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Current Headlines
January 22nd, 2008
Don't panic, don't sell -- save and network
CNN) -- With Wall Street operating on a bungee cord and economists hollering about recession, it would be easy to give into panic and sell all your stocks. But CNN personal finance editor Gerri Willis says selling now would be dropping your money in the wrong direction.
Israel allows supplies into Gaza
Israel allowed fuel and medical supplies into Gaza on Tuesday morning, ending a blockade that sparked concerns from aid agencies of a humanitarian crisis.
Arctic chill stretches coast to coast
Temperatures in the Upper Midwest and Northern Plains were about 30 degrees below normal
January 10th, 2008
The Shot: Monster wave, dude
A huge storm in the Pacific created waves more than 80 feet tall -- a surfer's paradise. CNN's Anderson Cooper reports
January 2nd, 2008
Tourists flee as volcano erupts
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- About 700 people were evacuated as a volcano erupted Wednesday in southern Chile, rocking the area with explosions and spewing lava and ash
Intense snowstorm heads for New England
CONCORD, New Hampshire (AP) -- Snow fell across parts of New England for the third day in a row Wednesday, adding to last month's record accumulations and closing schools.
Stocks tank on recession fears
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks tanked Wednesday afternoon, the first trading day of 2008, as oil and gold prices at record highs and a report showing contraction in the manufacturing sector raised worries about the threat of a recession
December 18th, 2007
Senate to take up massive spending bill
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional conservatives tried to reconcile themselves Tuesday to the likelihood that President Bush will sign a massive spending bill that many of them feel is too costly despite Democratic concessions.
Christmas without lights?
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (AP) -- 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.
'Bully' black hole blasts galaxy with radiation
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The latest act of senseless violence caught on tape is cosmic in scope: A black hole in a "death star galaxy" blasting a neighboring galaxy with a deadly jet of radiation and energy.
December 14th, 2007
Next wave of storms on way
AP) -- Americans from Oklahoma to New England are bracing for more harsh winter weather as a storm system continues to bring waves of misery.
Flu shots now mandatory for New Jersey preschoolers
TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) -- New Jersey on Friday became the first state to require flu shots for preschoolers, saying their developing immune systems and likelihood of spreading germs make them as vulnerable to complications as the elderly.
December 10th, 2007
Ice Storm Causes Blackouts, Deaths
A wintry storm caked the center of the nation on Monday, blacking out more than half a million homes and businesses. At least 13 people were killed due to icy highways.
December 6th, 2007
Inflation worries hit Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- After nearly four years of economic growth fed by record oil prices, inflation is beginning to eat away at Venezuela's economy despite efforts by President Hugo Chavez's government to put a cap on swiftly rising prices.
Receding floodwaters leave Northwestern mess
OLYMPIA, Washington (AP) -- Floodwaters from a deadly wave of storms were receding in the Pacific Northwest Thursday, and lights were coming back on in thousands of homes and businesses although many were still in the dark.
December 4th, 2007
Islanders seek climate summit help
As scientists warn of rising seas from global warming, more and more reports are coming in from villages like this one on Papua New Guinea's New Britain island of flooding from unprecedented high tides. It's happening not only to low-lying atolls, but to shorelines from Alaska to India.
Storms leave a sloppy mess
PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- Downed trees blocked roads and power outages were widespread Tuesday across much of the Northwest as residents prepared to clean up after back-to-back storms.
Energy bill negotiators seek renewable fuels compromise
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic leaders working on an energy bill were trying to forge compromises Monday to increase the use of renewable fuels both in cars and by electric utilities after reaching a deal earlier that would raise vehicle fuel economy by 40 percent.
November 19th, 2007
Survivors grieve for cyclone dead
PATUAKHALI, Bangladesh (CNN) -- Survivors of a storm that killed more than 3,000 people in the impoverished nation of Bangladesh grieved and buried their loved ones Monday as they waited for aid to arrive.
November 16th, 2007
At least 500 killed in cyclone
DHAKA, Bangladesh (CNN) -- At least 500 people have been killed and thousands made homeless after a powerful tropical cyclone slammed into Bangladesh, local government officials said Friday.
Climate change 'getting worse'
VALENCIA, Spain (AP) -- Working until dawn, negotiators on Friday concluded a policy guide for governments on global warming that declares climate change is here and is getting worse, one of its authors said.
November 14th, 2007
Major quake rattles Chile
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- A major earthquake rocked a large area of northern Chile on Wednesday, and it was felt in the capital of Santiago. The U.S. Geological Survey calculated the quake's magnitude at 7.7.
'Forgotten Coast': A drought, a bay and a way of life threatened
APALACHICOLA, Florida -- It's called the "Forgotten Coast," a sleepy stretch of Florida's Panhandle that is the heart of the state's oyster industry
November 13th, 2007
Soaring Oil Prices Could Hit a Speed Bump
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- The big oil-price surge of 2007 may not be over yet, but signs are emerging of a significant cooling that could put the $100-a-barrel benchmark out of reach for the near term.
