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Public security minister preaches patience as Quebec towns deal with flooding
May 3, 2017 The Canadian PressMONTREAL – Quebec’s public security minister asked flood-stricken communities to be patient on Tuesday as forecasts called for more rain this week. Numerous Quebec municipalities that border streams and rivers are dealing with floods as heavy precipitation and mild temperatures…
Volunteers in Manitoba town scramble to halt flooding from nearby river
April 3, 2017 The Canadian PressCARMAN, Man. – The threat of flooding from an ice-choked river has prompted a big southern Manitoba town to declare a state of emergency. Officials in Carman say rising water on the Boyne River is causing flooding and sewer backups…
U.S. northeast winter storm grounds more than 5,000 flights
March 14, 2017 Deepti Hajela - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSNEW YORK – A storm expected to drop more than a foot of snow pounded the United States Northeast on Tuesday, paralyzing much of the Washington-to-Boston corridor after a remarkably mild February had lulled people into thinking the worst of…
Outbreak of severe convective storms across U.S. Midwest causing widespread damage in Missouri, Iowa and Minnesota: RMS
March 9, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterAs of March 8, cumulative preliminary tornado, hail and straight-line wind reports in the United States for the year have all been more than double their respective 2005-2015 averages, according to the records of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s…
First of three more storms hits California as drought retreats
January 19, 2017 John Antczak - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSLOS ANGELES – The worst area of drought in California has significantly narrowed to a small region northwest of Los Angeles that has stubbornly failed to benefit from Pacific storms that have drenched much of the state since the fall…
Storm floods vineyards, forces evacuations in Calif., Nevada
January 9, 2017 Ellen Knickmeyer - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSFORESTVILLE, Calif. – A massive storm system stretching from California into Nevada lifted rivers climbing out of their banks, flooded vineyards and forced people to evacuate after warnings that hillsides parched by wildfires could give way to mudslides. Northern California’s…
States of emergency declared in Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas ahead of winter storm
January 6, 2017 Jeff Martin and Tom Foreman Jr. - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSATLANTA – Shoppers emptied shelves of bread and milk, road workers began working 12-hour shifts, and states of emergency were declared in Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas ahead of a winter storm stalking the South. Winter storm warnings were issued…
Otto enters Pacific after devastation, 4 dead in Costa Rica
November 25, 2016 Luis Manuel Galeano - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMANAGUA, Nicaragua – Tropical Storm Otto killed at least four people in Costa Rica and then headed into the Pacific Ocean Friday after making landfall as the southernmost hurricane on record to hit Central America. Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo…
At least two dead in 7.8-magnitude New Zealand quake, widespread damage reported
November 14, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterA powerful magnitude-7.8 earthquake and several large aftershocks struck New Zealand’s South Island in the early morning hours of Monday local time, killing at least two people and injuring several others, Impact Forecasting has reported. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)-registered…
Wildfires, smoke shroud southern end of Appalachian Trail
November 11, 2016 Jeff Martin - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSATLANTA – All but a few of the nation’s largest active wildfires Thursday were burning in the South, where a relentless drought has turned pine trees into torches and forced evacuations in dozens of communities in the Appalachian foothills. High…
Eleven families evacuated as flooding hits near Port Alberni, B.C.
November 9, 2016 The Canadian PressPORT ALBERNI, B.C. – Eleven families have been evacuated from the Tseshaht First Nation on Vancouver Island as the Somass River surges over its banks in low-lying areas west of Port Alberni, B.C. Rain warnings posted for the central Vancouver…
Evacuation warning as rivers rise near Port Alberni, B.C.
November 8, 2016 The Canadian PressPORT ALBERNI, B.C. – The Tseshaht First Nation on central Vancouver Island says the Somass River rose rapidly Monday night and continues to swell today, threatening flooding in the community. Emergency Preparedness Co-ordinator Hugh Braker says residents have been warned…