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BBC
| 11 months ago
US celebrates Independence Day amid heatwave 4 July 2012 Last updated at 18:52 ET Nearly one million people went without power on Independence Day as utilities worked to restore service five days after severe storms hit the eastern US. Residents...
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io9
| 11 months ago
Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite, showing the geographic distribution of the power outages in Washington and Baltimore. The outages are a result of a freakish, fast-moving storm that swept through the area on Friday, June 29th.
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
New York City police said victims of gun violence have risen 46 percent in a week, blaming sweltering heat and a police force stretched too thin. "Warm weather means shorter tempers, and the people know that police are doing less stop-and-frisks, so...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
Residents from the U.S. midsection eastward tried to beat sweltering, dangerous heat Tuesday as crews worked to restore power for about 1.8 million people...About 1.8 million people in 11 states stretching from Indiana to Delaware and Washington, D.C.
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Nearly five days after the " super derecho " storm violently blew through the Midwest and East Coast of the U.S., more than 1 million Americans remain in the dark Tuesday -- and many will likely spend the Fourth of July barbequeing without...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
Some 1.4m storm-struck households in the eastern US are without electricity for a fourth day amid sweltering temperatures. Three people have already died from heat-related deaths in Maryland, as crews from as far as Quebec and Oklahoma battle to...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
Larry Downing/Reuters The relentless heat that has gripped the US east coast showed no sign of abating on Tuesday, as power companies warned that some people may be without electricity into next week. Utility crews struggled to catch up with a...
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
A lineman works as the sun sets in Falls Church, Virginia July 2, 2012. Over a million people in the Washington metro area lost power after a violent storm tore across the region last Friday...Reuters video video Ivory Peppers, a parking attendant...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
About 1.7 million customers in 10 states and the District of Columbia remained without power Tuesday, four days after storms swept across the mid-Atlantic area. Crews from as far away as Canada, Texas and Wyoming raced to remove fallen trees and...
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National Public Radio
| 11 months ago
In Silver Spring, Md., on Monday, Matt MacCartney was one of many workers dismantling fallen trees that took down power lines. In Silver Spring, Md., on Monday, Matt MacCartney was one of many workers dismantling fallen trees that took down power...
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Epoch Times
| 11 months ago
July 2, 2012 More than 2 million people across the eastern United States were without power on Monday after storms caused havoc over the weekend. The National Weather Service warned on Monday that above-normal temperatures will continue to affect a...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Relentless heat gripped much of the eastern United States for a fourth straight day on Monday, with about 2.1 million homes and businesses without power after violent storms and soaring temperatures killed at least 18 people. Power companies warned...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 11 months ago
More than 2 million on the East Coast sweltered without air conditioning for a third day. Washington Many top federal officials are out of town as Washington recovers slowly from a severe storm Friday night that has left more than 2 million utility...
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The New Zealand Herald
| 11 months ago
Tuesday Jul 3, 2012 When my friends Bella and Andrey from Baltimore showed up on my doorstep in the sweltering heat yesterday to enjoy the air-conditioning of my Washington apartment, they reminded me of the Soviet refugees they once were. Since the...
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Pakistan Chronicle
| 11 months ago
July 2, 2012 Relentless heat was forecast for much of the eastern United States for a fourth straight day on Monday, after violent storms killed at least 15 people and knocked out power to more than 3 million customers. "Hot and hotter will continue...
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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
VOA News July 02, 2012 Weather forecasters say a record heat wave baking the eastern United States will continue at least through this week. The heat is especially hard on more than two million people who remain without power in the region, following...
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Myrtle Beach Online
| 11 months ago
The death toll from weekend storms that left more than 3 million without power at its peak has risen to 22. Officials in Virginia said Monday that three more deaths were being blamed on the storms in that state. In Maryland, officials said they...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
The linesmen are working 16 hours shifts to restore power to the hundreds of thousands of customers still in the dark. July 2 (UPI) -- Power outages and unrelenting heat plagued much of the eastern half of the United States Monday in the wake of...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 11 months ago
July 3, 2012 Read later Shelter from the storm ... one-year-old Danny Melendez and his mother find refuge in a Red Cross centre in Maryland. More than 3 million people in the eastern United States endured a second day of near 40-degree temperatures...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
The death toll is at least 18 in weekend storms that have left millions without electricity in a swath of states from the East Coast to Ohio and Illinois...Authorities there said on Monday, a person died when riding an all-terrain vehicle that hit a...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
Latest first Oldest first Auto update: On Off Updates: A "very unusual" disaster. @ EmmRachelle This was a very unusual storm with very little warning. Crews are working 24 hours to restore power quickly and safely. Pepco (@PepcoConnect) July 2, 2012...
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MarketWatch
| 11 months ago
About one in four customers were without power in the Washington D.C. area Monday after a damaging weekend storm, according to a report. The Washington Post said 492,000 businesses and households in the area served mostly by Pepco , Dominion and...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
Utilities warn it could take several more days to restore electricity to many households. With dozens of routes still closed, non-emergency government employees are being told to work from home. Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Ohio and the...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 11 months ago
But Monday morning brings another grim challenge when many embark on a difficult commute over roads with darkened stoplights and likely mass-transit delays.
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
Utility crews raced to remove fallen trees and restore power to about 2 million mid-Atlantic customers Monday as stifling heat was forecast to return. The death toll from the widespread, violent thunderstorms that ripped through at least seven states...
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Mail Online UK
| 11 months ago
1 July 2012 Three people were killed when a sudden storm struck North Carolina, damaging homes and uprooting trees, the latest tales of woe from disastrous storms that have ravaged parts of the U.S. Pitt County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Christy...
