Tropical Weather
High winds, winter weather for Colorado (AP)
AP – Flights at Denver International Airport are being delayed because of strong winds hitting Colorado. Yahoo! News: Weather News
2 US rescue helicopters in Montenegro (AP)
AP – Two U.S. helicopters arrived in Montenegro Wednesday to join rescue operations in the areas of the tiny Balkan state hit by the heaviest snowfall in 60 years. Yahoo! News: Weather News
One Year Later: Lessons Learned from Deadly Japan Earthquake (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com – VANCOUVER, British Columbia — In 2011, Japan was one of the most prepared countries in the world for a massive earthquake. Yet when a mega-quake hit Japan last March, sparking a huge tsunami, it was shockingly devastating. Yahoo! … Continue reading
The nations weather (AP)
AP – Weather Underground Forecast for Wednesday, February 22, 2012. Yahoo! News: Weather News
UN warns about flood risk in Eastern Europe (AP)
AP – The United Nations is warning that Eastern European countries along the Danube could face flooding as the iced-over waterway thaws following a record-breaking cold snap. Yahoo! News: Weather News
The nation’s weather (AP)
AP – A strong winter storm continues moving through the central U.S. on Tuesday. Yahoo! News: Weather News
Photos make slow way home in tsunami-hit Japan (Reuters)
Reuters – In a large, bright room not far from the ocean that raged through this coastal Japanese city nearly a year ago, a handful of people with magnifying glasses pore over boxes of photographs of friends or loved ones. … Continue reading
Flood dislodges land mines, closing Chile highway (AP)
AP – Chilean authorities say flooding from heavy rains dislodged anti-personnel and anti-tank mines, floating two of the explosive devices onto the Pan-American Highway near the border with Peru. Yahoo! News: Weather News
Cold winter kills at least 40 in Afghanistan (AP)
AP – More than 40 people, most of them children, have frozen to death in what has been Afghanistan’s coldest winter in years, an Afghan health official said Monday. Yahoo! News: Weather News
Melting ice on Danube damages boats, restaurants (AP)
AP – Giant chunks of melting ice broke free on the Danube River on Monday, crashing hundreds of boats into each other, sweeping away several barges and sinking one of Belgrade’s trademark floating nightclubs. Yahoo! News: Weather News