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Quebec premier wants to announce flood compensation changes before end of week
May 16, 2017 The Canadian PressMONTREAL – New rules governing compensation for flood victims could come by the end of the week, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard said Monday. The government’s current financial aid program isn’t inadequate, but could be improved, the premier told reporters in…
Rising ice, flood waters force Manitobans from homes: Canadian Red Cross
April 17, 2017 The Canadian PressTHE PAS, Man. – Rising ice and flood waters have forced hundreds of people from their homes in Manitoba. Jason Small of the Canadian Red Cross says 107 people from the Opaskwayak Cree Nation are being temporarily housed in hotels…
Officials track slow Washington landslide near 2014 disaster
April 11, 2017 The Associated PressOSO, Wash. – A slow-moving landslide near the site of a Washington state mudslide that wiped out a neighbourhood and killed 43 people in 2014 has prompted officials to close a state highway as a precaution and recommend evacuations for…
Evacuations ordered amid heavy Northern California rain
February 21, 2017 Kristin J. Bender - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSSAN FRANCISCO – Evacuations were ordered in Northern California on Monday and flash-flood warnings were issued elsewhere as downpours swelled creeks and rivers to potentially dangerous levels in the already soggy region. A levee break along the San Joaquin River…
Northern Nevada braces for more flooding Thursday and beyond
February 16, 2017 Scott Sonner - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSRENO, Nev. – Northern Nevada officials still assessing millions of dollars in damage from the latest round of flooding braced Tuesday for another series of wet storms that could swamp parts of the state again into next week. “Wednesday is…
Small tornado touches down as storm wallops California
January 11, 2017 Eric Risberg and Janie Har - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSSAN FRANCISCO – A small tornado was whipped up as part of a powerful band of thunderstorms that moved through Northern California during the latest deluge that has downed trees, swollen rivers and prompted evacuations over flood fears. The tornado…
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…
Wildfires scorch tourist area in Tennessee; thousands flee
November 29, 2016 Steve Megargee and Jonathan Mattise - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSPIGEON FORGE, Tenn. – Wildfires fueled by high winds roared through parts of the Great Smoky Mountains, burning the doorstep of the Dollywood theme park, destroying a resort and chasing thousands of people from their homes. National Guard troops arrived…
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…
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…
Colorado wildfire destroys eight homes, forces evacuations
October 5, 2016 The Associated PressBEULAH, Colo. – A wildfire that has forced hundreds of evacuations in southern Colorado destroyed at least eight homes, but firefighters took advantage of calmer weather Tuesday to get a handle on the blaze. Three helicopters and three air tankers,…
Meranti southeast China’s most powerful typhoon in decades
September 16, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterAlthough Typhoon Meranti weakened significantly as it approached China, it still came ashore with a central pressure of 940 mbar, the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane – the strongest typhoon in the region since 1949, according to catastrophe modelling…