November 12th, 2007
Death toll rises in oil disaster
MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Russian and Ukrainian authorities launched a rescue and cleanup operation in the Black Sea on Monday after fatal storms sank five ships, including an oil tanker and three ships carrying sulphur, and left at least two sailors dead and 20 sailors missing, officials and news agencies said.
November 10th, 2007
U.N. chief sees Antarctic meltdown
CHILEAN PRESIDENTE EDUARDO FREI BASE, Antarctica (AP) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
November 9th, 2007
Oil spill could threaten S.F. Bay wildlife for years
SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- Dozens of dead and injured seabirds found coated in black goo are the most visible victims of a 58,000-gallon oil spill in the San Francisco Bay, an incident that scientists say could threaten wildlife for years.
Oil discovery rocks Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- A huge offshore oil discovery could raise Brazil's petroleum reserves by a whopping 40 percent and boost this country into the ranks of the world's major exporters, officials said
November 8th, 2007
Town has water just three hours a day
ORME, Tennessee (CNN) -- The drought in the Southeastern United States means more than just brown lawns to the folks in Orme, Tennessee. Water flows from their taps for just three hours each evening.
Food producers ask 'what's natural?'
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's a fight that has the nation's largest chicken producers squabbling, Big Sugar and Big Corn skirmishing and Sara Lee mixing it up with Farmer John.
November 7th, 2007
Clinton: Global warming challenge could be economic boost
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- The battle against global warming means big economic opportunities as well as challenges for the U.S., Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday, touting her energy proposals as she campaigned in Iowa.
November 6th, 2007
Bush Announces Import Safeguards
WASHINGTON - The federal government would toughen its policing of products from abroad under steps proposed by President Bush on Tuesday after a rash of recalls of dangerous toothpaste, dog food and toys.
November 5th, 2007
Moderate Quake rattles Bay Area on Wed.
A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 struck Northern California on Tuesday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Food, water scarce after Mexico floods
VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico - Authorities worked early Monday to deliver badly needed food and water to thousands of residents stranded by devastating floods that have damaged the homes of up to 500,000 people.
November 2nd, 2007
Mexico Fears Disease Outbreak from Flood
With flooding across nearly the Gulf coast state of Tabasco and food and drinking water scarce, health officials warned against cholera and other waterborne diseases.
Hurricane Noel expected to brush East Coast
Hurricane Noel grew in size early Friday as it moved away from the Bahamas and into the Atlantic Ocean, leaving 118 people reportedly dead across the Caribbean.
E. coli fears prompt recall of millions of frozen pizzas
The problem may have come from pepperoni on pizzas produced at a General Mills plant in Ohio, the suburban Minneapolis-based company said.
November 1st, 2007
Tropical Storm Noel
Authorities in the Caribbean now say 81 people have been killed as a result of Tropical Storm Noel, which triggered mudslides and flash floods across the Dominican Republic and Haiti after several days of torrential rain.
Wildfires spew tons of Global a Warming gas
In one week, Southern California's wildfires spewed the same amount of carbon dioxide as the states power plants and vehicles, scientists figure.
October 19th, 2007
Oil prices hold near $90 a barrel
nvestors are being drawn to energy futures as a hedge against the weakening U.S. dollar. That, plus worries over tensions between Turkey and Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, has lifted crude oil prices to new records for five straight days.
October 17th, 2007
"Superbug" DeadlierThan Aids
More than 90,000 Americans get potentially deadly infections each year from a drug-resistant staph "superbug," the government reported in its first overall estimate of invasive disease caused by the germ.
October 3rd, 2007
America's Largest Terror Drill Set to Begin
WASHINGTON (Oct. 3) - America is preparing for its biggest terrorism exercise ever next week when three fictional "dirty bombs" go off and cripple transportation arteries in two major U.S. cities and Guam, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press.
September 28th, 2007
Lorenzo Weakens to Tropical Storm
Hurricane Lorenzo weakened into a tropical storm early Friday after crashing into Mexico's Gulf Coast, its strong wind and heavy rain forcing low-lying coastal communities to evacuate.
Grocery Bills to Soar as Grain Prices Surge
Rising prices and surging demand for the crops that supply half of the world's calories are producing the biggest changes in global food markets in 30 years, altering the economic landscape for everyone from consumers and farmers to corporate giants and the world's poor.
Alabama City Reopening Fallout Shelters
In an age of al-Qaida, sleeper cells and the threat of nuclear terrorism, Huntsville is dusting off its Cold War manual to create the nation's most ambitious fallout-shelter plan, featuring an abandoned mine big enough for 20,000 people to take cover underground.
September 19th, 2007
Deadly Amoeba Lurks in Florida Lakes
Something in the lakes around Orlando, Florida, has claimed the lives of three boys this summer.
Suspected Meteorite Blamed for Illness
A supposed meteorite that crashed in southern Peru over the weekend has caused hundreds of people to suffer headaches, nausea and respiratory problems, a health official said Tuesday.
