Posts Tagged ‘Storms’

Severe storms lit up the skies with lightning and caused tens of thousands of power outages Thursday night. Oncor Electric Delivery reported that outages in the Dallas and Fort Worth metro service areas were down to about 10,245 shortly before 5 a.m. By 9 a.m., that numbered had dropped to just over 5,000. Oncor had [...]

Tropical storms Irene and Lee have caused tremendous amounts of damage throughout upstate New York, Vermont and other parts of the Northeast — there is no getting around that. Many communities are still in the preliminary stages of recovery; nothing is normal. Just as communities in the eastern part of the state were cleaning up [...]

For the second straight morning, a band of heavy storms moved through the Tampa Bay Area. They brought heavy rain, winds and even caused damage and flooding early Wednesday, though the bulk of the system is moving to northeast of the area, meteorologist Dave Osterberg said. “Most of these storms are continuing to move to [...]

Severe storms are prompting Environment Canada to warn people in Saskatchewan to keep an eye on the sky. Disturbances carrying hail swept through southern parts of the province Sunday and were expected again Monday. Meteorologist Dave Carlson said they were expected to hit eastern areas along the Manitoba boundary from Hudson Bay down to Yorkton.

Last week’s storms ended Minnesota’s longest stretch of dry weather this summer, and it’s having an impact on Minnesota agriculture. In its weekly crop weather report for the state, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says topsoil moisture supplies are rated 31 surplus, up from 21 percent the previous week. A statewide average of 3.8 days [...]

There are pockets of rain racing around the NE, MW, and into the South. There are a few frontal boundaries draped across the region that will fire again this afternoon, but I think the main area for concern today will be the MW. Plenty of heat and humidity are getting transported northward this morning towards [...]

Military officials say about 24 soldiers are recovering after being hurt when high winds slammed into their tents during thunderstorms at Fort Gordon. The soldiers, all Army reservists visiting the base for two weeks of training exercises, were taken to Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center for treatment after the Wednesday night storm. Fort Gordon [...]

Sunday night’s wild and wicked weather dumped heavy rain, hail and spawned at least two  confirmed tornadoes near New Salem. Some bridges and roads in Morton County were closed Monday as creeks swelled up with runoff the morning after the storms. Tammy Lapp Harris, Morton County emergency manager, said a bridge over the Big Muddy [...]

  At 5 p.m. PT, midnight UTC, Wednesday, Tropical Storm Adrian became Hurricane Adrian, the first hurricane of the 2011 season, according to an advisory issued by the National Hurricane Center. The storm, centered about 265 miles southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, has reached sustained winds of approximately 75 mph, just topping the 74 mph requirement [...]

Storms knocked down trees and damage businesses in Lincoln and Gaston counties Sunday. Severe storms hit Lincoln County Sunday night. Several businesses near Highway 16 in Denver were damaged. An automotive store had part of its roof knocked off. A tree also fell onto a mobile home park with one person inside it. Neighbors say [...]