This big storm that is lurking over the BC coast has Vancouver Island rivers on a floodwatch. Some of the Island has received over 200 mm of rain in the past couple of days. On the east coast of...
Many people in Asia feel that typhoon Ondoy an omen of things to come. "Typhoon Ondoy (international code name Ketsana) dumped 334 millimeters of rain in the first six hours, the highest ever recorded...
I've been monitoring the LA Station Fire from afar these past days (week or so), its amazing what one can "see" from the Internet with a little GoogleEarth and Weather Underground (www.WunderGround.com ). Those of us with a bent toward earth science in the modern times...
opinion by SteamGeek | 11 wks ago | updated 11 wks ago 238 views | 4 recommendations | 3 comments
Typhoon Morakot reached south-east China on Sunday, prompting mass evacuations. One million people were ordered to evacuate just hours before the typhoon made a landfall in the province of Fujian. The preliminary...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 15 wks ago | updated 15 wks ago 107 views | 22 recommendations | 2 comments
(photographs by Elidio)for more photographs http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/slideshow/4815125.cms?imw=460 "Mumbai braces for highest tide in 100 years" "MUMBAI: Nearly 200 people have been evacuated from coastal...
WGN weather in Chicago warns residents today of a severe thunderstorm in the area, with massive flooding and the potential of a flash flood for Boone County, northeast DeKalb, northern Ogle, Winnebago County,...
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Cyclone Aila has caused widespread damage across India and Bangladesh, displacing millions of people and killing at least 210. Only some people have access to food and drinking water who have lost their homes...
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River dwellers in the Amazon are having to keep adding new floors to their houses, as they compete with rising floodwaters that have killed 48 people so far and caused 405,000 people to become homeless. Flooding...
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Evacuations continuted in New South Wales as 16,000 have now been evacuated, and over 100 have been rescued as the flood waters have continued to rise in this region of Australia. Two people have been reported...
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Joe Manchin, the governor of West Virginia, has activated 300 troops from the National Guard to aid victims of the flooding that took place over the weekend. The flooding has closed roads and damaged hundreds of...
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Carbon Dioxide levels up - its bad - Methane is worse. Recently scientist reported that humans have not reduced thier carbon footprint on this planet. If anything, we are increasing. This will lead to a relase of a...
Oklahoma has been hit by heavy rains, and have caused the northeastern part of the state to flood, closing roads and restricting travel. Highway 66 has been shut down near Claremore, and the roads and major...
created by Amy Judd | 29 wks ago | updated 29 wks ago 128 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Floods in Cornwall, England on Saturday have killed one and swept away a brother and stster. Police have continued the search for Ryan Martel, 26, and his 17-year-old sister Frankie Chappel. "Fears are growing for a...
With Red River flooding easing in Fargo, North Dakota, locals are bracing for a winter storm, which many fear can damage the sandbag levees protecting the city from being flooded. The storm is expected to bring...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 34 wks ago | updated 34 wks ago 298 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment