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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:54:42 GMT
AP - The nation's oceans chief on Thursday detailed reforms on the ways fishermen are policed, including a proposal to force her agency to better justify penalties against them.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:11:24 GMT
AP - After a brief stint of fairly quiet weather activity over most of the West, a new patch of active weather was expected to move into the region Thursday.
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:23:36 GMT

Debris from a tsunami lie on a beach six days after a massive earthquake caused destruction along a long swath of Chile's coast, in Dichato March 5, 2010. REUTERS/Cristobal SaavedraReuters - The family of two victims of Chile's massive quake accused the government of manslaughter in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, saying officials failed to warn them of a deadly tsunami set off by last month's tremor.


Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:46:54 GMT

Two people row down the block to inspect the amount of water in their homes after the Passaic River flooded on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 in Little Falls, N.J.  (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)AP - The powerful nor'easter had moved out at sea, but flooding lingered Tuesday in many Northeast communities.


Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:47:09 GMT

An earthquake survivor walks between Russian-made tents erected by the Chilean Army for her and hundreds of others to live in, in Talcahuano March 16, 2010. REUTERS/Jose Luis SaavedraAP - The earthquake and tsunami that struck Chile last month killed 700 people and caused damages of nearly $30 billion, according to the government. And the ground hasn't stopped shaking.


Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:25:47 GMT
Reuters - A huge snowpack from a harsh winter will cause extensive flooding this spring in the upper Midwest and in the major corn-growing state of Iowa, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration said on Tuesday.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:42:45 GMT

Donna Kenney of Fargo takes pictures at dusk of Red River of the North from the Veterans Bridge in Fargo, North Dakota March 30, 2009. REUTERS/Allen FredricksonReuters - The Red River rose three feet on Tuesday, getting closer to causing major flooding at Fargo, North Dakota for the second straight spring in the key U.S. wheat-growing state.


Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:23:28 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - Quick, before it’s too late, get yourself ready for the tsunami of wall-to-wall March Madness college basketball.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:38:34 GMT
AP - The head of Rhode Island's emergency management agency says there is no immediate threat that a dam on a flooded river in West Warwick will fail.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:36:51 GMT
Reuters - Rains and melting snow are expected this weekend to trigger more flooding in parts of Midwest, mainly in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri, adding to concerns over possible delays in spring seedings.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:55:53 GMT
AP - Madagascar's disaster officials say at least 36 people have died and more than 38,000 were made homeless by Tropical Storm Hubert.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:13:40 GMT

Map showing the path of Cyclone Tomas in Fiji. Fiji's government has declared a state of disaster as the first deaths were reported in the cyclone-ravaged Pacific nation where 17,000 people have fled to evacuation centres.(AFP/Graphic)AP - Cyclone Tomas battered island groups off Fiji's northern coast Monday, causing flooding, pounding seas and one death, but officials said the storm likely would only sideswipe the main islands of the South Pacific nation.


Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:00:55 GMT

File photo shows members of a Japanese earthquake rescue team. A strong, 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan Sunday afternoon, said the Japanese government, which did not issue a tsunami warning.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)AFP - A strong, 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan Sunday afternoon, but no tsunami warning was issued, US and Japanese authorities said.


Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:35:49 GMT
Reuters - A strong quake of 6.4 magnitude struck in waters off Indonesia on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:23:36 GMT

File photo of Indonesian meteorological officials checking a seismograph screen during the demonstration of a simulation of tsunami. A powerful quake with a magnitude of 7.0 hit off the eastern Indonesian island of Maluku on Sunday, seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued.(AFP/Adek Berry)AFP - A powerful quake with a magnitude of 7.0 hit off the eastern Indonesian island of Maluku on Sunday, seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued.


Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:56:52 GMT

Marcel, 6, leans on the wall of his collapsed home as he looks toward a new home built by the Danish People's Aid organization in the Carrefour neighborhood on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Thursday, March 11, 2010. The UN and the Haitian government have approved the Danish organization's design for temporary shelters to be built for displaced earthquake survivors prior to the upcoming rainy season.(AP Photo/Andres Leighton)AP - Trash and sewage are piling up at the squalid tent camps that hundreds of thousands have called home since Haiti's devastating earthquake — and with torrential rains expected any day, authorities are not even close to providing the shelters they promised.


Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:15:21 GMT

A person walks over a gap in a damaged bridge after a strong aftershock in Las Mercedes, Chile, Thursday, March 11, 2010.  Several aftershocks rocked the country as President Sebastian Pinera was sworn into office. (AP Photo/Carlos Espinoza)AP - Chile may need to spend twice as much as Haiti to recover from its devastating quake and tsunami, but it doesn't have the same desperate need for international aid or generous loans.


Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:19:47 GMT
AP - Peru is creating a tsunami-warning system to help protect 1.6 million residents who live along the South American country's Pacific coast.
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:29:10 GMT
AP - Two tornadoes ripped through central Florida, damaging 28 units at a golf resort and leaving five of the condos uninhabitable.
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:05:10 GMT
AP - Climate change is here and scientists need to do a better job of explaining it to the public, the director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday.
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