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Extreme weather hampers firefighters
Sydney :: Australia | about 6 hours ago
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NSW and more scorching temperatures are on the way, amid warnings the state is facing "unprecedented conditions". About 70 fires were still burning tonight, mostly in remote and inaccessible terrain in the Blue Mountains, the Hawkesbury region and in...
Tags: Australia, Sydney, Firefighter, Black Saturday bushfires, Pulletop bushfire, Bushfires in Australia, New South Wales Rural Fire Service, Wildland fire suppression, Disaster Accident, Environment, Weather, Fire, 2008￢ﾀﾓ09 Australian bushfire season, Wildfires, Bushfire, Electrical phenomena, Lightning, Storm
Victoria mops up, NSW on fire alert
Victoria :: Canada | about 13 hours ago
Credibility Temperatures hit 38 degrees before a cool change brought high winds which caused havoc on the roads across the state. More than 20 traffic lights went down across Melbourne and some 15,000 households in the city's outer west and parts of regional Victoria...
Tags: Victoria, Canada, Kandos New South Wales, Bushfire, Bushfires in Australia, Disaster Accident, Environment, Black Saturday bushfires, Wildfire, Thunderstorm, Lightning, 2006-07 Australian bushfire season, Storm, Australia, Weather, Blue Mountains, 1925-26 Victorian bushfire season, Wildfires, Firefighter, Bilpin New South Wales, New South Wales Rural Fire Service, Wildland fire suppression, Fire
Coast guard searches for adventurer feared lost at sea
Halifax :: Canada | about 18 hours ago
Credibility Last updated on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 2:49PM EST A solo sailor from Halifax who has written books about his around-the-world adventures is lost at sea. The U.S. and Canadian coast guards are searching for Hubert Marcoux , a 67-year-old adventurer and...
Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, Bermuda, Hubert Marcoux, Coast guard, Halifax, Canadian, Canada, Sailing, Marcoux, Sailboat, Storm, Sail, Bermuda Triangle, Personal flotation device, Human Interest
Weather for Black Friday? Cold and a strong chance of shopping.
State College :: PA :: USA | about 20 hours ago
Credibility Retailers hoping for Black Friday crowds like wintery weather, which reminds people of the holidays. Meteorologists predict that's what they'll get on that big shopping day after Thanksgiving...Just in time for Black Friday, meteorologists are predicting...
Tags: State College, Winter storm, Christmas and holiday season, Black Friday, Storm, Snow, Winter, Weather
Kenergy: Rate increase not in plans
Henderson :: KY :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Kenergy Corp. does not anticipate trying to get a rate increase based on the damage sustained by January's ice storm, according to CEO Sandy Novick. According to a report issued Thursday by the state Public Service Commission, Kenergy sustained damages...
Tags: Kenergy Corp., PSC, Sandy Novick, ice storm, broken poles, Henderson, Novick, Storm, Ice storms
Prepare Now for winter's worst
Flora :: IL :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility This week across the state is winter weather preparedness week, and local, state and national are urging people to prepare for what the winter ahead may bring. While winter weather may not seem as dangerous as tornadoes, lightening and flooding, the National...
Tags: Flora, Blizzard, Ice storm, Winter storm watch, Winter storm warning, Storm, Winter storm, National Weather Service, Weather, Education, Student, Baseball, allnews
Heat and lightning spark bushfires
Sydney :: Australia | 1 day ago
Credibility Firefighters battled dozens of bushfires in South Australia Friday as record-breaking temperatures and lightning storms continued, officials say. Emergency crews fought scores of fires in the populous state of New South Wales, some on the outskirts of...
Tags: New South Wales, South Australia, lightning strike, lightning storms, Australian Broadcasting Corp., Victoria, Australia, Sydney, Wildfires, Black Saturday bushfires, Bushfires in Australia, Bushfire, Fire, Disaster Accident, Environment, New South Wales Rural Fire Service, 2008￢ﾀﾓ09 Australian bushfire season, Weather, Blue Mountains, Wildland fire suppression, Country Fire Service, Firefighter, Lightning, Ember, Hobart, Storm, Wildfire, Eyre Peninsula, Flinders Ranges, Country Fire Authority, 2006-07 Australian bushfire season, Electrical phenomena
PSC: Don't bury all power lines
Louisville :: KY :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility But, the PSC said, electric utilities should consider using stronger lines and placing poles closer together in some areas; cell phone companies should look to generators to keep their towers operating; and residents should be better prepared to face...
Tags: Kentucky Public Service Commission, wind storms, Louisville, Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Ike, Ice storm, Disaster Accident, Electric power, Storm, Failure, Power outage
Storm due in Sacramento, Sierra
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Mountains-bound motorists getting an early start on Thanksgiving week should brace for winds gusting to 65 mph and up to a foot of snow below the 7,000-foot level. The brunt of the storm will hit higher elevations at between 1 p.m. and 10 p.m., bringing...
Tags: National Weather Service, Sacramento, Winter, Winter storm, Snow, Winter storms of 2007￢ﾀﾓ08, Winter storms of 2008￢ﾀﾓ09, Blizzards, Ice storms, Storm, Weather, Texas hurricanes, Blizzard watch, Sacramento metropolitan area, Sacramento California, The Weather Channel, Precipitation, Television technology
No freak winter storm in KL ... honest
Petaling Jaya :: Malaysia | 1 day ago
Credibility An e-mail rumour circulating for the last month or so saying that a freak winter storm will hit the nation�s capital on Friday has no basis in scientific fact. �No such storm will take place,� the Malaysian Meteorological Department said in a statement...
Tags: winter storms, freak winter, Malaysian Meteorological Department, Malaysia, Petaling Jaya, Kelantan, Environment, Storm, Kuala Lumpur, Weather
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