What the Fed Rate Cut Means for You
The rate cut should reduce payments on many home-equity lines of credit, credit cards and some car loans. Perversely, however, some economists say it could lead to higher rates on fixed-rate mortgages down the road if bond markets expect the Fed move will spur higher economic growth or inflation.
September 18th, 2007
Tornado Plows Into Florida City
As many as 150 homes were damaged by a powerful tornado that swept off the Gulf of Mexico and plowed into this southwest Florida city, with winds of 110 mph.
Foreclosures Soar as Homeowners Suffer
The number of foreclosure filings reported in the U.S. last month more than doubled versus August 2006 and jumped 36 percent from July, a trend that signals many homeowners are increasingly unable to make timely payments on their mortgages or sell their homes amid a national housing slump.
September 14th, 2007
New Sumatra quakes rock Indonesia
Frightened residents on Indonesia's Sumatra island huddled in tents outside their damaged homes on Friday, traumatized by the latest of more than 40 aftershocks since a huge earthquake struck two days ago.
There have been a series of tremors ranging in intensity from 4.9 to 7.8 since Wednesday's 8.4 quake, repeatedly setting off tsunami warnings in Indian Ocean countries.
Gulf Coast recovering from Humberto
Some residents of Texas and Louisiana fired up generators to cut through the darkness after Hurricane Humberto sneaked up on the Gulf Coast, knocking out power to thousands and flooding streets before fizzling into a tropical depression.
September 13th, 2007
Fourth Indonesian quake trigger tsunami alerts
Indonesia was shaken by series of powerful earthquakes in less than 24 hours Thursday, a day after survivors watched in horror as the ocean retreated and raced back to shore as a 10-foot-high tsunami
Welcome to Stockton: foreclosure capital USA
With a population of nearly 300,000, Stockton has acquired the unfortunate distinction of having the highest foreclosure rate of any US city, with one in 27 households left counting the cost of the credit crunch, according to Realtytrac, an online marketplace for foreclosure sales.
September 12th, 2007
Powerful Quake Hits Indonesia
A powerful earthquake hit Indonesia on Wednesday, causing buildings to sway in at least four countries, and authorities issued a tsunami warning for much of the Indian Ocean region.
The undersea quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.9 and hit at about 6:10 p.m. (7:10 a.m. EDT), the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was centered 65 miles southwest of Bengkulu, on Sumatra island, at a depth of 9.7 miles, the USGS said.
Powerful earthquake kills 5 in Indonesia
The 8.4-magnitude quake off Sumatra damaged homes, mosques and shopping malls along the coast and could be felt in at least four countries, with tall buildings swaying as far as 1,200 miles away.
September 5th, 2007
Henriette heads for mainland
Hurricane Henriette threatened Mexico's mainland Wednesday as it stayed on track for the southwestern United States, while the weakening remains of Hurricane Felix dumped heavy rain in Central America, causing flooding, landslides and at least nine deaths.
New forecast calls for 5 more hurricanes
Hurricane expert William Gray downgraded his 2007 Atlantic storms forecast slightly Tuesday, but he still predicted above-average activity for the rest of the season, with five more hurricanes, two of them major.
Category 5 Storms Increase
September 4th, 2007
Felix now category 5 Hurricane nears Honduras' Miskito Coast
This is only the fourth Atlantic hurricane season since 1886 with more than one Category 5 hurricane, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Only 31 such storms have been recorded in the Atlantic, including eight in the last five seasons.
Category 5 Hurricane Felix reaches land
Hurricane Felix made landfall early Tuesday as a fearsome Category 5 storm � the first time in recorded history that two top-scale storms have come ashore in the same season.
Oil rises on hurricane concerns
Oil prices rose as traders monitored the pace and path of an Atlantic hurricane that could smash the oil and gas infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico, though that appeared less likely Tuesday.
September 4th, 2007
Category 5 Hurricane Felix slams ashore
Hurricane Felix roared ashore early Tuesday as a fearsome Category 5 storm the first time in recorded history that two top-scale storms have made landfall in the same season. Felix was the first of two major storms expected to make landfall on Tuesday: Off Mexico's Pacific coast, Hurricane Henriette churned toward the upscale resort of Cabo San Lucas, popular with Hollywood stars and sea fishing enthusiasts.
Image Gallery of Tropical Storms and Hurricanes
Hurricane Henriette heads for Mexico's Los Cabos
Hurricane Henriette formed off Mexico's Pacific coast on Tuesday and bore down on the beach and golf resort of Los Cabos at the tip of the Baja California peninsula.
September 4th, 2007
Fed Urges Loan Holders to Avoid Defaults
The new guidelines are not mandatory, but the regulators expressed the hope that companies that collect payments on mortgages would heed the advice.
September 3rd, 2007
Felix becomes Category 5 hurricane
Felix rapidly strengthened into a dangerous Category 5 hurricane and churned through the Caribbean Sea on a path toward Central America, where forecasters said it could make landfall as a "potentially catastrophic" storm.
