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AP – Mon Nov 23, 5:17 am ET

AP

Drier weather was expected to return to much of the West on Monday as a building ridge of high pressure replaces the eastern Pacific storm from Sunday. Full Story »
Melting icecaps to damage major port cities: WWF
AFP – Mon Nov 23, 1:56 am ET

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GENEVA (AFP) - Flooding in the world's major port cities caused by melting icecaps could cause up to 28 trillion dollars (18 trillion euros) in damage in 2050, environmental group WWF said in a report Monday. Full Story »
UK checks safety of 1,800 bridges after storms
AP – Sun Nov 22, 4:48 pm ET

AP

LONDON - Police and army experts say they're urgently checking the safety of about 1,800 bridges in northern England amid some of the worst storms ever recorded in Britain. Full Story »
Britain hit by floods after record rainfall
Reuters – Fri Nov 20, 11:24 am ET

Reuters

COCKERMOUTH, England (Reuters) - 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. Full Story »
Evacuations underway as floods hit towns
AFP – Fri Nov 20, 6:15 am ET

AFP

LONDON (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. Full Story »
Katrina ruling could bring new deluge of lawsuits
AP – Thu Nov 19, 6:01 pm ET

AP

NEW ORLEANS - 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. Full Story »
Northern, western U.S. bracing for warm December
Reuters – Thu Nov 19, 10:17 am ET

WASHINGTON (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. Full Story »
U.S. government liable for some Katrina damage: judge
Reuters – Thu Nov 19, 7:54 am ET

HOUSTON (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. Full Story »
Death toll in El Salvador storms rises to 192
AP – Sun Nov 15, 3:38 pm ET

AP

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Salvadoran authorities say at least 192 people were killed by floods and landslides that swept through the country last week. Full Story »
Residents return to survey cost of devastating floods
AFP – Mon Nov 23, 4:25 pm ET

AFP

LONDON (AFP) - Residents in the flood-hit northwest began returning to their homes Monday but police warned it could take years to recover from the devastation left by the heaviest rainfall on record. Full Story »
East Coast storm begins to move out to sea
AP – Fri Nov 13, 10:13 pm ET

AP

OCEAN CITY, N.J. - 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. Full Story »
Dolphin stranded in Ala. after Tropical Storm Ida
AP – Fri Nov 13, 3:56 pm ET

GULF SHORES, Ala. - 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. Full Story »
DC rescuers evacuate shops over collapse fears
AP – Fri Nov 13, 3:47 pm ET

WASHINGTON - 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. Full Story »
Va. gov out of town for DNC as his state floods
AP – Thu Nov 12, 5:21 pm ET

RICHMOND, Va. - 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. Full Story »
Mississippi sees "catastrophic" crop losses
Reuters – Thu Nov 12, 2:00 pm ET

MIAMI (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. Full Story »
Floods, landslides kill 152 in El Salvador
AFP – Wed Nov 11, 12:11 am ET

AFP

SAN SALVADOR (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. Full Story »
Ida weakens to a depression, soaks the Southeast
AP – Tue Nov 10, 4:02 pm ET

AP

PENSACOLA, Fla. - 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. Full Story »
Landslide triggered by rains kills 42 in India
AP – Tue Nov 10, 2:07 pm ET

AP

NEW DELHI - A landslide triggered by torrential seasonal rains swept through a hilly region in southern India, killing at least 42 people, an official said Tuesday. Full Story »