Weather - Latest News
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Pacquiao in no rush for Mayweather clashThursday 19th of November 2009 09:32:26 PMMANILA (AFP) -- Newly crowned WBO welterweight king Manny 'Pacman' Pacquiao said he was in no rush for a mega-bucks fight with American Floyd Mayweather as he landed back in his native Philippines Friday.Arriving in Manila five days after his stunning 12th-... Read more |
Heavy snow knocks out China powerThursday 19th of November 2009 03:00:22 PMHEFEI, China, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- More than 640,000 people in east China's Anqing City have suffered power outages due to unexpectedly heavy this week, the local power company said Thursday. Almost 115,600 people still had no power by Thursday afternoon, Hu Xiaoyan, press officer with the Anqing Municipal Electric Power Company, told the official Xinhua news agen... Read more |
British storms threaten floodingThursday 19th of November 2009 08:00:11 AMLONDON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Weather forecasters issued flood warnings for northwest England and southwest Scotland Thursday as heavy rain and high winds swept through the area. Wind gusts up to 70 mph were expected in some areas, the BBC said. Thirty-seven flood warnings were reported in place across Britain with Cumbria, Dumfries and Galloway said to be a... Read more |
EU warned of possible winter gas shortageTuesday 17th of November 2009 01:01:06 PMBRUSSELS, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- A natural gas shortage could be in the offing for European Union countries, despite a deal with Russia to prevent sudden energy cutoffs, a Slovak official says. At a bilateral meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico said he couldn't get assurances that a gas crisis such as the one that ... Read more |
Mayweather's boxing challenge to PacquiaoTuesday 17th of November 2009 02:35:48 AMLOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather will begin negotiations on a mega blockbuster fight within the next 24 hours, USA Today newspaper has reported.Mayweather told the paper that he wants to fight Pacquiao and it disturbs him that the Fil... Read more |
Virginia, N. Carolina dry out from stormMonday 16th of November 2009 11:20:46 AMNORFOLK, Va., Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Residents of coastal Virginia and North Carolina cleaned up Monday after a nor'easter flooded hundreds of homes, authorities said. Residents piled waterlogged carpets and furniture on curbs as the American Red Cross delivered meals and cleaning materials to homes in the Mid-Atlantic coast, Red Cross spokesman Rob Shapiro said. Read more |
Winter Olympics frustration for fansSunday 15th of November 2009 08:50:18 PMVANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- The public will be at the back of the line for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, frustrated ticket seekers claim. Fans vying for tickets will have access to only about one-fourth of the seats available at most event venues. The rest of the seats have gone to sponsors, VIPs, and media, The Sea... Read more |
Snowstorm slams ChinaSunday 15th of November 2009 08:45:06 PMSHANDONG, China, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- A series of snowstorms in northern and central China has affected more than 9 million people, killing 32, stranding thousands and ruining crops, officials said. The storms, which began Monday, collapsed 15,000 buildings and ruined almost 750,000 acres of winter crops worth 7 billion yuan ($1 billion), the Ministry of Civil Aff... Read more |
New storm as East recovers from IdaSunday 15th of November 2009 08:10:52 PMOCEAN CITY, N.J., Nov. 15 (UPI) -- A snowstorm is moving out of the Rockies into a wide area from Texas to Illinois while the eastern seaboard is cleaning up from Hurricane Ida, forecasters say. As the storm moves east from the Rockies, rain and thunderstorms could cause flash flooding through Monday in some areas, AccuWeather.com reported Sunday. Parts... Read more |
East Coast assesses Ida's storm tollSunday 15th of November 2009 05:40:26 PMOCEAN CITY, N.J., Nov. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. Eastern Seaboard was assessing the damage from Hurricane Ida Sunday as the remnants of the storm cleared out of Maine, forecasters said. Weather officials warned that while Ida's soaking rains and winds had largely exited the Eastern United States, rough surf, waves and rip currents were still deemed a danger from No... Read more |
Pacquiao eyes megafight with MayweatherSunday 15th of November 2009 05:06:26 PMby Greg Heakes LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) -- Manny Pacquiao hopes his stunning victory Saturday over Miguel Cotto will put him in line for a mega welterweight showdown against Floyd Mayweather in 2010.Filipino southpaw Pacquiao showed he is ready to lead boxing... Read more |
Sting chilled by threat to winterSunday 15th of November 2009 12:55:50 PMby Claire Rosemberg PARIS (AFP) -- Winter, says Sting, whose latest album is an ode to the season, is a time to recharge and to reflect, and shorter warmer winters inevitably will harm the human psyche."My memory of winter was of a much more extreme climate,... Read more |
Storm batters mid-Atlantic coastThursday 12th of November 2009 11:01:22 PMCHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The worst nor'easter in more than a decade battered New Jersey and Delaware beaches Thursday and sent water pouring into the back bays. Wind and rain was expected to continue overnight with more severe flooding expected at high tide Friday, the National Weather Service said. The remnants of former Hurricane Ida gave energy to ... Read more |
Bad weather knocks out power in N.C., Va.Thursday 12th of November 2009 01:56:38 PMCHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Residents of parts of North Carolina and Virginia were without power Thursday as a fall storm hammered the East Coast with high winds, utility companies said. The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer said thousands of Duke Energy costumers lost power Thursday morning as the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida brought strong winds and rain to ... Read more |
Playing with weather stirs debate in ChinaWednesday 11th of November 2009 02:20:16 AMBEIJING (AFP) -- Chinese scientists artificially induced the second major snowstorm to wreak havoc in Beijing this season, state media said, reigniting debate over the practice of tinkering with Mother Nature.After the earliest snow to hit the capital in 22... Read more |
Israeli snow brings early winter to Austrian ski resortTuesday 10th of November 2009 02:41:23 PMby Luc Andre SANKT LEONHARD IM PITZTAL, Austria (AFP) -- High in the Alps an Austrian ski resort has found an unlikely source of early season snow: Israel.The sun-baked Mediterranean country might not appear on many lists of top cold-weather destinations, but... Read more |
Storm brews over bill's offshore provisionTuesday 10th of November 2009 11:56:12 AMWASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Representatives of multinational corporations says they're trying to preserve language in a spending bill that would dilute a ban on federal contracts. The provision, inserted in the Senate bill at the request of the Obama administration, would weaken a ban on federal contracts for so-called inverted companies by saying the ban will... Read more |
Ida loses storm status over U.S. southeastTuesday 10th of November 2009 10:41:36 AMMIAMI, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Ida was downgraded to tropical depression status Tuesday morning as it saturated the U.S. Gulf coastal states with rain, forecasters said. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said at 9 a.m. CST, all storm warnings ranging from Louisiana east to Florida had been discontinued. Ida was about 30 miles east-southeast ... Read more |
Oil prices flatten as Hurricane Ida worries easeTuesday 10th of November 2009 07:55:18 AMLONDON (AFP) -- World oil prices flattened on Tuesday as worries subsided over the potential threat posed by Hurricane Ida to petroleum installations in the US Gulf of Mexico, analysts said.Traders also digested the latest oil demand and price forecasts fro... Read more |
Family survives being trapped in snowstormMonday 09th of November 2009 12:21:41 PMSALEM, Ore., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Authorities in Marion County, Ore., said a family of eight survived two nights in a van amid a heavy snowstorm that dropped more than 30 inches of snow. Lt. Sheila Lorance, spokeswoman for the Marion County Sheriff's Office, said Mark Shaver and his seven kids were camping near Breitenbush Lake when last week's storm began depositi... Read more |