Power outage from California heat wave
Nearly 14,000 customers were without power late Sunday, largely because of increased demand on air conditioners. Highs reached 109 degrees in Woodland Hills in the San Fernando Valley and more than 100 degrees in other parts of the state.
August 27th, 2007
Hundreds of Wildfires Ravage Greece
A top prosecutor ordered an investigation Monday into whether this summer's arson attacks in Greek forests could be considered terrorism.
August 21st, 2007
Hurricane Dean - Roaring Category 5 Hurricane
Category 5 storms -- capable of catastrophic damage -- are extremely rare. Only three have hit the U.S. since record-keeping began.
August 21st, 2007
Deadly Storm Flooding Soaks Ohio After Drenching Upper Midwest
A powerful storm system that swamped the upper Midwest and killed at least six people moved into Ohio on Tuesday as weary Minnesota residents returned to their water-logged homes. For many, it was a surreal scene.
Hurricane Dean Slams Into Mexico With 165-mph Winds
Hurricane Dean swept across the Yucatan Peninsula Tuesday, toppling trees, power lines and houses as it bore down on the heart of Mexico's oil industry. Glitzy resorts on the Mayan Riviera were spared, but vulnerable Mayan villages were exposed to the full fury of one of history's most intense storms.
Floodwaters in Southwest, Midwest, Claim 20 Lives
Severe flooding in the midwest and southern plains had claimed at least 20 lives Monday, after relentless thunderstorms dropped up to a foot of rain on parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin and heavy rains left over from Tropical Storm Erin soaked Oklahoma and Texas
August 21st, 2007
Oklahoma Inundated by Remnants of Tropical Storm Erin
One woman drowned early Sunday and a motorist was missing after heavy rain and high winds from a tropical storm moved through Oklahoma, flooding homes and roads and knocking out power to thousands of residents.
August 20th, 2007
Fierce Hurricane Dean Headed for US
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the first hurricane of the Atlantic season was projected to reach the most dangerous classification, a Category 5 storm, with sustained winds of 160 mph before plowing into Mexico's Yucatan peninsula on Tuesday. The Mexican mainland or Texas could be hit later
Texas Braces for Hurricane Dean
Texas officials were in emergency mode Sunday making preparations in case distant Hurricane Dean strikes the already waterlogged state after charging through the Caribbean.
Lack of Water Hindered NYC Firefighters
Fighting a fire in a high-rise office building next the World Trade Center site was complicated by a lack of water and little easy access in the tower that has stood abandoned since the Sept. 11 terror attack.
August 20th, 2007
Oh, the Horror!
Acute pain is being felt by many victims of the subprime mortgage mess. You one of them?
One Family's Journey
The Monteses are caught in a trap -- one that hundreds of thousands of people could face as the housing market totters and the easy credit of recent years dries up. They in effect bet that the boom in housing prices would continue. It was more important to hop onto the escalator than to wait until they could afford to make the leap according to traditional measures.
August 20th, 2007
Chinese Jet Explodes Into Fire in Japan
Passengers used emergency slides to evacuate a China Airlines jet just minutes before the plane burst into a fireball Monday after arriving in Okinawa from Taiwan. All 165 people aboard escaped unhurt, including the pilot, who jumped from the cockpit at the last second.
August 20th, 2007
Deadly Flooding Hits Upper Midwest
Relentless thunderstorms dropped up to a foot of rain on parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin, bursting riverbanks, engulfing cars and forcing rescuers to pluck residents from rooftops.
August 18th, 2007
Alaska Volcano Poised for Huge Eruption
One of Alaska's most active volcanoes could be working toward a massive eruption that could affect air travel but was not expected to threaten any of the towns in the area, scientists said Thursday.
Monster Hurricane Gains Strength
Jamaica opened shelters nationwide on Saturday and Cuba declared a "state of alert" as the Caribbean's warm waters fueled a strengthening Hurricane Dean , with forecasters predicting the storm could grow to a powerful Category 5.
Aid Arrives in Peru After Deadly Quake
President Alan Garcia called for the orderly distribution of emergency supplies as desperate victims of a magnitude-8 earthquake on Peru's southern coast looted markets and blocked arriving aid trucks.
August 17th, 2007
Heat Wave Kills Dozens Across U.S.
Unrelenting heat that has baked the Midwest and South for the past 10 days has killed more than three dozen people, even forcing officials Thursday to shut down part of a nuclear reactor in Alabama because the river water used to cool it was too hot.
August 17th, 2007
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Mysterious bug bites have sent over 100 people to the hospital.
August 17th, 2007
Hurricane Dean Rips Through Caribbean
With 125 mph winds, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season was expected to gain power over the warm waters of the Caribbean, hit Jamaica on Sunday and climb to Category 4 status before clipping Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. It was projected to steer into the Gulf of Mexico by Wednesday, threatening the U.S.-Mexico border area.
