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Landslide in northwest Colombia leaves 14 dead, dozens more missing


The Associated Press
Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00 UTC
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© Agence France-Presse
A landslide caused by heavy rains left 14 people dead and dozens more missing in northwest Colombia on Saturday, a Red Cross official said.

Cesar Uruena, a Red Cross rescue director, said the landslide buried more than 14 homes in the city of Manizales in Caldas state, 165 kilometres (102 miles) northwest of the capital, Bogota.

Rescuers have reports of 14 people dead and 13 injured, Uruena said.

"We are talking about an average of 60 people missing. This could be a bit speculative, but the number is high," Uruena told The Associated Press by telephone.

He said that because of the many people listed as missing, rescuers would continue the search through the night.

Caldas emergency services director Sandra Lopez said heavy rains pounded the area the night before and caused a part of a mountain to collapse onto the houses.

As a preventative measure, authorities are asking that 35 homes near the landslide site be evacuated.

Source: The Canadian Press
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Cloud Lightning

UK: Tornado rips the roof off a stable as wet weather turns Bonfire Night into a damp squid

Stephanie Darrall
Mail Online
Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:35 UTC
It looks like the aftermath of a tropical storm, but this scene of destruction took place on a farm in Worcestershire yesterday.

A tornado uprooted trees and tore the roof of a stable as it swept past the village of Inkberrow in the mid-afternoon.

Amazingly, the fierce winds threw the stable roof 20metres through the air before it came to rest stuck in the branches of a nearby tree.

Other trees were left broken in half at the Knowle Fields Barn Farm complex.
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Twister: A tornado ripped the roof off a building and pulled up trees in Worcestershire yesterday
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Bizarro Earth

Mud rivers: flash floods wreak havoc on Italy's western coast- 6 dead


The Star
Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:37 UTC
Torrential rains lashed Genoa and Italy's western coastline again Friday, triggering flash floods that killed at least six people as raging water uprooted trees and swept cars and furniture through the streets.

Luca Cari, spokesman for Genoa's fire department, told Italy's Sky TG24 that six people were confirmed dead and one person was missing.

Two of the dead were reported to be children.

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© Massimo Cebrelli / AFP / Getty
People stand in a street amongst mud and debris after rivers burst their banks during heavy rainfall in downtown Genoa, Friday.
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Cloud Lightning

1200 trekkers stranded at Mount Everest as severe weather grounds flights


DailyRecord.co.uk
Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:54 UTC
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© Unknown
More than 1000 foreign trekkers are stranded in the foothills of Mount Everest after bad weather prevented planes taking off or landing at the area's only airport.

Police official Ramesh Khakda said about 1200 foreign trekkers are now stranded at and around Tenzing-Hillary Airport in Lukla, Nepal.

There are several Nepalese guides and porters with the foreigners.

Lukla is the gateway for trekkers and mountaineers heading to Everest and surrounding mountains. The stranded trekkers have been sleeping at the airport and in tents and dining halls at Lukla hotels.

Small helicopters ferried some of the trekkers today, but bad weather was hampering the efforts.
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Bizarro Earth

Torrential rains turn streets into rivers in Oman - 3 dead


Times of Oman
Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:41 UTC
Throwing normal life out of gear, heavy rain lashed several parts of the Sultanate, claiming three lives, even as international cyclone study centres and local weatherman yesterday predicted the possibility of tropical cyclone hitting Dhofar Coast.
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© A. R. Rajkumar / Times of Oman
Narrow escape: Stuck in the strong currents of rain water in Hamriya area in Muscat yesterday, a motorist screamed for help, prompting several people to rush to his help.
"A tropical storm 'Keila' is forecast to strike land near Salalah and the probability for storm is 70 per cent within 12 hours. We have issued a yellow alert, which is CAT 1 (Severe Cyclonic Storm strength winds of at least 74 mph, 119 km/h or 64 knots 1-min sustained)," according to Tropical Storm Risk Centre.

The Directorate General of Meteorology and Air Navigation (DGMAN) of Oman has also confirmed the storm forecast and has urged citizens to exercise caution during rains.
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Connecticut, US: Power Restoration in Snowy East Could Take Days

Dave Collins
The Associated Press
Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:30 UTC
Hartford - Residents across the Northeast faced the prospect of days without electricity or heat Monday after an early-season storm dumped as much as 30 inches of wet, heavy snow that snapped trees and power lines, closed hundreds of schools, and disrupted plans for Halloween trick-or-treating.

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© AP/Jessica Hill
Jay Ericson clears snow off branches weighing down on power lines at his home following a snow storm a day earlier in Glastonbury, Conn., Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011.
Communities from Maryland to Maine that suffered through a tough winter last year followed by a series of floods and storms went into now-familiar emergency mode as roads closed, shelters opened and regional transit was suspended or delayed.

The storm's lingering effects, including power failures and hundreds of closed schools, will probably outlast the snow. Temperatures are expected to begin rising Monday and the snow will start melting, the National Weather Service said.

