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'Unprecedented rainfall' pummels Colorado - heaviest in 63 years, thousands evacuated


Chicago Tribune
Fri, 13 Sep 2013 09:22 UTC
Authorities have ordered all residents of the town of Lyons, located north of Boulder, to leave this morning as deadly flooding worsened overnight as record rains continued in central Colorado.

The Boulder County Sheriff's Office said officials planed to evacuate the town of about 2,000 around daybreak, according to KDVR in Denver. The Colorado National Guard has been called into to help.

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Flash floods wash away homes, kill at least 2 near Boulder, Colorado

Alexander Smith and Matthew DeLuca
NBC News
Thu, 12 Sep 2013 10:19 UTC
Road closed due to flooding in Boulder County, Colo.
© 9News.comRoad closed due to flooding in Boulder County, Colo.
Torrential rain drenched parts of Colorado, washing away homes and causing at least two deaths as officials worked Thursday to evacuate towns and keep people out of the path of the rising water.

The National Weather Service described a "life-threatening situation" in an emergency message issued just after midnight local time for several areas around Boulder, where about 6.5 inches of rain fell in the last 24 hours, according to the National Weather Service.

The first death was reported near Jamestown, according to officials, and was thought to be because of a building collapse. The Colorado Springs Fire Department reported a second death on Thursday morning after a body was recovered near Interstate 25.

John Schulz , Public Information Officer of the Larimer County Sheriff's office in Colo., said a series of dams overflowed and one broke overnight, killing one, and threatening hundreds more.

Authorities found the second body while out patrolling in the I-25 area around 5:30 a.m. local time, Colorado Springs Fire Department spokeswoman Sunny Smaldino told NBC News affiliate KUSA.
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2 dead as flash flooding hits parts of Colorado


SunTimes.com
Thu, 12 Sep 2013 09:41 UTC
Lyons - Flash flooding in Colorado has left two people dead and the widespread high waters are keeping search and rescue teams from reaching stranded residents and motorists in Boulder and nearby mountain communities as heavy rains hammered northern Colorado on Thursday.

The National Weather Service warned of an "extremely dangerous and life-threatening situation" throughout the region as the flooding forced people from their homes, canceled classes and led to mudslides and rockslides in some areas.

"Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life," the Weather Service warned in numerous bulletins that went out throughout the morning.

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Head scratcher: No Atlantic hurricane by August in first time in 11 years

Anthony Watts
Wattsupwiththat
Fri, 30 Aug 2013 00:00 UTC
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© WikipediaFrom his vantage point high above the earth in the International Space Station, Astronaut Ed Lu captured This broad view of Hurricane Isabel. The image, ISS007-E-14750, was taken with a 50 mm lens on a digital camera.
Where are all the hurricanes Al Gore, Bill McKibben, Joe Romm, and Brad Johnson say are supposed to happen due to global warming? Article includes most recent forecast from Klotzbach and Gray

Bloomberg News: August is about to end without an Atlantic hurricane for the first time since 2002, calling into question predictions of a more active storm season than normal.

Six tropical systems have formed in the Atlantic since the season began June 1 and none of them has grown to hurricane strength with winds of at least 74 miles (120 kilometers) per hour. Accumulated cyclone energy in the Atlantic, a measure of tropical power, is about 30 percent of where it normally would be, said Phil Klotzbach, lead author of Colorado State University's seasonal hurricane forecasts.

"At this point, I doubt that a super-active hurricane season will happen," Klotzbach said in an e-mail yesterday.

The most active part of the Atlantic season runs from Aug. 20 to about the first week of October. The statistical peak occurs on Sept. 10, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
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Cloud Precipitation

Huge waterspout spotted off Croatian coast


BBC
Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:41 UTC

A huge waterspout has been spotted off the coast of the Croatian city of Dubrovnik.

Amateur footage captured by a passerby from a nearby cliff face shows a whirling column of air and water travelling across the ocean.

Funnels and waterspouts are caused by unstable weather conditions and are becoming increasingly common in this part of Adriatic Sea.
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Snowstorm in Alaska: White-out conditions close Dalton highway


Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Thu, 29 Aug 2013 13:20 UTC
Dalton Highway
© UnknownDalton Highway
Fairbanks - A severe winter storm hit Alaska's Brooks Range on Wednesday, stranding numerous trucks on the Dalton Highway amid heavy drifting snow, high winds and zero visibility.

