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Latest forecast for severe weather

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 08:36:15 -0400

Some much-needed drought relief comes to the South, but it’s packing a punch, as storms roll East across Texas. Also heavy snow moves into the Rockies.

Latest forecast for severe weather

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:23:15 -0400

A slow-moving low pressure system continues to bring gusty winds, dangerous rip currents, and heavy rain to the Maryland and Deleware coasts on Wednesday.

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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:19:16 -0500

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Latest forecast for severe weather

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:21:51 -0500

A new storm system brings rain and snow to higher elevations of the Pacific Northwest. It will also be a rough couple days in the Mid-Atlantic states as strong winds, heavy rain and dangerous rip currents impact the region.

Filipinos Document Their ‘Katrina’ Online........

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:53:37 -0400

September, 28. Updated (below) 6:07 p.m. In the immediate aftermath of the devastation caused by Tropical Storm Ketsana, which hit the Philippines in force on Saturday, the country’s government blamed victims for not heeding its warnings and suggested that its disaster relief efforts were not as bad as those of the American government during Hurricane Katrina. The storm, also called Ondoy in the Philippines, has killed at least 140 people and displaced about 150,000, according to the latest report. The American disaster was invoked by critics of the government response as soon as images of Filipinos stranded on rooftops started circulating on Saturday — on television, on YouTube, in slide shows, on newly-created blogs and through social networks like Twitter and Facebook. On Sunday The Philippine Daily Inquirer reported that Prisco Nilo, who runs the national weather agency, told President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in a briefing that the storm had dropped nearly 17 inches of rain on the country, “compared to the [10 inches] of rain that Hurricane Katrina brought to New Orleans in Louisiana in the United States in 2005.” In a subsequent interview with the newspaper, Mr. Nilo said of citizens who did not heed his agency’s warning about the storm: “Instead of just watching the soap operas on TV, they should also watch the news.” According to another report from the Inquirer, another government official claimed the authorities had cleared the low bar set by American officials four years ago: The National Disaster Coordinating Council defended the government’s response to the floods, saying it was “quick” compared to how American and Taiwan authorities responded to equally disastrous typhoons that hit their countries in recent years. [...] Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro said that “even though we were quicker to respond, a lot still has to be done.” President Arroyo, saying “we had more rains than Katrina,” echoed the defense of American officials in 2005, calling...

Latest forecast for severe weather

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:24:30 -0500

An area of moderate snow will accompany the next shot of cold air. Accumulations of 4-8 inches are possible across North Dakota, eastern South Dakota, northeastern Nebraska, western Iowa, and northern Missouri through Wednesday.

Latest forecast for severe weather

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:19:47 -0500

A series of disturbances will continue to bring repeated chances of rain and snow to the Northwest into early next week.

Latest forecast for severe weather

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:20:25 -0500

It will be a day of steady rain for the entire Southeast. Some places could also see severe thunderstorms, and even isolated tornadoes.