Looting, anxiety follow Peru quake
Earthquake survivors desperate for food and water ransacked a public market, while other mobs looted a refrigerated trailer and blocked aid trucks on the Pan-American highway, prompting Peru's president to appeal for calm Friday.
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August 16th, 2007
Hundreds Die in Powerful Peruvian Quake
A powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake shook Peru's coast near the capital, killing at least 337 people and injuring 827, the Civil Defense said early Thursday.
Erin Hits Texas; Dean Becomes Hurricane
Tropical Storm Erin made landfall Thursday morning and brought rain to the Texas Gulf Coast, but with decreasing wind speed, it had weakened to a tropical depression .
Countrywide Borrows $11.5 Billion
The nation's largest mortgage lender borrowed $11.5 billion from a group of 40 banks to fund new loans, in a move that shows just how deep the lending crisis has become.
August 15th, 2007
Tropical Storm Flossie Swipes Hawaii After 5.4 Magnitude Earthquake
The storm arrived after a 5.4-magnitude earthquake centered 25 miles south of Hilo. The quake Monday night, followed by two dozen aftershocks, caused a small landslide, but authorities said there were no reports of injuries or structural damage.
August 15th, 2007
Texan Tropical Storm and Other Weather News
Recon reports showed the storm has yet to have a well defined circulation center, but that may change quickly Wednesday.
August 14th, 2007
Hawaii Braces for Stronger Hurricane
Public schools were closed and Hawaiians were warned to have plenty of food and water on hand as Hurricane Flossie roared toward the state early Tuesday.
August 13th, 2007
Storm clouds building over Gulf, Atlantic
A tropical depression formed Monday in the eastern Atlantic Ocean while the Gulf of Mexico could see one as well in a day or two, the National Hurricane Center said.
August 13th, 2007
Hit by drought, Turkey's capital prays for rain
With arms outstretched and the palms of their hands turned toward the ground, worshippers are praying for rain at mosques in the Turkish capital, which is suffering from drought and serious water shortages.
August 13th, 2007
Flossie Defies Forcasters - Changes for the Worse
- Hurricane Flossie weakened to a Category 3 storm Monday with maximum sustained winds of 126 mph as it roared toward Hawaii, but it was expected to pass by the islands.
August 11th, 2007
Flossie Reaches Category 3 Strength
Hurricane Flossie strengthened to a Category 3 storm early Saturday as it headed toward waters south of Hawaii.
New York Officials Monitor Terror Threat
Authorities were taking extra counterterrorism precautions Friday in response to what they said was an unsubstantiated radiological threat to the city.
HomeBanc Files for Chapter 11
Regional mortgage lender HomeBanc Corp. has filed for bankruptcy protection, the latest casualty of a housing market that continues to weaken.
August 11th, 2007
Hurricane Flossie Now a Category 4 Storm
HONOLULU (Aug. 11) - Hurricane Flossie strengthened to a Category 4 storm Saturday as it spun more than 1,000 miles south of Hawaii.
August 11th, 2007
Twisters, floods batter Ohio, Pennsylvania
Tens of thousands lose power, winds blow out science center windows
August 10th, 2007
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Extreme rain has left millions of people fighting to survive in South Asia.
August 10th, 2007
Stocks Fall As Credit Concerns Persist
NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street skidded further Friday as investors again succumbed to anxiety over tight credit conditions even after the Federal Reserve said it would do all it can to "facilitate the orderly functioning of financial markets." The Dow Jones industrials came off of their lows after the Fed added a second dose of liquidity to the markets.
Flossie Becomes Hurricane in Pacific
A storm swirling hundreds of miles off Mexico's Pacific coast strengthened into a hurricane on Friday, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
August 8th, 2007
Extreme Weather Plagues Globe in 2007
Weather is weird around the world. It has been a year of extremes. Are you worried about it?
August 8th, 2007
A Tornado Grows in Brooklyn
NEW YORK (AP) - A torrential downpour sent water surging through New York's subway system and highway tunnels and across airport runways Wednesday, leaving thousands of commuters stranded and one big question: How could 3 inches of rain bring the nation's largest mass transit system to a halt?
Rain Cripples New York City Transit
NEW YORK (AP) - A torrential downpour sent water surging through New York's subway system and highway tunnels and across airport runways Wednesday, leaving thousands of commuters stranded and one big question: How could 3 inches of rain bring the nation's largest mass transit system to a halt?
August 6th, 2007
Six Trapped After Utah Earthquake Collapses Coal Mine
Six workers were trapped on Monday when a Utah mine collapsed after a magnitude 4.0 earthquake less than 20 miles away, police said.
August 6th, 2007
Wildfires Cause State of Emergency in Montana
Montana was under a state of emergency Monday as firefighters battled several huge blazes, and residents near a state park on Michigan's Upper Peninsula were ordered to evacuate as another wildfire spread there.
August 6th, 2007
High Winds, Snow Cause Havoc in Colorado Rockies
DENVER — A low pressure weather system Wednesday brought snow to the mountains and winds of up to 101 mph along the Front Range, forcing the cancellation of dozens of flights at Denver International Airport.
