As one of the snowiest winter seasons in many years yields to warmer weather and the promise of rain and snowmelt, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s FloodSmart Campaign and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that they are again working together during Flood Safety Awareness Week (March 15-19) to raise awareness of the dangers associated with flooding and steps to protect against damage. More
…FEMA and NOAA Renew Partnership to Encourage Flood Safety…
Posted on March 15, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized.
Wet, windy Nor’easter slams Northeast; season’s first Category 5 storm is Ului
Posted on March 15, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized.
An extremely wet and windy Nor’easter whipped through the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern U.S. over the weekend, dropping rains in excess of six inches over some regions, and driving high winds gusting near hurricane force. On Saturday afternoon, JFK Airport in New York City recorded sustained winds of 45 mph, gusting to hurricane force–75 mph. Soils already saturated from run-off due to all the melting snow from the heavy winter snows have been unable to absorb the …<br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1448">Read More</a> More
An upside-down winter: coldest in 25 years in U.S., warmest on record in Canada
Posted on March 15, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized.
The U.S. just experienced its coldest winter in 25 years, according to the National Climatic Data Center. The winter period December – February was the 18th coldest winter in the contiguous U.S. over the past 115 years, and the coldest since 1984 – 1985. It was also a wet winter, ranking 19th wettest. The states experiencing the coldest winters, relative to average, were Texas and Louisiana, which had their 5th coldest winters on record. Mississippi, Georgia, Alabam…<br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1447">Read More</a> More
Warmer Air Heads Northeastward Later This Week
Posted on March 15, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized.
The weather pattern across the United States will undergo a significant change More
Front Range Snowstorm Later This Week
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A late-winter snowstorm will impact parts of the Rockies and High Plains later More
Last Gasp of Winter?
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It appears that there will be one more significant outbreak of cold weather More
Devastating Cyclone Tomas Rips Fiji
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Tropical Storm Hubert kills 36 in Madagascar (AP)
Posted on March 15, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized.
AP – Madagascar’s disaster officials say at least 36 people have died and more than 38,000 were made homeless by Tropical Storm Hubert. More
North Dakota braces for major flooding on Tuesday (Reuters)
Posted on March 15, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized.
Reuters – Melting snow will cause major flooding along the Red River in North Dakota by midday on Tuesday with water levels just below the record set in 2009 during one of the worst floods in the state’s history, the National Weather Service said on Monday. More
Rain floods Northeast roadways, knocks out power (AP)
Posted on March 15, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized.
AP – A torrential rainstorm that brought heavy winds to the Northeast, downing trees, flooding roadways and knocking out power, continued to pour rain on New England on Monday.
The nation’s weather (AP)
Posted on March 15, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized.
AP – Wet weather was forecast to persist in the Eastern U.S. on Monday as a strong low pressure system slowly moved off the East Coast. More
Fiji braces as major tropical cyclone bears down (AP)
Posted on March 15, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized.
AP – Cyclone Tomas battered island groups off Fiji’s northern coast Monday, causing flooding, pounding seas and one death, but officials said the storm likely would only sideswipe the main islands of the South Pacific nation. More
Strong 6.6 magnitude quake hits northern Japan (AFP)
Posted on March 15, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized.
AFP – A strong, 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan Sunday afternoon, but no tsunami warning was issued, US and Japanese authorities said.
Strong quake hits off Indonesia, no major tsunami (Reuters)
Posted on March 15, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized.
Reuters – A strong quake of 6.4 magnitude struck in waters off Indonesia on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. More
Powerful quake hits Indonesia: seismologists (AFP)
Posted on March 15, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized.
AFP – A powerful quake with a magnitude of 7.0 hit off the eastern Indonesian island of Maluku on Sunday, seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued.
2 months after Haiti quake, housing still elusive (AP)
Posted on March 15, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized.
AP – Trash and sewage are piling up at the squalid tent camps that hundreds of thousands have called home since Haiti’s devastating earthquake — and with torrential rains expected any day, authorities are not even close to providing the shelters they promised.
RI dam threatens to break amid heavy rains (AP)
Posted on March 15, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized.
AP – Crews are using sand bags and granite blocks to shore up a Rhode Island dam that’s at risk of breaking amid heavy rains. More
Brazilian tropical/subtropical storm deserves a name; tornadoes rip Arkansas
Posted on March 11, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized.
The unnamed South Atlantic tropical/subtropical cyclone (90Q) off the coast of Brazil continues to spin slowly out to sea, and is not a threat to any land areas. The storm, just the 7th tropical or subtropical cyclone on record in the South Atlantic, has a well-defined surface circulation, top wind speeds near minimum tropical storm force (40 mph), a surface pressure near 1004 mb, and a modest amount of heavy thunderstorm activity on its south side. Strong upper-lev…<br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1446">Read More</a> More
Major Storm to Inundate Northeast
Posted on March 11, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized.
Another bad storm is aimed at the Northeast, folks, but this one won’t be snow. More
Weekend Flood Factors
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The region from West Virginia to New York and southern New England will be More
Florida Pelted by Rain
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Florida will be pelted by rain Thursday night and Friday. The greatest amount More
Canada Basked in Warmth this Winter
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Even as much of the United States suffered bouts of punishing cold and More
Strong quakes torment Chile as president sworn in (AP)
Posted on March 11, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized.
AP – The earth shook and shook Thursday as dignitaries walked in for the swearing-in of Sebastian Pinera as Chile’s president. It shook some more as they waited for him.
Ex-New Orleans officer pleads in shooting cover-up (AP)
Posted on March 11, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized.
AP – A second former New Orleans police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to covering up the deadly shooting of unarmed residents after Hurricane Katrina, with a judge calling the plot a “despicable” scheme that immeasurably compounded the storm’s damage.
Quake, tsunami alert hit Chile as new leader sworn in (AFP)
Posted on March 11, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized.
AFP – Strong aftershocks and a tsunami alert rocked Chile and rattled nerves Thursday as rightwing billionaire Sebastian Pinera was sworn in as the new president of the quake-hit nation.
Billionaire Pinera takes power as quakes jolt Chile (Reuters)
Posted on March 11, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized.
Reuters – The ground shook and buildings swayed as billionaire Sebastian Pinera took over as Chile’s president on Thursday, tasked with rebuilding after a massive earthquake killed hundreds just 12 days ago.
Chile lifts tsunami alert on coast after tremors (Reuters)
Posted on March 11, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized.
Reuters – Chile’s navy lifted a tsunami warning for the country’s coast after strong aftershocks shook the capital Santiago on Thursday, following the swearing in ceremony for new President Sebastian Pinera.
Calming Ragged Nerves from Inside the Tsunami Warning Center (LiveScience.com)
Posted on March 11, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized.
LiveScience.com – Gerard Fryer got paged about 20 times early Thursday morning Hawaii
time, signaling a large earthquake had occurred in Chile and there was a
potential for a tsunami. More
7.2 magnitude quake rocks Chile on inauguration day (AFP)
Posted on March 11, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized.
AFP – A powerful 7.2 magnitude aftershock and four smaller ones rocked central Chile Thursday, prompting a tsunami warning minutes before Sebastian Pinera was sworn in as the new president.
1 killed, many homes damaged in Arkansas tornadoes (AP)
Posted on March 11, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized.
AP – Authorities say one person was killed in the tornadoes that struck parts of Arkansas.
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