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- China pledges to end hardship for stranded travelers
- GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - China has turned its battle against brutal winter weather into a propaganda push to comfort millions of cold and stranded citizens, even as officials warned on Thursday that storms will continue lashing many areas. Snow,...
- Author:John RuwitchDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Cold marches east; more rain/snow ahead
- Northeast Big temperature changes are on the way for the Northeast today, although not quite as dramatic as what happened yesterday and early this morning in the Midwest. Rain will spread across the region, with a changeover to snow in the Interior...
- Author:Mark AveryDate:06/28/08Click:2 Full Story...
- Beijing said to have some success preventing rain
- BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing has successfully managed to stop light rainfall in experiments aimed at guaranteeing a dry opening ceremony at August's Olympic Games, officials said on Wednesday. With no roof on the showpiece Bird's Nest stadium, the Be...
- Author:Nick MulvenneyDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Strong quake rocks Indonesia's Maluku, tsunami alert lifted
- (AFP) - A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake rocked the eastern Indonesian province of Maluku on Wednesday, prompting the brief issuing of a tsunami alert, the meteorology and geophysics office said here. The earthquake, which struck at 4:32 pm (...
- Author:JAKARTADate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Powerful winds will gradually abate
- The powerful winds sweeping over the Great Lakes and Northeast in the wake of a strong cold front will begin to relent this afternoon and evening. Similarly, the lake-effect snow squalls barreling off Lakes Superior, Michigan, Erie and Ontario--at ti...
- Author:Buzz BernardDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Hurricane damage claims need sharper eye: GAO
- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Insurance companies' handling of damage claims from hurricanes, where both wind and water destroy property, needs closer government scrutiny, U.S. congressional investigators said on Wednesday. Following bitter complaints from...
- Author:Kevin DrawbaughDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Katrina suit vs. Army Corps dismissed
- NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge threw out a key class-action lawsuit Wednesday against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over flooding from a levee breach after Hurricane Katrina. U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval ruled that the Corps should be held i...
- Author:CAIN BURDEAU & MICHAEL KUNZELMDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- China weather forecasters 10 years behind foreigners: report
- China's meteorologists have admitted being 10 years behind world standards, a report said Friday, after a surprise spell of freezing winter weather paralysed the country and killed more than 100 people. "There is a 10-year gap between the Chine...
- Author:UnknownDate:06/28/08Click:1 Full Story...
- NBA stars brighten site of Hurricane Katrina nightmare
- Basketball's top stars brought laughter and cheers to the same convention center that was a house of horrors for Hurricane Katrina survivors during a relaxed training session Saturday. Players in Sunday's National Basketball Association All-Star Gam...
- Author:Jim SlaterDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Thousands stranded as snow returns to south China
- Almost 180,000 people have been stranded in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan by a return of snow and freezing weather which has blocked roads and caused blackouts, state media said on Sunday. More than 14,000 km (8,700 miles) of roads hav...
- Author:Ben BlanchardDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Heavy snowfall, ice wreak havoc in Greece, Turkey
- Heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures shut down schools, paralyzed traffic and grounded airplanes in Greece and Turkey on Monday. Athens was covered in several centimeters of snow and the outskirts were cut off due to heavy snow and ice on the ro...
- Author:Karolos GrohmannDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Alabama grateful tornado took no lives
- PRATTVILLE, Ala. - After touring a neighborhood where some homes were completely destroyed and many others heavily damaged by a tornado, Alabama Gov. Bob Riley noted that 23 volunteers had come to help clean up one of the mangled homes. "One of...
- Author:KATE BRUMBACKDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Cyclone seen worsening Mozambique floods
- Cyclone Ivan is expected to lash Mozambique with heavy rains when it reaches land, worsening the flooding that has engulfed parts of the southern African nation. Ivan killed at least 11 people when it swept through Madagascar earlier this week, pack...
- Author:Charles MangwiroDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Quake hits near Indonesia's Aceh, at least 3 dead
- A 7.5 magnitude quake struck off Indonesia's Aceh province on Wednesday killing at least three people and damaging buildings on the nearby island of Simeulue, a local official said. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake's depth was 34 km (21 mil...
- Author:Adhityani Arga & Fitri WulandaDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Three dead, 25 hurt in Indonesia quake
- BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AFP) - A strong 7.5-magnitude quake rocked Indonesia's Aceh province Wednesday, killing three people, seriously injuring 25 others and briefly sparking a tsunami alert, officials said. The US Geological Survey said the underse...
- Author:Nurdin HassanDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
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