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(Photo: WN)Climate change resulting in wild weather in China
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(Photo: AP / Luis Alberto Cruz Hernandez)Devastating Mexico floods to worsen
A couple cross a flooded stree after the Perros river overflowed in the city of Juchitan, southern state Oaxaca, Mexico, Saturday Sept. 4, 2010. Heavy rains have affected at least 4 states in Mexico causing overflowed rivers and dams....Full Story

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Weather History: September 9: Tropics, Record Heat, Snow, Storms, Tornadoes, Hail, Wind & Floods
| Meteorological events that happened on September 9th: | Today is the latest day of the year in which no snow has been recorded at Cheyenne, WY. Snow has been recorded in Cheyenne on every remaining day of the year from September 9 through the end of the year. | 1775 |...Full Story
Tropical Storm Igor forms in the Atlantic
| A tropical storm has formed in the Atlantic, off of Cape Verde, Western Africa.  This tropical storm, named Igor, is forecast to become a hurricane before the start of the weekend, heading west toward the Lesser Antilles next week. | The system has wind speeds of of ...Full Story
Tropical Storm Hermine threatens OK
| OKLAHOMA CITY -- Tropical Storm "Hermine" has already prompted high-water rescues in Texas. Will she bring flooding to Oklahoma as well? At the Red Cross in Oklahoma City, they aren't taking any chances. Cleanup kits line the walls waiting for the moment they are need...Full Story
Winds push fires through dozens of Detroit homes
| DETROIT (AP) - Wind-whipped flames swept through at least three Detroit neighborhoods, destroying dozens of homes, including many that were vacant, and even sending waves of searing heat blocks away, officials said. | A thick odor of smoke filled the air Wednesday aft...Full Story
South Island earthquake
Thursday, 9 September 2010, 11:43 am | Press Release: Telecom New Zealand | South Island earthquake – 11.30m, 9 September | Telecom’s services continue to stand up well in Christchurch and we continue to monitor the situation closely, given the potential f...Full Story
Quake victims can seek help in debt repayments
Thursday, 9 September 2010, 11:53 am | Press Release: Ministry Of Consumer Affairs | Quake victims can seek help in debt repayments | The Ministry of Consumer Affairs is advising consumers caught up in recent natural disasters that they may be able to seek help from the...Full Story
No postal delivery this Saturday due to quake
Thursday, 9 September 2010, 12:24 pm | Press Release: New Zealand Post | No Postal Delivery Services this Saturday in Canterbury Quake Area | New Zealand Post postal services in Canterbury will be suspended for one day, this Saturday, September 11. | New Zealand Post Gr...Full Story
Go ethnic this winter with sarees and kurtis
| This winter, hand-embroidery is in. Charm everyone around with some lovely garments picked up at the Shrujan exhibition at Rain Tree, Opp. Windsor Mannor Hotel, Sankey Road, and will go on till 11 {+t} {+h} September. There will be sarees (cottons, pure silks, tassars...Full Story
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Tornado touches down in Downtown Dallas on Wednesday
The Examiner | As the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine move to the north, dynamics were favorable for isolated tornadoes through the Southern Plains and one did touch down in Downtown Dallas. | The tornadoes associated with tropical systems are fairly weak, but...
Bottom kill to start once pipe pieces plucked from well
The Examiner | Admiral Thad Allen, National Incident Commander, today said that there are delays in moving forward in performing a bottom kill on the well in the Gulf. | Over the next few days they'd be studying how best to remove some pipe pieces inside the w...
Tornadoes threaten Dallas; no reports of damage
The Guardian | DALLAS (AP) — A series of tornadoes spawned by the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine are menacing the Dallas area but there are no immediate reports of damage. | Tornado funnels have touched down just southeast, east and north of downtown Dallas...
Weather Forecast For Houston TX And Vicinity, Thursday, September 9, 2010
The Examiner | Discussion | (Relevant Graphics In Slide Show After The Text) | When the calendar still says "Summer" (do not believe the "Meteorological Summer" nonsense; that is for data tabulation purposes and gets in the way of weather forecasting more often t...
Winston Churchill to blame for Bengal famine: Book
The Times Of India NEW DELHI: British prime minister Winston Churchill deliberately let millions of Indians starve to death, the author of a new book has claimed, alleging he was motivated in part by racial hatred. As many as three million people died in the Bengal fam...
Christchurch earthquake: PM feels agony of heartland
NZ Herald By 10:30 AM Thursday Sep 9, 2010 Share Email Print | Prime Minister John Key arrived in rural Canterbury accompanied by media representatives and officials, wearing gumboots and a Young Farmers Contest Swanndri, and offering a sympathetic ear. | He c...
Christchurch Earthquake - Use of portaloos
Scoop Thursday, 9 September 2010, 11:00 am | Press Release: Christchurch City Council | Christchurch Earthquake - Use of portaloos 11am Thursday 9 September | There are 252 portaloos at locations affected by water and waste issues around the city. | People...
Coping with the impact of the Canterbury quake
Scoop Thursday, 9 September 2010, 10:17 am | Press Release: NZ Psychological Society | Coping with the impact of the Canterbury earthquakes | Major earthquakes have a profound impact on people involved, either because they or their loved ones have been dir...
Churchill to blame for Bengal famine: Book
The Times Of India NEW DELHI: British prime minister Winston Churchill deliberately let millions of Indians starve to death, the author of a new book has claimed, alleging he was motivated in part by racial hatred. As many as three million people died in the Bengal fam...
Discredited earthquake safety advice circulated
Scoop Thursday, 9 September 2010, 9:41 am | Press Release: National Crisis Management Centre | Discredited earthquake safety advice circulated in NZ | New Zealand agencies involved in promoting earthquake safety are concerned that advice from a source disc...
Christchurch earthquake: Problems for farmers could be lurking underground
NZ Herald By 5:30 AM Thursday Sep 9, 2010 Share Email Print | Hundreds of farms have been hit by the Christchurch earthquake and water problems may lie hidden underground. | Agriculture Minister David Carter said initial concerns had been about animal welfare....
Are you happy with the Government's response to the earthquake?
NZ Herald 8:08 AM Thursday Sep 9, 2010 Share Email Print | The Government may rush legislation through to enable rebuilding work to be carried out in the wake of Canterbury's earthquake, with building consents given in retrospect. | Prime Minister John Key, wh...
Devastating Mexico floods to worsen
The Daily Telegraph Australia | FLOODS that have affected more than half a million people in southeastern Mexico will likely worsen after the opening of a dam and predictions of more rains, a state governor said today. | "Heavy rains are predicted, not only in Tabasco (state...
West Bengal: Next time, the volcano
The Times Of India The Left may have lost the plot in Bengal, but has anyone found it? The Congress lost the plot between 1962 and 1967, and it was a while before anyone found another narrative. | In 1962, the Communists were on the wrong side of nationalism, since the...
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