The Alaska Department of Transportation said that conditions are forcing maintenance crews to withdraw from a 110-mile stretch of the Dalton Highway in the Atigun Pass area. Travel is not advised because of the poor conditions, which include winds of 50-60 mph. "They just can't keep it open," said DOT spokeswoman Meadow Bailey. "They plow through it, and it just blows over again." An undetermined number of trucks also are stuck between 275 Mile and 305 Mile, according to DOT.

Bailey said drivers are being retrieved from trucks stuck in the roadway, but most appear to be staying put while parked along the side of the road. Bailey said it's the fourth weather-related closure of the Dalton Highway this year. Before that, she said the Dalton hadn't been closed for at least a few years. The recent storms have caused trucks to stack up on both ends of the closed area.

Ben Krzykowski, who owns Ben's Auto and Truck Repair, has spent the past week pulling out stuck vehicles when weather allows it. He said there were at least 50 trucks piled into the Coldfoot Camp parking lot last Saturday. "There was basically no room to park in there," he said. An additional 10 trucks are parked at the other end of the closure at the Sagavanirktok River DOT station until conditions improve, Bailey said.
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Mile-high dust storm engulfs Phoenix, Arizona


The Telegraph, UK
Tue, 27 Aug 2013 12:51 UTC
Phoenix is left blanketed in grit after the Arizona city was enveloped by a massive sand storm.


A towering wall of dust blew over the city of Phoenix on Monday caused by thunderstorms in western Arizona.

Visibility in the area dropped below a quarter of a mile as winds of up to 60mph downed power lines and trees.

Arizona's monsoon season lasts from June to October. In recent years it has produced massive dust storms, known as "haboobs", sometimes stretching over 100 miles.
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Winter is going to be much colder than normal and there'll be a big storm for Super Bowl, predicts Farmers' Almanac


Daily Mail UK
Mon, 26 Aug 2013 09:35 UTC
The Farmers' Almanac is using words like 'piercing cold,' 'bitterly cold' and 'biting cold' to describe the upcoming winter. And if its predictions are right, the first outdoor Super Bowl in years will be a messy 'Storm Bowl.' The 197-year-old publication that hits newsstands Monday predicts a winter storm will hit the Northeast around the time the Super Bowl is played at MetLife Stadium in the Meadowlands in New Jersey. It also predicts a colder-than-normal winter for two-thirds of the country and heavy snowfall in the Midwest, Great Lakes and New England.

'We're using a very strong four-letter word to describe this winter, which is C-O-L-D. It's going to be very cold,' said Sandi Duncan, managing editor.

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Snowy Super Bowl: The NFL title hasn't been decided in a snow storm since 1948, before the Super Bowl
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'Fernand' makes landfall in Mexico- up to a foot of rain in some areas


CBSAtlanta.com
Mon, 26 Aug 2013 09:27 UTC
Tropical Storm Fernand made landfall near Veracruz, Mexico, shortly before midnight. It is poised to bring four to eight inches of rain to places like Veracruz and Hidalgo, but the National Hurricane Center says a foot of rain in some isolated areas isn't out of the question. Life-threatening flash floods and mudslides are the biggest concerns with this storm.

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© CNNFernand, the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, threatens Mexico with flooding.
Fernand formed Sunday afternoon and is the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season.
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Hail storm in Colorado turns summer into winter

Veronica Linares
United Press International
Fri, 23 Aug 2013 16:21 UTC
Littleton, Colorado got a taste of winter as a blast of wintry rain and hail hit the city on Thursday. The hail storm pounded parts of the city, dropping 6 inches of hail on one street and flooding the area with up to 4 feet of water.

According to KPLCTV, kids were excited to get some snow in the middle of the summer. "I'm excited. It's fun in snow," one child reportedly said. Adults, on the other hand, weren't as pleased with the storm.

Bryndon Jackson, who was driving when the storm struck, said he got stuck in a flash flood and was buried in hail. "All of a sudden my car just started getting washed away. Water flying up over the hood coming up to my windshield," he said. "It's freaky, it's weird."
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© APA storm brought torrential downpours, floods and hail to central Colorado on Thursday. A burst of rain and hail left the town of Ken Caryl, southwest of Denver, looking like it had been hit by a late-summer blizzard
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