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U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 4, 2008 @ 8:11am neoform

CNN -- At least one tornado ripped through central Arkansas Thursday evening, savaging a mobile home park and sending National Weather Service forecasters into a bunker as the storm roared overhead. "There's pretty extensive damage in the Little Rock area," said.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Dec 3, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

CNN -- Drivers in the Northeast faced a treacherous commute Monday as a storm blamed for at least 11 deaths blanketed the region with snow, sleet and freezing rain after glazing roads in the Midwest. The National Weather Service said a foot of snow was possible.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 23, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

MSNBC -- Deadly storm systems The death toll from two storm systems — one that has spanned the Upper Midwest and another from remnants of Tropical Storm Erin in Texas, Oklahoma and Missouri — reached at least 22 on Tuesday when searchers found the body of a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Aug 18, 2007 @ 1:10pm neoform

MSNBC -- Dean passed near the tiny islands of St. Lucia and Martinique early Friday as a Category 2 storm. In tiny St. Lucia, fierce winds tore corrugated metal roofs from dozens of homes and the pediatric ward of a hospital, whose patients had been evacuated h.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Aug 14, 2007 @ 8:02am neoform

CNN -- An earthquake on Monday jolted the Big Island of Hawaii, which is already under a hurricane watch and a tropical storm warning. The magnitude 5.3 temblor struck at 7:38 p.m. local time, about 25 miles south of Hilo, according to a preliminary report from.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jun 22, 2007 @ 8:11am neoform

USA Today -- Hurricane Katrina's tragic aftermath lingered for at least a year after the storm abated, boosting New Orleans' death rate last year by 47% compared with two years before the levees broke, researchers reported Thursday. Doctors say the dramatic surge i.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jun 1, 2007 @ 9:57am neoform

Washington Post -- Where the canal wall burst and doomed the Lower Ninth Ward during Hurricane Katrina, there now stands an imposing concrete monolith. The new flood barrier is taller, wider and, by its shape, harder to topple. But could the rebuilt defenses handle an.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 25, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- A massive spring storm plowed toward the Midwest early Wednesday after dumping more than a foot of snow on the Colorado foothills and spawning a tornado that killed nine people along the Texas-Mexico border. Six of the victims were killed a few miles s.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 2, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

New York Times -- A storm system that stretched nearly 1,000 miles from the Midwest to the Southeast on Thursday killed at least 20 people in three states, including eight who died when what appeared to be a tornado caused the roof to collapse at a high school in Enterpris.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Feb 26, 2007 @ 9:24am neoform

SF Gate -- JetBlue canceled 68 flights because of snow Monday, nearly a week after the airline pledged to compensate customers for more than a thousand canceled flights from the Valentine's Day storm two week earlier. The canceled flights at John F. Kennedy Inter.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Feb 15, 2007 @ 9:46am mrmdc

Yahoo News -- JetBlue Airways Corp. tried to calm a maelstrom of criticism Thursday, after passengers were left waiting on planes at a New York airport for as long as nine hours during a snow and ice storm. The airline said 10 incoming and outbound flights at John F.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 30, 2008 @ 8:07am neoform

SF Gate -- A storm bearing hail and possible tornadoes struck central Nebraska Thursday night, damaging businesses, derailing train cars, tearing down trees and disrupting power to thousands. A possible tornado touched down near Aurora, about 70 miles west of Lin.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Feb 7, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

MSNBC -- Loss sinks in Raymond Selken and Ellise were taken to Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, where he was awaiting surgery for a badly fractured sinus bone, Huggins said. Doctors expected to set the girl's broken leg Friday, her aunt said. On Wednes.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jan 9, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- The big storm Friday knocked out power to Cole Hardware, but a battery backup kept the cash registers online long enough for the generator to take over, allowing the store to stay open, despite an eight-hour blackout, and sell flashlights, empty sandbags.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Dec 27, 2007 @ 8:29am neoform

SF Gate -- It's not exactly the Midwest, but the Bay Area is in the path of a southbound storm that will bring some cold air, some much-needed rain and perhaps the odd snowflake. The National Weather Service on Wednesday issued an 11-hour freeze warning that ends.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Dec 18, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

CNN -- An official with an electric cooperative in Kansas says the utility hopes everyone who lost power in the ice storm more than a week ago will have electricity back by Christmas. But he said that may not be a realistic goal. About 24,000 rural customers in.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Dec 17, 2007 @ 8:34am neoform

MSNBC -- Many churches called off Sunday services because of the hazardous driving conditions. "I don't want folks to venture out because we're having church and they feel obligated," the Rev. Glenn Mortimer said after calling off services at Wakefield-Lynnfiel.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Dec 14, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

CNN -- Americans from Oklahoma to New England are bracing for more harsh winter weather as a storm system continues to bring waves of misery. The system is blamed for 36 deaths. In the Midwest, where 1 million customers were blacked out at the storm's peak, a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Dec 7, 2007 @ 8:29am neoform

MSNBC -- Rain began pelting parts of Southern California early Friday as a fierce winter storm from the Pacific Northwest moved in ahead of schedule, triggering fears that recent wildfires may gave left the region susceptible to flash flooding. Southern Califor.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Dec 7, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

CNN -- Rain began pelting parts of Southern California early Friday, triggering fears that recent wildfires may have left the region susceptible to flash flooding. The rain is part of a fierce winter storm from the Pacific Northwest that moved in sooner than exp.. Read More