GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 16 people over the last two weeks in India’s northeast, where more than 300,000 have been displaced from their submerged homes, authorities said on Tuesday. The Indian army and air force have been assisting with rescue efforts in Assam, one […]
Thunderstorms opened up over the Kansas City Monday, bringing nearly seven inches of rain in six hours to parts of the metro. The southern half of the Kansas City area saw the heaviest amount of rain, including 6.62 inches near 87th Lane along Mill Creek in Lenexa, according to StormWatch.com, an early warning system for […]
Heavy rains are jeopardizing the harvest in Germany, Joachim Rukwied, head of the German Farmers’ Association said on Monday. The grain harvest is predicted to come in at 42 million tons, slightly below last year’s result, Rukwied explained during a farm visit in Frankfurt. Warm and moist conditions were promoting rot in the potato crop, […]
Heavy rains are jeopardizing the harvest in Germany, Joachim Rukwied, head of the German Farmers’ Association said on Monday. The grain harvest is predicted to come in at 42 million tons, slightly below last year’s result, Rukwied explained during a farm visit in Frankfurt. Warm and moist conditions were promoting rot in the potato crop, […]
The National Weather Service issued a flood advisory for Lee County Sunday afternoon, alerting residents to expect minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Radar showed bands of rain and thunderstorms passing through the area and some Fort Myers roads were flooded with knee-deep water. Video by The News-Press and Naples Daily News Reporter […]
Severe flooding in the Midwest has left at least two people dead as heavy rains caused a bridge to collapse, a historic dam to be on the brink of failure and an entire town to be cut off by floodwaters. More than 3 million people from Nebraska to Minnesota have been affected by the days-long […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – Heavy rains swamped the southern Chinese city of Changsha on Monday, turning roads into rivers and submerging pedestrian underpasses and subway tunnels. Emergency crews ferried locals to and from their homes on rubber boats and headed out to rescue drivers trapped on flooded roads, state CCTV reported. From 9 a.m. to 10 […]
Jun. 23—ROCHESTER — A dry Sunday is offering city public works a day of rest. Rounds of heavy rain from Friday through Saturday night put crews on alert to respond to potential flooding as the Zumbro River and its tributaries through the city rose to near flood levels. According to the National Weather Service in […]
PLATTSBURGH — Thursday afternoon’s heavy rains caused flash flooding throughout the City of Plattsburgh and in neighboring areas. A section of Downtown Plattsburgh on Margaret Street had standing water of several inches late in the afternoon that seeped into some street front businesses. “There was water all in through here,” Josh Forster, owner of The […]
Jun. 22—Heavy rains that fell overnight and in the days prior have swelled local waterways creating havoc across the southeastern Minnesota and close to home. Rising waters have closed portions of Interstate 90 in Mower County and other places of southeastern Minnesota as well as in portions of southwestern Minnesota. Water has also affected roads […]
An atmosphere packed with high moisture will fuel bountiful rains and threats for thunderstorms across parts of southern and central Ontario through the weekend. The rain and thunderstorm chances comes on the heels of a multi-day heat event in Ontario and Quebec, with temperatures jumping into the 30s and humidex values pushing passed 40. MUST […]
Three people were missing on Saturday after massive thunderstorms and rainfall in southeastern Switzerland caused a landslide, authorities have said. One woman was pulled out alive after being buried by the landslide in the Alpine valley of Misox in Graubunden. A rescue operation for the three others is ongoing. An excavator removes stones from the […]