Category Archives: Weather

Snow, sleet target Midwest and Northeast

By doris | Published: January 20, 2012

Full Story at usNews.msnbc.msn.com Updated at 3:30 p.m. ET: Snow was falling heavily by midafternoon in Chicago as a winter storm spread east, NBCChicago.com reported. Though no significant delays were reported, airlines at O’Hare Airport canceled more than 300 flights, NBCChicago.com said. At Midway Airport, Southwest Airlines canceled all 70 of its flights scheduled between [...]

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No snow? Big problem for US ski resorts

By doris | Published: December 29, 2011

Full Story at OverheadBin.msnbc.msn.com Let it snow: words that skiers and employees of resorts around the country are fervently repeating as flakes resist falling on slopes from California to New England. “It’s been a slow start for us,” said Ethan Austin, spokesman at Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine, the largest ski area east of the Rockies. [...]

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Snow in Northeast could cut power to millions

By doris | Published: October 28, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK — It’s a recipe for mass power outages: up to 15 inches of snow forecast in parts of the Northeast on Saturday — much of it landing on trees that have yet to shed their leaves in fall. “We’re expecting this very heavy and wet snow, and a lot [...]

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More flee ahead of Irene as track forecast shifts

By doris | Published: August 25, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com MIAMI — More areas along the East Coast ordered evacuations after the forecast for Hurricane Irene took a turn for the worse on Thursday, with the Category 3 storm now expected to track farther inland and dump up to 15 inches of rain. That puts more people within the warning “cone” [...]

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‘Dangerous’ heat wave creeps east

By doris | Published: July 19, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Take me out to the ball game? For some dealing with this relentless heat wave, that idea could make you think twice. The heat wave that has taken hold of much of the upper Midwest over the past few days is taking its toll on just about everyone — [...]

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Missing child sought amid historic tornado season

By doris | Published: May 25, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Piedmont, Oklahoma (CNN) — Teams of rescuers were out Wednesday in Canadian County, Oklahoma, searching land and water for a 3-year-old who went missing in ferocious weather Tuesday. Ryan Hamil was with his mother and his siblings in their home when the storm hit, said Pam Capener, the boy’s great-aunt. “Cole, [...]

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Survivors tell of dread, loss after Missouri tornado

By doris | Published: May 23, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com JOPLIN, Mo. — From heroism, to disbelief to shock. Those were some of the stories being told by survivors of the Joplin twister. Below are some of those initial reactions to the tragedy.‘Felt like the building was breathing’Rod Pace, Med Flight manager at St. John’s Regional Medical Center, watched the tornado [...]

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Memphis eyes crest; New Orleans gets some flood help

By doris | Published: May 9, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com The Army Corps of Engineers began opening the Bonnet Carre spillway 28 miles north of New Orleans Monday morning to divert part of the river flow to Lake Pontchartrain. Opening the spillway has no impact on homes or businesses.

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Twister debris searched for victims; death toll rises to 280

By doris | Published: April 28, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Survivors and rescuers combed through destroyed towns and neighborhoods on Thursday, looking for belongings and victims after dozens of tornadoes ripped through the South overnight. The death toll continued to climb in Alabama, and at least 280 people in six states perished in the deadliest outbreak in nearly [...]

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As U.S. damage is measured, man dies trying to photograph tsunami

By doris | Published: March 11, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A 25-year-old man was declared dead Friday afternoon after being swept out to sea off a northern California beach while trying to photograph a tsunami launched by the massive earthquake near Japan, according to a Del Norte County, California, official. The man’s identity was withheld as authorities tried to [...]

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Data shows balloon descended rapidly; survival ‘unlikely’

By doris | Published: October 2, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Rome, Italy (CNN) — Race organizers Friday said a balloon carrying two missing Americans over the Adriatic Sea off Italy made a rapid descent during rough weather, conditions which would make their survival “unlikely.” “This is very pessimistic information,” says the statement from the race organization — Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett. [...]

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Igor lashes Canada; Georgette heads toward Mexico

By doris | Published: September 22, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The storm known as Igor was moving farther away from Canada on Wednesday morning, but could still produce hurricane-force winds in the area. As of 12:30 a.m. local time (11 p.m. ET), Igor was about 445 kilometers (277 miles) east of St. Anthony, Newfoundland, according to the Canadian Weather [...]

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Big waves pound Bermuda as Hurricane Igor nears

By doris | Published: September 19, 2010

Full Story atnews.Yahoo.com HAMILTON, Bermuda – Big waves are pounding Bermuda’s beaches while islanders rush to board up windows, fill sandbags and stock up on water, food and other supplies before Hurricane Igor’s expected arrival late Sunday. In Mexico, people are cleaning up from flooding and wind damage caused by the now dissipated Hurricane Karl. [...]

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Thousands evacuating as Hurricane Earl approaches

By doris | Published: September 1, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com RALEIGH, N.C. — Thousands of people were told to start evacuating a North Carolina island Wednesday morning as Hurricane Earl threatened to sideswipe the East Coast. The 800 or so year-round residents of Ocracoke Island were told they do not have to go, but Emergency Services Director Lindsey Mooney said officials [...]

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Growing Hurricane Earl threatens north Caribbean

By doris | Published: August 30, 2010

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Hurricane Earl lashed northern Leeward Islands with heavy rain and strong winds Monday after strengthening into a Category 2 storm. Hotels were shut tightly overnight as tourists sought shelter inside their rooms. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Earl could become a major hurricane [...]

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Obama takes plunge, swims in Gulf

By doris | Published: August 15, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The one really big question hanging over President Obama’s weekend vacation to Panama City, Florida, now has an answer. Will he or won’t he dive into the water to send a message that the Gulf Coast is back? The answer: He will, and sooner than expected. “I think we’re [...]

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Investigators to work scene of deadly Alaska plane crash

By doris | Published: August 11, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Investigators will be on the scene Wednesday of a plane crash that killed former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens and four others. Also, autopsies are expected to be completed by the end of the day. Brutal terrain and bad weather on the remote Alaska mountain kept survivors waiting 12 hours [...]

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Third blaze ignites as fire crews gain ground on two more

By doris | Published: July 30, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Los Angeles, California (CNN) — Hundreds of firefighters battled a third wildfire in the Los Angeles area early Friday as two more raged within 60 miles of one another. The latest — known as the Crown Fire — has ignited more than 5,000 acres, fire officials said. About 500 firefighters were [...]

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Solar-powered plane completes 26-hour flight

By doris | Published: July 9, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com London, England (CNN) — A solar-powered aircraft, which a team hopes will one day circle the globe, completed a 26-hour test flight in Switzerland at 9 a.m. (3 a.m. ET) Thursday. Solar Impulse took off shortly before 7 a.m. Wednesday from an airfield in Payerne, 80 miles northeast of Geneva. The [...]

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Hurricanes could derail August oil leak deadline

By doris | Published: June 6, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico would force the shutdown of BP’s relief well operations, further hampering what BP has said is the best sure-fire way of plugging the massive oil leak. “How much time you could potentially lose when you shut down for a hurricane is more or [...]

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