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Aug 19, 2007 11:48 AM CDT

Heat Wave Claims 49 Lives

Triple-digit temperatures take toll in Midwest, Southeast

(Newser) - The heat wave sweeping across the Midwest and Southeast has claimed at least 49 lives over the past week. Officials in Alabama and Memphis reported the 10 most recent deaths on Saturday, mostly elderly citizens. The weather forecast for next week predicts some relief from the triple digit-temperatures that has...

Jamaica Steels for Hurricane

Aug 19, 2007 10:07 AM CDT

Jamaica Steels for Hurricane

Dean on collision course with island

(Newser) - Residents of Jamaica hunkered down today waiting for Hurricane Dean, packing winds as high as 155 mph. Forecasters described the storm that has already claimed as least six lives as "extremely dangerous." It ripped past Haiti and the Dominican Republic yesterday as panicked Jamaican packed supermarkets and tourists...

New Flood Gates Protect
the Few, Not the Many

Aug 17, 2007 2:38 PM CDT

New Flood Gates Protect the Few, Not the Many

Charges surface of preferential treatment for rich neighborhoods

(Newser) - New Orleans is still at severe risk from a serious flood, even though the Army Corps of Engineers has spent 2 years and $1 billion on the city's hurricane protection system. What's more, much of what's been done will benefit only wealthier neighborhoods. “We’re still with this damned...

Italian Grapes Make Early Debut

Aug 16, 2007 4:53 PM CDT

Italian Grapes Make Early Debut

Spooks Wine Country

(Newser) - This year's grape harvest in Italy will be unlike any one in living memory—for starters because it's happening in August. Because of sky-high temperatures and scanty rainfall, grapes are ripening three to four weeks ahead of normal schedules. Some grape growers blame it on global warming, but scientists warn...

Erin Reaches Texas;
Dean Becomes Hurricane

Aug 16, 2007 8:21 AM CDT

Erin Reaches Texas; Dean Becomes Hurricane

Meanwhile, first Atlantic hurricane of the season forms

(Newser) - Tropical Storm Erin made landfall on the Texas coast this morning and became a tropical depression, bringing powerful rains and a risk of flash flooding to the saturated state. The governor ordered emergency vehicles to the area, northeast of Corpus Christi, but many vacationers were unconcerned. "Unless I see...

Texas Braces for Tropical Storm Erin

Aug 15, 2007 7:15 PM CDT

Texas Braces for Tropical Storm Erin

Oil prices spike over worries that storm will disrupt gas output

(Newser) - National Guard teams are hunkering down on the Texas coast as Tropical Storm Erin moves in, carrying a “high risk of dangerous flash flooding,” the governor has warned. CNN reports that Erin intensified in the Gulf of Mexico today and will strike the Lone Star State tomorrow morning...

Flossie on Course for Hawaii

Aug 14, 2007 9:13 AM CDT

Flossie on Course for Hawaii

Plus, a 5.3 quake struck the Big Island last night

(Newser) - Hurricane Flossie is barreling towards Hawaii, expected to pass less than a hundred miles from the Big Island. The National Weather Service has declared a hurricane watch, and the governor has activated the National Guard. Schools have been shut down, and residents have been warned to stock up on food...

Flossie Expected
to Chill Out

Aug 12, 2007 11:02 AM CDT

Flossie Expected to Chill Out

Hawaiian hurricane will downgrade to tropical storm

(Newser) - Hawaiians have been told the Category 4 hurricane raging 875 miles off their southeast coast will probably downgrade to a tropical storm by the time it passes by land in two or three days. Flossie was blowing at 135 mph this morning, but is soon expected to travel through cooler...

Heat Wave Bakes Southeast

Aug 10, 2007 12:42 PM CDT

Heat Wave Bakes Southeast

Region reaches for the iced tea as temps shatter records

(Newser) - A heat wave brought record high temperatures to much of the Southeast yesterday, with highs of over 100 degrees recorded in Georgia, the Carolinas, and Kentucky. Excessive heat warnings ruled the day, prompting the National Weather Service to urge people to stay inside in air-conditioning and drink plenty of fluids,...

