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South bakes, humidity feels like 100-plus degrees
AP – Fri Jul 30, 4:09 pm ET

AP

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Heat advisories were posted from the Carolinas to the Great Plains as the South continued to roast Friday under temperatures and humidity that made beaches feel more like bakeries. Full Story »
Floods ravage NW Pakistan, kill 430 people
AP – Fri Jul 30, 12:20 pm ET

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Boats and helicopters struggled to reach hundreds of thousands of villagers cut off by floods in northwest Pakistan on Friday as the government said 430 people had been killed in the deadliest such disaster to hit the region since 1929. Full Story »
Pakistan monsoon floods kill more than 400
AFP – Fri Jul 30, 10:49 am ET

AFP

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - Flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential monsoon rains have killed more than 400 people in Pakistan in three days and affected at least 600,000, a minister said Friday. Full Story »
The nation's weather
AP – Fri Jul 30, 6:18 am ET

AP

Scattered storms were forecast to continue moving through the Central U.S., following a low pressure system in the Northern Plains on Friday. Full Story »
Suspect breaks sprinkler at Calif. cop station
AP – Thu Jul 29, 4:31 pm ET

MODESTO, Calif. - Police in Modesto, Calif., are wading through the damage from a flood at the downtown station after a suspect broke a sprinkler. Full Story »
Flash floods kill over 110 in Pakistan, Kashmir
AFP – Thu Jul 29, 12:46 pm ET

AFP

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - At least 113 people have died and thousands more have been made homeless as flash floods triggered by torrential rains hit northwest Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir, officials said Thursday. Full Story »
Worst floods in a decade in China, 30,000 trapped
AP – Wed Jul 28, 11:15 am ET

AP

BEIJING - Floods caused by heavy rains in northeastern China stranded tens of thousands of residents without power Wednesday, as the worst flooding in more than a decade continued to besiege many areas of the country. Full Story »
Floods trap 30,000 in China's northeast
AFP – Wed Jul 28, 10:23 am ET

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BEIJING (AFP) - More than 30,000 people are thought to be trapped by floodwaters in a town in northeast China, state media said Wednesday, as torrential rain that has killed over 300 in two weeks continues. Full Story »
Tornado in NE corner of Montana kills 2 at farm
AP – Tue Jul 27, 7:35 pm ET

AP

HELENA, Mont. - A tornado ripped a family's farmhouse from its foundation in Montana's remote northeastern corner, killing two people and leaving neighbors and authorities to dig through the rubble to rescue a 71-year-old woman who was found next to her grandson's body. Her nephew was found dead 200 feet away. Full Story »
Floods kill more than 400 in Pakistan's northwest
Reuters – Fri Jul 30, 4:49 pm ET

Reuters

PESHAWAR (Reuters) - Heavy monsoon rains have triggered the worst floods in decades in Pakistan's northwest, killing more than 400 people and forcing thousands from their homes as authorities struggle to reach stranded villagers. Full Story »
Tropical Cyclone Birth Predicted with Supercomputer
LiveScience.com – Tue Jul 27, 2:50 pm ET

It's the heart of hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, the ripest time for tropical cyclones to develop over these waters. But predicting whether or not a storm system will grow into a hurricane is difficult. Full Story »
China braces for more flooding as rains continue
AP – Mon Jul 26, 8:36 am ET

AP

BEIJING - Troops sandbagged swollen rivers Monday and storm-battered regions across China prepared for more floods and potential landslides as forecasters predicted torrential rains this week. Full Story »
11 missing in China landslides: state media
AFP – Mon Jul 26, 2:43 am ET

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BEIJING (AFP) - Eleven people were missing after rain triggered landslides in southwest China on Monday, the latest victims of widespread flooding that has left 1,100 dead or missing, state media said. Full Story »
Storms continue amid flood cleanup
Reuters – Sun Jul 25, 8:36 pm ET

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Large swathes of the United States suffered another day of extreme weather on Sunday, with hot temperatures in the nation's capital and Southeast coastal areas giving way to thunderstorms later in the day. Full Story »
Haiti's homeless on the move again as hurricanes loom
AFP – Sun Jul 25, 6:19 pm ET

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PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) - Julie, her face a grimace of anguish, waits with her five children for a ride to their next shelter, to where more than 1,000 homeless Haitians have been ordered to go as hurricane season ramps up. Full Story »
Flooding causes millions in damage in Iowa
AP – Sun Jul 25, 5:24 pm ET

AP

MONTICELLO, Iowa - Flooding from the Maquoketa River after the Lake Delhi dam failed has damaged dozens of homes and businesses, causing millions of dollars in damage in Monticello, officials said Sunday. Full Story »
Eastern US cooks in summer heat, temps reach 100s
AP – Sun Jul 25, 6:51 am ET

AP

TOMS RIVER, N.J. - Another wave of oppressive heat clamped down on a broad swath of Eastern states on Saturday, with temperatures in the high 90s and 100s and residents scrambling for shade or just staying indoors. Full Story »
Floods close Chicago interstate, damage Iowa dam
AP – Sun Jul 25, 6:50 am ET

AP

CHICAGO - Standing water on Chicago-area expressways turned what should have been an easy Saturday morning drive into a soggy, snarled mess after heavy rains across the Midwest closed roads, stranded residents and punched a hole through an Iowa dam. Full Story »