-10.20.09- The Philippines put seven northern coastal areas on alert Tuesday for fast-approaching Typhoon Lupit, as the church offered prayers that the storm will spare the battered country still reeling from deadly floods and landslides… The third storm in a month was projected to slice through northeastern Cagayan and neighboring provinces toward the South China Sea, dumping heavy rainfall in and around the mountainous north where mudslides set off by back-to-back storms since Sept. 26 killed more than 850 Menschen. Lesen Sie mehr

-10.20.09- Tropical Storm Rick lost strength as it neared Mexico’s Baja California peninsula on Tuesday, but pounding surf killed a second person when a teenage boy drowned while swimming at a beach. Rick’s violent winds calmed down to 65 mph but the U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm could still cause dangerous flooding and mud slides when it brushes past resorts at the peninsula’s southern tip late in the evening. Lesen Sie mehr

-10.17.09- An early blast of winter weather dropped as much as 6 inches of snow across the Alleghenies and caused widespread power outages.

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-10.16.09- CNN’s Eileen Hsieh looks at how the Maldives is trying to reverse its watery fate.

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-10.16.09- Hurricane Rick strengthened off Mexico’s Pacific coast on Friday and could hit resorts on the Baja California peninsula next week, den USA. National Hurricane Center sagte. Hurricane Rick, the seventh hurricane of the eastern north Pacific season, was located about 270 miles south of the resort city of Acapulco with maximum sustained winds near 85 mph with higher gusts. Lesen Sie mehr

-10.19.09- Hurricane Rick weakened to a category three storm on Monday but weather officials issued a hurricane watch for Mexico’s southern Baja California region as it closed in on the peninsula. Rick had been a category five storm — the most powerful on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale — mit 175 mph (281 kmh) winds during the weekend before being downgraded. Lesen Sie mehr

-10.17.09- Wildfires in Australia continue to blaze across two states causing devastation and destroying large areas of woodlands. Lesen Sie mehr

-10.18.09- Hurricane Rick has strengthened to an extremely dangerous category 5 as it tracks northwestwards off the Pacific coast of Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 180mph (285kph) and higher gusts. Lesen Sie mehr

-10.16.09- An autumn storm brought snow to parts of Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey, the earliest snow on record in some towns used to harsh winters. Lesen Sie mehr

-10.19.09- The Philippines put seven northern coastal areas on alert Tuesday for fast-approaching Typhoon Lupit, as the church offered prayers that the storm will spare the battered country still reeling from deadly floods and landslides. Lesen Sie mehr