10-Year Model Predicts Record Temperatures

Aug 10, 2007 12:17 PM CDT

10-Year Model Predicts Record Temperatures

Global warming to surge in 2009, new study says

(Newser) - A new 10-year model of climate change forecasts several years of record temperatures between 2009 to 2014, the BBC reports. Most global warming predictions see significant climate changes over a century; the new model, developed by British meteorologists using present-day observations, offers shorter-term predictions of event such as El Nino...

Freak Twister Wallops Brooklyn

Aug 9, 2007 4:47 AM CDT

Freak Twister Wallops Brooklyn

Looked like 'Wizard of Oz'

(Newser) - Trees were toppled, cars mangled and roofs ripped off houses when the first tornado in 118 years ripped through Brooklyn yesterday in the midst of a vicious storm that pummeled New York. Winds clocked speeds of 135 mph. "I thought it was 'The Wizard of Oz,'" said a...

Gov. Blames Poor Drainage for NYC Mess

Aug 8, 2007 8:50 PM CDT

Gov. Blames Poor Drainage for NYC Mess

Torrential rains led to 'total outage' of transit system, Spitzer says

(Newser) - An inadequate drainage system and little advance warning left New York City transit vulnerable to this morning's powerful storm, Gov. Eliot Spitzer said. The New York Times reports that today's transit meltdown, which disabled or delayed every city subway line and snarled the morning commute, was the third such debilitating...

Flooding Halts NYC Mass Transit

Aug 8, 2007 11:01 AM CDT

Flooding Halts NYC Mass Transit

(Newser) - New York City public transportation ground to a standstill early this morning after violent thunderstorms tore up trees, damaged cars, and flooded underground train tracks, halting or delaying every single subway line, reports the New York Times. Flights at all three major airports in the metropolitan area were pushed back...

Heatwaves Double Over 100 Years

Aug 4, 2007 4:42 PM CDT

Heatwaves Double Over 100 Years

Number of 'extremely hot days' have tripled, Euro study shows

(Newser) - The duration of heatwaves in Western Europe has doubled and the frequency of extremely hot days has nearly tripled since 1880, according to a study released yesterday. Periods of sweltering weather last an average of 3 days now compared to 1.5 in 1880, a shift that forebodes a higher...

China Flood Toll Nears 700

Jul 30, 2007 2:35 PM CDT

China Flood Toll Nears 700

Millions homeless in devastating deluge

(Newser) - Massive flooding, landslides, and mudflows caused by weeks of violent rainstorms have killed 652 people in China and forced 5M out of their homes. Across the country, 452,000 houses have been destroyed, and officials are forecasting continued severe rain for China's southwest, northeast, and northwest regions in the coming...

UK Restores Water to Flooded Areas

Jul 29, 2007 5:29 PM CDT

UK Restores Water to Flooded Areas

Supply turned back on for 54K homes; still not safe to drink or cook

(Newser) - Water supplies are returning to thousands of homes in England after torrential rain flooded the area in an and around Gloucester and knocked out a water treatment plant. Reinstated water will not be potable, warn officials, and should not be used to cook, make ice, or brush teeth.

Look for Stormy Weather

Jul 25, 2007 4:08 PM CDT

Look for Stormy Weather

Despite slow start, hurricane season expected to be busy

(Newser) - Heavy storms are on the way, weather forecasters warn, despite a typically quiet beginning to the hurricane season. In fact, the government's top forecasting agency predicts an above-average number of storms this year—13 to 17, with 3 to 5 becoming intense hurricanes, Reuters reports.

China Shoots Down Bad Weather

Jul 13, 2007 5:30 PM CDT

China Shoots Down Bad Weather

High-tech program controls climate, plays rainmaker.

(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...

Typhoon Drowns Southern Japan

Jul 13, 2007 1:38 PM CDT

Typhoon Drowns Southern Japan

40 ft waves and 150mph winds; at least 17 injured,100,000 homes without power

(Newser) - A massive typhoon is pummeling the Japanese island of Okinawa, stirring up 40 foot waves and 150mph winds which are overturning trucks and ripping trees from the ground. Super typhoon Man-yi has injured at least 17 people and cut the electricity to nearly 100,000 homes. "This is one...

Record Highs Scorch West

Jul 6, 2007 5:51 AM CDT

Record Highs Scorch West

Sizzling towns open swelter shelters for elderly as heat goes on

(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...