August 6th, 2007
2 Tucson Hikers Die In Flood Waters
TUCSON, Ariz. -- The bodies of two hikers were recovered after they were swept away by floodwaters on a trail just outside Tucson, authorities said Sunday.
The two hikers, a man and woman, were unable to get to safety Saturday afternoon when a rush of water from monsoon rains came over the top of a waterfall and flooded a narrow canyon in the Sabino Canyon Recreation Area.
August 2nd, 2007
Bridge Collapses Into Mississippi River
An interstate bridge jammed with rush-hour traffic suddenly broke into huge sections and collapsed into the Mississippi River Wednesday, pitching dozens of cars 60 feet into the water and killing at least seven people.
Survivors describe terror as bridge collapsed
Story Highlights
"It was pretty scary," says survivor whose car dropped into Mississippi River
Visitors from Texas fell 50 feet in their rental car, landed on another car
Construction workers, cars, slid down broken span into water
Bridge collapse at rush hour kills at least four people
Oil Prices Meet All-time High
Oil prices have fallen back after hitting a record high of $78.77 a barrel amid worries about whether supplies can meet global demand.
July 31st, 2007
Tropical storms doubled due to global warming.
About half the U.S. population and "a large slice" of business are "directly vulnerable" to hurricanes.
July 31st, 2007
Wildfires rage amid heat wave in western United States
A blaze in southwestern South Dakota killed one person and destroyed 20 homes Sunday, and hundreds of people have evacuated homes in the paths of fires in Nevada and Washington state.
July 31st, 2007
Wildfires rage across western United States
California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana each reported wildfires of varying severity as a heat wave blanketed the western United States.
July 31st, 2007
Tropical Storm Chantal Forms Between Bermuda and Massachusetts
Tropical Storm Chantal formed Tuesday between Bermuda and Massachusetts, becoming the third named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. It could carry heavy rain to Canada but was not expected to threaten the United States, forecasters said.
The storm had maximum sustained wind of 50 mph and was centered about 300 miles south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, or some 600 miles east of New York City, at 11 a.m. EDT, according to the National Hurricane Center. It was moving northeast at about 29 mph.
July 31st, 2007
Fire Threatens Homes in Montana; 48 Large Fires Burning Across U.S.
HELENA, Mont. — Helicopters and air tankers joined firefighters working to save homes from a fast-moving brush fire in Montana as dozens of wildfires scorched the West on Wednesday.
July 31st, 2007
4.2-Magnitude Earthquake Hits San Francisco Area
The earthquake was recorded about 2 miles east of Oakland and had a preliminary magnitude of 4.2, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It could be felt for up to 10 seconds on both sides of the San Francisco Bay after striking shortly after 4:40 a.m.
More than 1,000 customers in the Oakland area lost power, a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. spokesman said. Crews were investigating the outages.
July 31st, 2007
Tornadoes Sweep Through Southwestern U.S.
At least 13 tornadoes swept along the New Mexico-Texas state line, destroying homes and other buildings and injuring several people, two of them critically, authorities said.
July 25th, 2007
Worst of Hurricane Season Still to Come
Nearly eight weeks have passed since the last tropical storm in the Atlantic-Caribbean region faded away, but banish any notion the 2007 hurricane season has been unusually slow and beware the coming months, experts say.
Lava Flows in Hawaii
New increased activity of active volcano.
Gas Tank Explosions Rock Dallas
We are prepared to go into any emergency mode...
The Environmental Protection Agency's emergency responders were on the way to the scene,
July 23rd, 2007
No end seen to China floods after hundreds die
Last week alone 150 people killed by lightning, landslides and rising waters
July 23rd, 2007
Make That a Double
Our desire for caffeinated 'energy' products is soaring.
July 23rd, 2007
Wildfire threatens towns in central Utah
Firefighters wary of strong wind gusts; some small communities evacuated
July 23rd, 2007
Texas dries out after 17 inches of rain
Flooding stranded train, swamped roads and sent Scouts fleeing
July 23rd, 2007
39 killed in Indonesia floods, landslides
Toll could rise as dozens are missing; thousands flee homes
July 23rd, 2007
Botulism Cases Force Huge Meat Recall
A Georgia meat processor on Saturday expanded its recall of canned meat products that may be connected to a botulism outbreak.The following brands are affected:
Austex
Best Yet
Big Y
Black Rock
Bloom
Bryan
Bunker Hill
Castleberry's
Cattle Drive
Firefighters
Food Club
Food Lion
Goldstar
Great Value
Kroger
Lowes
Meijer
Morton House
Natural Balance dog food
Paramount
Piggly Wiggly
Prudence
Southern Home
Steak N Shake
Thrifty Maid
Triple Bar
Value Time
July 21st, 2007
Flesh-Eating Bacteria Danger
Watch where you swim.
