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Black Forest fire rages in Colorado, stirring up awful memories
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The wind-whipped Black Forest fire continued to burn out of control Wednesday night, devouring thousands of brittle acres, destroying nearly 100 homes and forcing as many as 9,500 people to flee, some leaving with only...
Tags: Real Estate, Services and Shopping, Waldo Canyon Fire (2012), Wildfires, Walmart
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No bull market for bison
Beef prices at grocery stores are at near-record levels, but that hasn't led to a huge spike in the demand for buffalo meat. The beef and buffalo industries just operate differently, say folks involved in the buffalo business. While beef remains a...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Consumer Goods Industries, Animal, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Industry
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Thursday weather: Severe weather a possibility today
WTKR News Channel 3 MeteorologistA line of severe storms along a cold front is set to move in this afternoon and evening. These storms are capable of producing strong gusty winds, large hail, isolated tornadoes, and potential flooding rain. Ahead of the front temperatures will be near...Tags: National Weather Service, Tornadoes, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Weather, Weather Reports
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Tab for 2012's extreme weather events: $110 billion-plus
The price of extreme weather events continues to rise. Superstorm Sandy and the ongoing drought made 2012 the second costliest weather and climate disaster year since 1980, racking up more than $110 billion in damage. According to the National...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Meteorological Disasters, Droughts
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Less damage than expected--but still a big storm
Tribune reporterIt was promoted as a massive storm system with the potential to drop golf ball-sized hail and produce wind gusts of up to 75 mph. Conditions were ripe for tornadoes, forecasters said. But the thunderstorms that passed over the Chicago area Wednesday...Tags: Kankakee, Manteno, Chicago Weather, National Weather Service, Sandwich
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Severe weather threatens U.S. South with hail, damaging winds
Reuters(Reuters) - A severe storm system threatened the U.S. South with damaging winds and large hail on Thursday after earlier thunderstorms dumped heavy rains, delayed flights and downed power lines in the Mid-Atlantic. Parts of Virginia, North Carolina and...Tags: Franklin County (Virginia), National Weather Service, Tornadoes, Cecil County, Weather
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Colorado's Black Forest fire grows into state's most destructive
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The Black Forest wildfire has become the most destructive in Colorado history, burning at least 360 homes, officials said Thursday. The fire is about 10 miles east of last year’s Waldo Canyon fire, which had been the...
Tags: John Hickenlooper, Waldo Canyon Fire (2012), Wildfires
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Global Voices: Fukushima made ex-premier a 'no nukes' crusader
After the cascade of disasters that befell Japan 27 months ago, then-Prime Minister Naoto Kan took the brunt of withering criticism for shoddy nuclear safety standards at the crippled Fukushima reactor complex and the government’s chaotic...Tags: Yoshihiko Noda, Nuclear Power, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Tokyo Electric Power Co., Politics
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Thousands flee Colo. wildfire; 92 homes destroyed
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Jaenette Coyne estimates she had five minutes to leave home after calling 911 to report forest fire smoke behind her home. There was no time to grab wedding albums, fingerprint artwork by her 20-month-old daughter,...
Tags: The Home Depot, John Hickenlooper, Waldo Canyon Fire (2012), Fires, Wildfires
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Severe weather threatens U.S. East Coast with possible tornadoes
ReutersBy Colleen Jenkins June 13 (Reuters) - A severe storm system sweeping the U.S. East Coast on Thursday delayed flights and threatened to snarl work commutes a day after causing several tornadoes, damaging hail and high winds across the upper Midwest....Tags: Franklin County (Virginia), Tornadoes, Weather, Weather Reports, Franklin County (Pennsylvania)
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Thousands still without power after storms hit Chicago region
Maintenance crews restored power to tens of thousands of homes overnight after severe thunderstorms in the Chicago region brought powerful winds and reports of funnel clouds Wednesday evening. By 11:30 a.m., of the more than 78,000 customers affected by...
Tags: Grant Park, Chicago Weather, National Weather Service, Chicago White Sox, Midway
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Urban flood advisory for parts of Broward
Sun SentinelAn urban flood advisory has been issued for east central Broward County. The National Weather Service says radar has detected heavy rainfall in excess of 3 inches per hour in some areas. The rain is expected to continue until at least 2 p.m. The...Tags: Plantation, National Weather Service, Weather, Weather Radar, Lake Okeechobee
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