A tropical cyclone caused heavy flooding and at least one death in Mauritius on Monday, as cars were washed away by surges of water in the Indian Ocean island’s capital city and elsewhere. A motorcyclist died in an accident caused by the flooding, the government said, as it imposed a curfew. It issued an order […]
Torrential rain and flooding has hit Mauritius and the French territory of Réunion, in the Indian Ocean, as Cyclone Belal crosses the islands. One person was killed in Réunion, where the population of some 860,000 people was ordered to shelter at home, but authorities said the eye of the storm had avoided the island. Around […]
Communities across Massachusetts and New Hampshire are bracing for another round of heavy rain, strong wind gusts, and high tide flooding as another storm hits the region. A flood watch has been issued for Eastern Hampden, Eastern Hampshire, Eastern Norfolk, Northern Bristol, Southeast Middlesex, Southern Bristol, Southern Plymouth, Southern Worcester, Suffolk, Western Hampden, Western Hampshire, […]
Flooding may continue to close lanes on Route 20 in Paterson and Route 46 in Wayne, as well as other areas of those towns, plus Little Falls, Lincoln Park and Hawthorne. Daytime and overnight construction will close lanes on the George Washington Bridge; U.S. highways 1&9 and 46; state routes 10, 20, 208, 7, 17 […]
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — Widespread floods in the Republic of Congo have pushed hundreds of thousands of people to be in urgent need of assistance, said the United Nations Friday. Unusually heavy rainfall has caused nine of the countries 12 departments to be affected with floods damaging health facilities and schools and submerging […]
By Brendan O’Brien and Rich McKay CHICAGO (Reuters) – Tens of millions of Americans were in the pathway of dangerous and damaging weather conditions as snowstorms bore down on the Northwest and Midwest, flooding threatened the East Coast and potential tornadoes were on tap in the South. Airlines canceled or delayed more than 3,600 flights […]
If a picture is worth a thousand words, as the old adage goes, does hundreds of pictures equal thousands of words? Maybe not, but so far this week, there are over 200 photos of flooding and storm conditions uploaded to an app from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. The purpose — to tell the […]
Jan. 10—Berks County escaped major flooding and widespread power outages that affected the Philadelphia area despite getting over 2 inches of rain in most places from Tuesday afternoon into the first few hours of Wednesday along with wind gusts of more than 50 mph. The Schuylkill River crested at 12.57 feet around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday […]
Dramatic video: Emergency declared in popular beach town after extreme flooding High tide flooding on Wednesday morning following a drenching rainstorm that moved through overnight wreaked havoc on coastal New Hampshire, where a popular beach town declared an emergency. Town-by-town report: Which Mass. communities had the strongest wind gusts, highest rain, snow totals In Hampton, […]
(Reuters) – Tens of millions of Americans were under the threat of menacing weather on Wednesday as a powerful winter storm loomed across the East Coast after after leaving in its wake power outages, grounded flights and destruction. More than 90 million people from eastern Ohio and Kentucky and up through the Mid-Atlantic and into […]
A Washington County homeowner is at her breaking point. “It’s very frustrating,” Emily Croup said. “It happens every time it rains.” Inches of rainwater floods in front of her home on Spruce Street in Union Township, Washington County. “It could definitely cause a hazard,” said Croup. “Again, we don’t know if there’s a hole that’s […]
Jan. 9—Weather conditions from a strong system that swept through the area Tuesday closed schools in Monongalia and Preston counties and caused traffic delays, vehicle accidents and power outages. It also brought down more than a few tree limbs. The Dominion Post spoke with meteorologist Shannon Hefferan with the National Weather Service (NWS) just before […]