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The Herald
| 11 months ago
12 PM PDT Updated: 07/01/2012 11:45:12 PM PDT As temperatures soared again on Sunday, utility crews in the mid-Atlantic region raced to remove fallen trees and restore power to about 2 million customers, even as the area faced the threat of...
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Sky News
| 11 months ago
The number of people killed in storms which swept across the eastern United States has risen to 17 as some three million are left without power in soaring temperatures. Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Ohio and the District of Columbia have all...
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The independent
| 11 months ago
News in pictures From the blogs Investors have good reason to be sceptical that the new Italian leader can resurrect his country's e.....If we're going to improve educational results in this country, it means less of an obsessive focus o... As a...
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The New Zealand Herald
| 11 months ago
Monday Jul 2, 2012 Utility crews made slow progress in restoring electricity to millions of households amid a record-setting heatwave in the eastern United States that showed no sign of abating soon. Temperatures shot back into the 37.7 celsius range...
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Kansas City Star
| 11 months ago
Authorities have confirmed at least 13 deaths related to the storms that swept across the eastern U.S. About 650,000 were without power in Maryland; 730,000 in Virginia; 350,000 in Washington, D.C., and some surrounding areas; 700,000 in Ohio; 493,...
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The Courier-Mail
| 11 months ago
The United States is in the grip of weather-related disasters from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Coast...In Colorado, firefighters have contained about 45 per cent of the Waldo Canyon fire outside Colorado Springs, according to the Denver Post.
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Christian Science Monitor
| 11 months ago
ments With power out and heat on the rise, mid-Atlantic states swelter After strong winds and storms on Friday, residents in Virginia, Maryland, Washington, and West Virginia struggle with massive power outages and hot weather. By Jessica Gresko, ...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
The heavy line of storms called a Derecho has left over 1,000,000 people without power and four people dead. July 1 (UPI) -- Heat advisories were posted across much of the U.S. Southeast Sunday while sweltering residents of the Washington are cleaned...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
The power outages across the eastern United States caused by Friday's violent storms may not be fixed until the end of the week, reports say. The storm, in part caused by a brutal heat wave, has already killed at least 13 people and knocked out...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Much of the eastern United States sweltered under oppressive heat for at least the third straight day on Sunday, after violent storms that took a dozen lives and knocked out power to more than 3 million customers. Emergencies were declared in...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
Storm-hit US states declare emergencies Severe hurricane-force winds sent trees crashing into homes States of emergency have now been declared in four states and the US capital after violent storms cut a swathe through the east of the country.
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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
A power company worker surveys damage to overhead power lines on Canal Road in Washington, D.C., June 30, 2012, following an overnight storm in the area. VOA News July 01, 2012 Violent storms that tore through the eastern United States late Friday...
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Wellington Dominion
| 11 months ago
Millions of people across the eastern United States baked in record heat today after deadly thunderstorms downed powerlines from Indiana to Maryland, killing at least 12 people and leaving more than 3 million homes and businesses without power.
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The Jakarta Post
| 11 months ago
Violent storms that swept the eastern U.S. left at least 12 people dead, authorities said Saturday, while three million people were without power on one of the hottest days on record. Six people were reported killed in Virginia, including a 90-year-...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 11 months ago
AP Millions are sweltering in the aftermath of violent storms that pummelled the eastern United States, killing at least 13 people and leaving three million without power during a heat wave. Power officials said on Sunday the outages wouldn't be...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 11 months ago
Violent storms swept across the eastern U.S., killing at least 13 people and knocking out power to millions of people on a day when temperatures across the region reached triple-digits. The Mid-Atlantic region had already been experiencing 100-degree...
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The Dallas Morning News
| 11 months ago
Utility crews struggled to restore power to more than 3 million homes and businesses in the mid-Atlantic states on Saturday, after a deadly string of thunderstorms and high winds whipped through the region late Friday night. Officials said the power...
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Al Jazeera
| 11 months ago
The violent storms have left at least 12 people dead, authorities said on Saturday. Six people were reported killed in Virginia, including a 90-year-old woman asleep in bed when a tree slammed into her home. Two young cousins in New Jersey were...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
Midwest, East A power company employee evaluates a downed power pole in Takoma Park, Maryland after heavy overnight thunderstorms devastated the Washington Metro area, June 30, 2012. The heavy line of storms called a Derecho has left over 1,000,000...
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AP Online
| 11 months ago
Millions across the mid-Atlantic region sweltered Saturday in the aftermath of violent storms that pummeled the eastern U.S. with high winds and downed trees, killing at least 13 people and leaving 3 million without power during a triple-digit heat...
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SF Gate
| 11 months ago
N.J. (AP) Severe thunderstorms packing heavy rain, lightning and strong winds that gusted up to 70 mph hit the state Saturday, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands and killing two young cousins who were camping with their families when a tree...
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AP Online
| 11 months ago
Netflix, Instagram and Pinterest are using Twitter and Facebook to update subscribers after a Virginia storm caused server outages for hours.
Netflix and Pinterest restored service by Saturday afternoon. Instagram engineers are working...
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The Christian Science Monitor
| 11 months ago
Authorities in Washington, D.C. , urged residents on Saturday to look out for each other, and especially the elderly, after a deadly thunderstorm system knocked out power and therefore air conditioning to 1.2 million capital region homes already...
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AP Online
| 11 months ago
Violent evening storms following a day of triple-digit temperatures wiped out power to more than 2 million people across the eastern United States and caused two fatalities in Virginia — including a 90-year-old woman asleep in bed when a tree slammed...
