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Bad Fla. Weather Keeps Discovery in Orbit

Today's attempts scrubbed; NASA aims for tomorrow afternoon, which looks little better

(Newser) - Bad weather has delayed space shuttle Discovery's homecoming for at least a day. NASA decided conditions were too poor to bring Discovery back to Florida tonight, skipping both landing windows and ordered the seven astronauts to keep circling the world for a 14th day. Their next chance at returning will...

20 Killed in Turkish Floods
 20 Killed in Turkish Floods 
Sep 9, 2009 7:11 AM CDT

20 Killed in Turkish Floods

Downpour leaves 20 injured, more stranded

(Newser) - Flash floods gushed across a major highway and a commercial district in Istanbul today, killing at least 20 people and stranding dozens in cars or on rooftops, AP reports. Eight people are missing. Fueled by the worst rain in decades, waters rose more than 3 feet high in the city's...

Hurricane Bill Hits Category 4
 Hurricane Bill Hits Category 4 
Aug 19, 2009 8:40 AM CDT

Hurricane Bill Hits Category 4

Possible effects not yet clear: expert

(Newser) - Hurricane Bill grew to a Category 4 storm today with maximum sustained winds approaching 135mph, CNN reports. The storm’s center was some 460 miles east of the Leeward Islands and 1,100 miles southeast of Bermuda at 5am. “It's a little too early to evaluate what kind of...

Hundreds Rescued from Taiwan Mudslides

(Newser) - Some 700 people feared dead in Taiwan's mudslides have been found alive and rescued from the disaster zone, the BBC reports. Military helicopters have been evacuating people from rural areas in southern Taiwan, where mudslides caused by Typhoon Morakot engulfed several mountain villages. Hundreds of other people are still missing...

Taiwan Mudslide Buries 500 in Wake of Typhoon

Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, China hit; at least 35 dead

(Newser) - A typhoon-spawned mudslide engulfed a mountain village in southern Taiwan, burying up to 600 people, a police official and a rescued villager said today. Earlier, Typhoon Morakot had struck the Philippines, leaving at least 22 dead. Another typhoon slammed into Japan's west coast today, bringing heavy rain that triggered floods...

Thousands Stranded as Typhoon Rams China

(Newser) - Typhoon Morakot shredded homes, sent water gushing over banks, and uprooted trees in southeast China yesterday, leaving thousands of people stranded. The storm left a trail of destruction in the Philippines and Taiwan, killing dozens, before striking China's coast. The storm's eye turned the sky black and torrential rains washed...

El Niño Returns to Pacific, May Limit Atlantic Storms

(Newser) - An El Niño has developed in the Pacific, a boon to Americans living near the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coast who can expect fewer hurricanes as a result, the Palm Beach Post reports. The NOAA reported the conditions in June, and they could keep up through winter. “...

Tornado Kills 2, Hurts 30 in Tenn.

(Newser) - A reported tornado killed two people and injured 30 today in central Tennessee as a line of storms that killed three people a day earlier in western Arkansas crept across the South, emergency officials said. Tennessee Emergency Management Agency spokesman Donnie Smith confirmed the deaths Friday in Murfreesboro, about 30...

3 Dead in Ark. Tornado
 3 Dead in Ark. Tornado 
Apr 10, 2009 1:49 PM CDT

3 Dead in Ark. Tornado

(Newser) - A tornado that swept through the mountain community of Mena, Ark., killed three people and injured at least 30 others, authorities said today after a house-to-house search. The twister descended quickly on Mena shortly after 8 last night after a series of siren blasts warned residents of tornadoes in the...

Fargo Braces for Snow as Floods Ease

Winter weather could cause waves to batter sandbag levees

(Newser) - Just as the Red River began retreating from Fargo's hastily fortified levees, the city's tired residents stared down a winter storm today that's expected to bring up to 14 inches of snow and wind-whipped waves that could worsen the flooding, the AP reports. Engineers aren't worried about the snowfall, but...

Peanut Scare, Economy Slam Girl Scout Cookie Sales

(Newser) - Thanks to the economy, the peanut scare, and ugly winter weather, Girl Scout cookie sales are down 20% nationwide this year, the Boston Herald reports. Key programs are in danger of being cut, but the spirit of the young troopers is undimmed. “Not a lot of people on my...

Upper Midwest Stymied by Snow

Fargo to residents: Just stay home

(Newser) - Heavy snow driven by wind gusting to 40mph closed courts, clinics, and businesses and shut down a major highway across the Upper Midwest. Up to a foot of snow was forecast today for parts of eastern North Dakota. The National Weather Service posted blizzard warnings and winter storm warnings for...

5 Killed as High Winds Sweep East, Midwest

Gales cause chaos, outages, deaths

(Newser) - Five people were killed as winds of up to 65 mph swept across a large area of the nation yesterday from the Great Lakes to the eastern seaboard, AP reports. The winds cut a swath of destruction, delayed travel, and downed trees and power lines. A half million people were...

Tornadoes Kill 8 in Oklahoma; at Least 14 Injured

An unusual flurry of February twisters prove deadly in Midwest

(Newser) - Eight people died and 14 more were injured in a small Oklahoma town as a flurry of tornadoes touched down across the state, ripping off roofs and knocking out power, reports the AP. Rescue workers in Lone Grove, about 100 miles south of Oklahoma City, were to resume searching this...

Rural Alaskans Fight to Survive
 Rural Alaskans Fight to Survive 
Feb 9, 2009 12:50 PM CST

Rural Alaskans Fight to Survive

Harsh winter cut off supplies, forcing soaring prices

(Newser) - With some villagers paying $400 for a week's groceries and $1,500 for a month’s heat, rural Alaskans are literally fighting to survive, CNN reports. Milk can cost $10 a gallon and eggs $22 a dozen, and the long trip by snowmobile to the store means running through $50...

More Than 1M Still Powerless After Ice Storm

Thousands still in shelters

(Newser) - From Missouri to West Virginia, thousands of people are still holed up in makeshift shelters as utility crews frantically work to return water and heat to their homes, the AP reports. More than 1.3 million homes remain without power after the recent ice storm, and though workers are making...

Storm Leaves 1.4M Without Power; 23 Dead

(Newser) - More than a million people shivered in ice-bound homes across the country tonight, waiting for utility crews to restring power lines brought down by a storm that killed 23 as it moved from the Southern Plains to the East Coast. But with temperatures plunging, utility officials warned that it could...

Ice, Snow Spread From Plains to East

Seven killed in storms

(Newser) - Schools closed and thousands of homes and businesses had no electricity today as a storm spread a coating of ice and snow on roads and power lines from the southern Plains to the mid-Atlantic states. At least seven deaths had been blamed on the weather. Highway department crews were out...

Tongue Twister: Cold Kid Copies Christmas Story

Temperatures hit 30 below across northeast

(Newser) - With much of the US in a deep freeze, life imitated a holiday classic for a boy who froze his tongue to a metal pole on a dare, the Times of Northwest Indiana reports. “You’d think everybody in the country had seen A Christmas Story by now,”...

38 Below? Arctic Wave Slams Upper Midwest

(Newser) - Temperatures crashed to Arctic levels today as a severe cold wave rolled across the upper Midwest on the heels of yet another snowstorm, closing schools and making most people think twice before going outside. Parts of Minnesota recorded temperatures of 38 below zero, with wind chills of 58 below.  

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