Posts tagged as: wind

Juni

02
2013

California wildfire chases thousands from homes

Natalie     Rapporten & Bevindingen, Weersomstandigheden     0

Usatoday.com reports that...

Firefighters worked to protect hundreds of homes threatened by a wildfire in the Angeles National Forest after shifting winds and extreme heat more than doubled its size Sunday to nearly 40 square miles. Aided by 16 liquid-dropping airplanes and helicopters, meer dan 2,000 federal and local firefighters battled the blaze and tried to steer it away from three mountain communities, VS. Forest Service spokesman Ron Ashdale said.

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Juni

02
2013

Ten minste 16 dead after rain, twisters lash mid-US; storms head east

Natalie     Doden, rood, Rapporten & Bevindingen, Ernstige bijwerkingen, Weersomstandigheden     0

Usnews.nbcnews.com reports that...

Violent storms that left at least 16 people dead in Oklahoma and Missouri were heading towards the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Sunday, as the nation’s mid-section struggled to cope with floodwaters. At least 13 people –including nine adults, three of who were storm chasers, and four children — were killed after five tornadoes — one a half-mile wide — struck the Oklahoma City area Friday evening, terrorizing communities already battered by deadly storms this spring.

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Kan

28
2013

California fire threatens dozens of homes

Natalie     Rapporten & Bevindingen, Ernstige bijwerkingen, Weersomstandigheden     0

Washingtonpost.com reports that...

A quickly-growing wildfire forced more than 1,000 people to evacuate the mountains near Santa Barbara, Calif. on Monday, and emitted massive clouds of smoke.

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Kan

28
2013

Tornado's, thunderstorms loom again over much of US

Natalie     Voorspellingen, Rapporten & Bevindingen, Weersomstandigheden     0

Usnews.nbcnews.com reports that...

A large section of the countryfrom Texas across the Plains and to the Midwestwas under at least a slight risk of severe thunderstorms Tuesday, the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center said. Among the major cities in the line of fire were Kansas City, Chicago, Milwaukee and Des Moines, Iowa.  Tornadoes were also possible on Tuesday with clusters of severe storms forming from the Mexico border in Texas, northward to South Dakota and eastward as far as Pittsburgh, according to weather.com.

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Kan

23
2013

Clean-up starts after severe rainstorm hits Hong Kong

Natalie     Rapporten & Bevindingen, Weersomstandigheden     0

Scmp.com reports that...

Rain and thunderstorms continued across Hong Kong on Wednesday afternoon after the first black rainstorm warning since 2010 was lifted.
Meer dan 18,000 lightning strikes were reported over the territory on Wednesday morning, according to Hong Kong Observatory.

Read more at www.scmp.com


Kan

21
2013

OCALA, Fla: Ocala man dies when storm topples tree on car

Natalie     Doden, Rapporten & Bevindingen, Weersomstandigheden     0

Miamiherald.com reports that...

Police say a 28-year-old Ocala man died when a large oak tree fell on his vehicle during a thunderstorm.
Ocala police Maj. Dennis Yonce told the Ocala Star-Banner ( http://bit.ly/17XE7af) that Christopher Harris was sitting in his Mitsubishi in the driveway of his home while a storm passed about 4:30 uur. Maandag.
The storm which brought torrential rain and strong gusts uprooted a 50-foot tree in a neighbor’s front yard. The tree fell across a car in that yard and then hit Harrisvehicle.

Read more at www.miamiherald.com


Kan

21
2013

Ten minste 51 killed, including 20 children, as tornado tears through Oklahoma

Natalie     Data, Doden, Records, rood, Rapporten & Bevindingen, Ernstige bijwerkingen, Weersomstandigheden     0

Usnews.nbcnews.com reports that...

Ten minste 51 mensen, including 20 children, were among the victims of an enormous tornado that roared through the suburbs of Oklahoma City Monday, pulverizing entire city blocks and leaving behind miles of mangled cars and splintered wood.
Officials warned the death toll was likely to climb, making it among the deadliest tornadoes in U.S. geschiedenis.

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Kan

16
2013

Monster Texas tornado kills six, seven people missing

Natalie     Data, Doden, Records, rood, Rapporten & Bevindingen, Ernstige bijwerkingen, Weersomstandigheden     0

News.yahoo.com reports that...

Six people were dead and seven missing after a powerful tornado ripped through a north Texas neighborhood that included housing for the poor, in the deadliest severe storm outbreak in the United States this year.
Authorities were assessing damage and searching through rubble on Thursday, hoping to find survivors among the twisted metal and splintered wood of flattened homes.

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Kan

14
2013

CycloneMahasen to hit Chittagong, Bangladesh

Natalie     Rapporten & Bevindingen, Weersomstandigheden     0

Demotix.com reports that...

Cyclone ‘Mahasen’ is due to hit Chittagong and other coastal areas of Bangladesh and Myanmar as early as the 16th of May.

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Kan

10
2013

Torrential rain, snow storms and flooding hit the Middle East

Natalie     Rapporten & Bevindingen, Weersomstandigheden     0

Telegraph.co.uk reports that...

Unusually heavy winter rains have hit the Middle East, forcing the closure of main access routes to Tel Aviv. Torrential rains also swept through desert Jordan, sparking widespread flooding and traffic chaos but bringing welcome water to reservoirs in one of the world’s 10 driest countries. Flash floods tore through Lebanon, where several rivers burst their banks cutting highways off. Howling winds have swept away tents in refugee campsand there are warnings of a major snowstorm approaching.

Read more at www.telegraph.co.uk