flooding in Louisville, Kentucky"Six inches of rain fell in a one hour period" in part of Louisville on the morning of Tuesday, August 4, according to this article on WHAS's website. This article includes links to several other articles, several photos, and several videos about the situation.
Severe thunderstorms ripped through Butler County, causing significant widespread damage in Hamilton and the surrounding areas for the second time in approximately nine months.
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