July 19th, 2007
Huge Steam Blast Kills One in New York
When the skyscraper-sized geyser of steam and debris cleared, it left a gaping crater, hobbled subways and shattered windows in the heart of midtown Manhattan. And it left a jittery city waiting for the results of air-quality tests and recovering from a reawakened dread of sudden destruction.
Report: Japan Plant Had Another Leak
Japan's nuclear watchdog has detected an additional radioactive leak from the nuclear power plant damaged in this week's earthquake, Kyodo News agency reported Thursday.
July 18th, 2007
Quake Forces Toyota to Halt Production
OKYO - Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it will halt production at all its factories in Japan for the rest of the week due to quake-induced damage at a major parts supplier.
July 16th, 2007
Earthquake rocks Japan
A POWERFUL quake rocked Japan yesterday, killing five and injuring hundreds as it toppled houses, triggered mudslides and sparked a fire at a nuclear plant.
July 16th, 2007
Tsunami warning issued after quake
A TSUNAMI warning has been issued after a strong earthquake jolted northwestern Japan this morning, the Associated Press reported.
July 16th, 2007
Families go without food to pay rent
A GROWING number of Victorians are going without food due to spiralling rents, mortgages and petrol prices, a peak community group said today.
July 11th, 2007
US Preparing for Next Terror Attack
Indications are that a terror attack may occur this summer.
Plane Hits Florida Homes, Killing Five
First year law student Janise Joseph-Woodard was supposed to be sitting in her criminal law class. Instead, there was an empty seat when her class met Tuesday night. Florida A&M College professors had to console her classmates after a small plane plowed into her home, killing Joseph-Woodard, 24, her 6-month-old son and three others.
Gas Prices Rise, Reversing Recent Trend
Retail gas prices rose overnight Friday for the first time in more than a month as the closure of a Kansas refinery sent prices in the center of the country sharply higher. Oil futures, meanwhile, surged $1 a barrel to another 10-month high.
July 10th, 2007
Heat Wave Flares Wildfires Across West
A blaze in southwestern South Dakota killed one person and destroyed 20 homes Sunday, and hundreds of people have evacuated homes in the paths of fires in Nevada and Washington state.
July 10th, 2007
Thousands Flee Rumbling Volcano
Thousands of people were evacuated from the slopes of a volcano in eastern Indonesia after it spewed hot clouds of smoke, ash and rocks for a second day, officials said Tuesday.
July 10th, 2007
Overrun by wildfires in Utah
Firefighters in Utah continue to battle at least two major wildfires.
July 10th, 2007
Texas flooding
Flooding in Texas has turned neighborhoods into rivers.
July 10th, 2007
Record heat, drought spreading
The West and Southeast bake in record heat and drought.
July 10th, 2007
FIRE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE
A forest fire near pristine Lake Tahoe has destroyed 254 homes and charred over 3100 acres of forest land. Winds initially blew the fire toward Lake Tahoe through bone-dry wooded terrain around South Lake Tahoe,The blaze, which has also displaced over 1000 people, may well turn out to be one of the worst in the Tahoe Basin in over a century. There have been no injuries or fatalities reported. The fire apparently started at about 2:30 p.m. Sunday, 6/24/07, near Angora Ridge.
May 31st, 2007
Tropical Storm Barbara Forms Off Mexico
Tropical Storm Barbara formed off the southwestern coast of Mexico on Wednesday and could strengthen to a hurricane over the next several days, forecasters predicted.
May 25th, 2007
How Long Can This Charade of ‘Prosperity’ in the “World’s Greatest Superpower” Last?
Our economy is made to appear prosperous by the highly imprudent useage of credit. Encouraging Americans to borrow in order to maintain their life styles is extraordinarily dangerous and will result in another Great Depression. Hopefully it will be only as bad as the '30's but things are much worse now than they were in the 20's. The real question is how long until the dam breaks.
Here's a screenshot of the highest, and lowest on the list of 163 nations. The US is dead LAST.
One has to wonder (with ever-deepening concern) how long this charade of ‘prosperity’ in the “world’s greatest superpower” can last...
Prices for Existing Homes Fall for Ninth Straight Month
Sales of existing homes fell by a larger-than-expected amount in April while the median price of a home sold during the month fell for a ninth straight month as the troubles in the subprime mortgage market acted as a further drag on housing.
May 22nd, 2007
Coasts Brace for a Busy Hurricane Season
National Weather Service forecasters said they expect 13 to 17 tropical storms, with seven to 10 of them becoming hurricanes.
Bubonic Plague Kills Monkey at Denver Zoo
A Denver Zoo monkey has died of bubonic plague , apparently after eating a squirrel stricken with the disease, Colorado health and zoo officials said on Monday.
May 11th, 2007
Wildfire Threatens California Resort Island
Firefighters battled flames nipping at the city limits of Avalon, where hundreds of people lined up at its harbor to board ferries back to the mainland. Many covered their faces with towels and bandanas as ashes fell.
May 8th, 2007
Wildfires, Flooding Wreak Havoc Across U.S.