The early nor'easter had utility companies struggling to restore electricity to more than 3 million homes and businesses. By midday Monday, the number without power was still above 2 million but falling. But officials in some states warned it could be days or even a week before residents have power again.

In Allentown, Pa., tree branches littered yards and residents girded for a long haul without power. Anne Warschauer, a 91-year-old Holocaust survivor from Germany, refused to leave her home on a quiet tree-lined street even though the temperature inside had plummeted.
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Rare 'Snowtober' Storm Breaks Local Records


OurAmazingPlanet
Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:03 UTC
Snow Storm
© NOAA/NASA
Snowtober's wrath, seen from space.
The rare October snowstorm that smacked the Northeast over the weekend shattered local records, knocked out power for millions and was blamed for the deaths of at least 10 people.

This morning (Oct. 31), 86 percent of the Northeast was covered in snow at an average depth of 4.4 inches (11 centimeters), according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Because the storm hit during the fall, the wet snow piled up on leaf-filled trees and snapped branches onto power lines. About 2.5 million people were without power this morning, according to news reports.

NOAA is investigating the storm to see if it will go down as the 11th billion-dollar weather event of 2011.

A "slushy coating" of 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5 cm) was forecast for the big northeastern cities. New York City bested that prediction with 2.9 inches (7.4 cm) of snow over the weekend, topping its previous record of 0.9 inches (2.3 cm) for the month of October. New York City has had 65.75 inches of precipitation this year, the third most in the city's history, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).
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Igloo

US: Snowstorm causes power outages, more than 600K in New Jersey affected


NJ.com
Sun, 30 Oct 2011 07:30 UTC

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© Frances Micklow/The Star-Ledger
Lynn Sutter shovels her driveway so she can get to the hospital in the morning for work as the first snow storm of the season hits Butler.
More than 600,000 homes and businesses are without power this morning after yesterday's powerful Nor'easter dumped up to 19 inches in parts of New Jersey, snapping trees and bringing down power lines across the state.

"I can't even begin to tell you how many trees and lines we have down throughout the township. Too numerous to mention," said Bridgewater police Lt. Robert Wilt.

Officials warned it could be days before many see electricity restored.

The combination of heavy, wet snow, leaf-laden trees and frigid, gusting winds brought down limbs and power lines. At least three deaths were blamed on the weather, and states of emergency were declared in New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and parts of New York.

PSE&G reported 271,000 customers without power as of 8:30 this morning. Crews have been working overnight however some customers in Bergen and Essex Counties may not get power restored until Wednesday, the company said.

About 260,000 JCP&L customers are without power, said spokesman Ron Morano, noting that Morris County suffered widespread outages.
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US: Early Snowstorm Leaves Millions Without Power

Barbara Goldberg
Reuters
Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:00 UTC
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© Reuters/Adam Hunger
A view of a pumpkin patch covered in snow is seen in Portsmouth, New Hampshire October 30, 2011.
More than 3 million households in the Northeast lacked power Sunday as a rare October snowstorm bedeviled transportation and killed at least five people.

The record-breaking snow was heaviest in the western Massachusetts town of Plainfield, where 27.8 inches fell according to the National Weather Service. Northwest of New York City, in West Milford, New Jersey, 19 inches of snow fell.

"It's too scary -- the windows are rattling too loud," a terrified Sophia Band, 6, said, her father recalled, during the crushing storm in Conway, Massachusetts overnight.

The snowy, windy weather that began Saturday was expected to exit Maine later Sunday, but not before dumping up to a foot of snow on northern New England, particularly southern Vermont, the National Weather Service said.

Howling winds and heavy, wet snow snapped enormous trees like twigs, downing power lines from West Virginia to Massachusetts.

By midday Sunday, there were close to 3.2 million households without electricity across the Mid-Atlantic and New England, according to Weather.com.

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy said the state experienced the largest number of power outages in its history. Maine, Massachusetts and New Jersey all said they did not expect service to return to normal for several days, while in Connecticut it could be more than a week.
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Early snowfall, rain pounds Atlantic Canada as U.S. storm moves north


The Canadian Press
Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:00 UTC
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© Environment Canada
Environment Canada has issued wind and rain warnings for the various parts of the Maritimes Saturday night and into Sunday.
An unseasonably early snowstorm that has pounded the U.S northeast is making its way through parts of Atlantic Canada.

Heavy rainfall soaked much of the Maritimes while snow fell in parts of New Brunswick, as far south as Saint John.

Meteorologist Jeffrey Hilliard says the major concern is a mix of rain, snow and high winds that are causing hazardous driving conditions in some areas.

The City of Saint John sent out a notice urging drivers to use caution as crews were heading out to sand and salt the city's roads.

RCMP in eastern Prince Edward Island reported that a driver was killed near Pooles Corner on Route 3 early on Sunday.

Police say road conditions were a factor in the death, along with the lack of a seatbelt and the high speed of the car.

In addition, the Confederation Bridge sent out an advisory that due to strong winds the bridge was closed to cars towing trailers, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, trucks and buses.
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