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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:51:13 GMT
AP - Heavy rains was forecast to continue over the Gulf States on Saturday while the Pacific Northwest was expected to see scattered precipitation.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:22:06 GMT

Resisdents of the village of Cockermouth, England,  are seen being rescued from their homes by members of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), who were mobilized to help the residents after heavy rain caused local flooding in the picturesque village, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009.  The Royal Air Force and RLNI rescue services have joined efforts to rescue around 200 people who are stranded by rising floodwater in the northern England tourist town.(AP Photo/Scott Heppell)AP - Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:24:26 GMT

Residents are transported in a lifeboat to avoid floodwater in Cockermouth, northern England, November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Nigel RoddisReuters - Lifeboats and military helicopters rescued hundreds of people overnight in northern England and a policeman was killed as torrential rain flooded homes, washed away bridges and closed roads.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:15:10 GMT

The flooded River Derwent breaks its banks and floods properties in Cockermouth in Cumbria. Rescuers were working to evacuate about 200 people by helicopter from a town after storms triggered flooding across parts of the country.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Rescuers were working on Friday to evacuate about 200 people by helicopter from a town after storms triggered flooding across parts of the country, police said.


Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:01:38 GMT

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2005 file photo, residents wait on a rooftop to be rescued from the floodwaters of  Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.  The federal government could be vulnerable to billions of dollars in claims after a judge rules that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool, File)AP - A landmark court ruling blaming the Army Corps of Engineers' "monumental negligence" for some of the worst flooding from Hurricane Katrina could lead to a new deluge: billions of dollars in legal action from thousands of storm victims.


Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:17:20 GMT
Reuters - Warmer-than-average temperatures are forecast for the northern and western United States this December, the U.S. National Weather Service said Thursday, with the government unable to offer a projection for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:54:37 GMT
Reuters - A U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was negligent in maintaining a key navigational channel in New Orleans and was liable for some damage caused by massive flooding from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:38:40 GMT

Soldiers unload water and other aid from a helicopter for people affected by flooding in Verapaz, El Salvador, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009.  At least 10,000 Salvadorans are in urgent need of food aid after devastating floods and mudslides that damaged crops, destroyed homes and killed 130 people, according to the U.N. World Food Program. (AP Photo/Luis Romero)AP - Salvadoran authorities say at least 192 people were killed by floods and landslides that swept through the country last week.


Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:13:27 GMT

A motorist drives through flood waters along Park Blvd. during severe weather, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 in Wildwood, N.J. AP Photo/Sean Fitzgerald)AP - A powerful storm born from the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida began moving out to sea Friday after raking the East Coast for three days, leaving behind it a trail of flooding, damaged buildings, eroded beaches and at least six deaths.


Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:11:30 GMT

Emergency workers operate in the flooded town of Cockermouth in Cumbria. Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited the scene of massive floods that killed one person and stranded hundreds after the heaviest rainfall on record in England.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Saturday visited the scene of massive floods that killed one person and stranded hundreds after the heaviest rainfall on record in England.


Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:56:52 GMT
AP - An Atlantic bottlenose dolphin is being treated for dehydration and pneumonia after it was found stranded following Tropical Storm Ida's brush with the Alabama coast.
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:47:47 GMT
AP - Rescuers have evacuated several shops in southeast Washington, D.C., over concerns that nearby buildings under construction might collapse because the ground is soaked from recent rain.
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:21:47 GMT
AP - With his state under an emergency declaration because of heavy rain and floods Thursday, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine was in Arkansas for a Democratic fundraiser.
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:00:51 GMT
Reuters - Rain from Tropical Storm Ida further slowed the cotton, soybean and sweet potato harvest in Mississippi, where crop losses were devastating even before the storm hit, a state agriculture official said on Thursday.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:11:02 GMT

A man stands on a buried bridge on the shore of the Ilopango lake in the Dolores Apulo village in Ilopango, near San Salvador. Rescue workers have tried to reach survivors of floods and landslides unleashed by late-season storms, as common graves were being dug around the country to handle the growing death toll that now stands at 152.(AFP/Jose Cabezas)AFP - Rescue workers have tried to reach survivors of floods and landslides unleashed by late-season storms, as common graves were being dug around the country to handle the growing death toll that now stands at 152.


Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:02:32 GMT

Workers clean up a flooded neighborhood in Destin, Fla on Tuesday Nov. 10, 2009 as Tropical Storm Ida passes through. (AP Photo/Mari Darr-Welch)AP - Tropical Storm Ida sloshed ashore with rain and gusty winds Tuesday before weakening to a depression, causing little damage along the Gulf Coast but bringing more rain to the already-soaked Southeast.


Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:07:48 GMT

Map locates Tamil Nadu state in India, where landslides have burried villagesAP - A landslide triggered by torrential seasonal rains swept through a hilly region in southern India, killing at least 42 people, an official said Tuesday.


Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:59:48 GMT

A resident walks through strong rain and wind as Tropical Storm Ida approaches, in Gulfport, Mississippi, November 9, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaReuters - Ida dwindled to a tropical depression on Tuesday after crawling ashore in Alabama from the Gulf of Mexico, and oil operations in the Gulf were quickly returning to normal after being widely disrupted by the storm.


Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:10:10 GMT

FILE - In this March 1, 2007 file photo, people drink tea on the dried-up riverbed of the Yangtze River, in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. Increased droughts, floods and storms will hit China's Yangtze River Basin over the next few decades, the result of rising temperatures globally, according to a report released Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. (AP Photo, File)AP - Rising temperatures over the next few decades will unleash storms, floods and drought across China's Yangtze River Basin, a new report says, raising the prospect of catastrophe for a region that is home to nearly a third of the country's population.


Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:58:38 GMT

NASA satellite image shows Hurricane Ida as it churns through the Caribbean on November 7. Weakened remnants of what was once Hurricane Ida have made landfall on the US Gulf coast, dumping heavy rain and triggering some flooding but without the deadly winds Ida packed over the weekend.(AFP/NASA/File/Ho)AFP - Weakened remnants of what was once Hurricane Ida made landfall on the US Gulf coast Tuesday, dumping heavy rain and triggering some flooding but without the deadly winds Ida packed over the weekend.


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