Nature's fury made life miserable from one end of the nation to the other, with people forced out of their homes by wildfires near both coasts and the Canadian border and by major flooding in the Midwest.
Flooding Forces Evacuations in Plains
Flooding forced hundreds of people from their homes Monday and blocked streets and highways following a weekend of violent thunderstorms across the central Plains.
May 5th, 2007
Search Resumes in Devastated Kansas Town
Second Wave of Twisters Strikes Overnight
At least 10 people were known dead from weekend storms. Greensburg remained off limits to its residents Sunday, and Maj. Gen. Tod Bunting, the state's adjutant general, said officials did not know how many people were missing.
Kansas Families Return to Town in Ruins
The F5 tornado , the most powerful to hit the U.S. in eight years, demolished every business on the main street. Churches lost their steeples, trees were stripped of their branches, and neighborhoods were left unrecognizable. Officials estimate as much as 95 percent of the town was destroyed. At least 10 people died in the storms.
May 3rd, 2007
Turbulent storms moving across Texas
Turbulent storms moving across Texas claimed a third victim when a woman was struck by lightning, and communities across the state coped with power outages, downed trees and flooded roads. "This is the third time in three weeks we have experienced winds well over tropical storm force..."
Honeybees Dying
Unless someone or something stops it soon, the mysterious killer that is wiping out many of America's honeybees could have a devastating effect on the country's dinner plate, perhaps even reducing its people to a glorified bread-and-water diet.
May 2nd, 2007
Man Dies of Thirst During Survival Outing
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April 30th, 2007
Ebola-Like Virus Kills Fish in Great Lakes
A deadly Ebola-like virus is killing fish of all types in the Great Lakes, a development some scientists fear could trigger disaster for the USA's freshwater fish.
April 28th, 2007
Killer Algae Haunts California's Shores
April 27th, 2007
Disappearing honeybees
Honeybees that help pollinate the flowers of the food we like to eat are disappearing, but why?
April 22nd, 2007
Fierce Weather Levels Texas Panhandle Town
CACTUS, Texas (April 22) - Downed power lines, flattened houses and roads littered with debris kept many residents from returning to their homes Sunday in this rural Panhandle town hit hard..
April 16th, 2007
Far North Is 'Ground Zero' for Global Warming
IQALUIT, Nunavut (April 16) - Inuit hunters are falling through thinning ice and dying. Dolphins are being spotted for the first time. There's not enough snow to build igloos for shelter during hunts.
April 13th, 2007
Storm Threatens Massive Coastal Flooding: Three Deaths Blamed on Strong Nor'easter
Middle of the night emergency evacuations…would you be ready?
Residents in at least one neighborhood paddled through streets in boats.
April 6th, 2007
Experts Predict Huge Drought
"The bottom line message for the average person and also for the states and federal government is that they'd better start planning for a Southwest region in which the water resources are increasingly stretched."
April 5th, 2007
Climate change threatens new dust bowl in Southwest
April 4th, 2007
Tsunami Hits Solomon Islands in South Pacific. At Least 13 Killed; Death Toll Expected to Rise.
Expert Predicts 'Very Active' Hurricane Season
DENVER (April 4) - A top researcher predicted a "very active" 2007 Atlantic hurricane season Tuesday, with at least nine hurricanes and a good chance one will hit the U.S. coast
Ready For More Hurricanes?
Hurricane experts predicted that there will be nine hurricanes this year five of them Category Three or above. Lee Cowan went to the battered Gulf Coast to find out how prepared it is. CBS (April 4)
April 3rd, 2007
First Video of Tsunami
Is Earth near its 'tipping points' from global warming?
April 2nd, 2007
Hurricane Preparedness Week
History teaches that a lack of hurricane awareness and preparation are common threads among all major hurricane disasters. By knowing your vulnerability and what actions you should take, you can reduce the effects of a hurricane disaster.
“Preparation through education is less costly than learning through tragedy.”
March 23rd, 2007
Thousands of bee colonies collapsing around the country, could make crop production falter with related lack of fertilization
A tornado devastated the island of Madagascar, killing 69, leaving 10s of thousands homeless.
In Mozambique, a huge arms depot exploded, killing nearly 100 and injuring another 400.
"People are still being evacuated, there are houses destroyed, The difficulty is now to locate people because there are lots of children who are lost,"
March 22nd, 2007
Utah TV station provides online links for flood disaster preparedness
Will your community let you know its Disaster Preparedness plan?
In a recent study, many communities refused to divulge their plans despite the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act in 1986 which says these plans should be available to the public.
March 20th, 2007
Masterpieces of Disaster
San Francisco Red Cross using large billboard trucks and eye-catching methods to increase awareness of the need for disaster preparedness plans. Only 6% of the population has prepared. The Red Cross passed out empty water bottles that read, "Try living on this for three days."
March 19th, 2007
Earthquake Predictions
Earthquake experts do not have enough knowledge to predict where the next magnitude 9.0 or higher epicenter will be; major destruction and/or tsunamis could hit anywhere from Chile to Java.
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