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Devastating floods in northern Afghanistan kill 127; thousands homeless


Reuters
Mon, 28 Apr 2014 10:46 UTC
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More than 100 people have been killed and thousands left homeless by flash floods in north and west Afghanistan, officials said on Friday, prompting desperate pleas for help from the impoverished provincial authorities.

Thousands of homes have been engulfed by flood waters in four provinces after three days of heavy rain in what is traditionally a wet period at the start of spring.

In the northern province of Jawzjan, police chief Faqer Mohammad Jawzjani said 55 bodies had been recovered, and that the number of dead would increase over the coming days.

"Providing aid or help from the ground is impossible," he told Reuters. "We have carried 1,500 people to safe areas of neighboring districts by helicopter. We need emergency assistance from the central government and aid agencies."
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Record rains cause flooding in mid-Atlantic region of U.S.


MyFoxDC.com
Thu, 01 May 2014 12:22 UTC
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Record-breaking rainfall overflowed creeks and streams, causing flooding throughout the mid-Atlantic region.

Heavy rains slowed overnight, but officials warned motorists on Thursday to keep watching for flooded roads. Downed trees on overhead lines interrupted MARC Penn line service.

The National Weather Service says Dulles International and Reagan National airports broke 2005 rainfall records on Wednesday. Dulles got 3.99 inches and Reagan received 2.7 inches. Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport tied a 1947 record of 3.06 inches.
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Massive flooding caused by deadly storms in Florida and Alabama - over a foot of rain in both states


RT
Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:27 UTC
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As a deadly weather front continued to make its way across the Southern United States late Tuesday and early Wednesday, both Florida and Alabama were struck with severe flooding that's left at least one person dead.

According to the Associated Press, rainfall in the Florida Panhandle - especially the area around Pensacola - and the coast of Alabama has been relentless, dropping well over a foot of rain in both states. Houses have been flooded to the point where residents have had to seek higher ground, and overflowing roads have stranded drivers waiting to be picked up by rescue squads.

In Pensacola, where 15-20 inches of rain fell in a one-day period, at least one woman has been reported dead due to driving in perilously high waters. Florida Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency in 26 counties.
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Up to 20 inches of rain in 24 hours soaks Florida's Panhandle


Associated Press
Wed, 30 Apr 2014 06:46 UTC
Pensacola flooding
© UnknownPhoto reportedly shows flooding in Pensacola, Fla., amid severe storms.
Heavy rains and flooding killed at least one person and left others stranded in their houses and cars in the Florida Panhandle, the latest area of the country to be pummeled by a dayslong chain of severe weather.

Escambia County spokesman Bill Pearson told The Pensacola News Journal that at least one person died and several others were stranded by floodwaters in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. The circumstances surrounding the death were not immediately known.

Pearson said fire rescue crews aren't able to respond to some calls early Wednesday because of road flooding around Pensacola. He said some people have climbed into their attics because of rising waters.

"We are asking people to stay off the roads," Pearson told the newspaper.
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Massive storm system: 70 million Americans under threat of severe weather

Michael Pearson
CNN
Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:24 UTC
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© NOAAA massive storm system moves across the United States.
From Missouri to New York, Michigan to Florida, forecasters urged millions of Americans to keep an eye on the weather Tuesday, warning of tornadoes, high winds and hail spawned by the storm system that's killed 31 people in the last two days.

Roughly 70 million people are being warned of a slight to moderate risk of severe weather in the eastern half of the United States, according to the National Weather Service. That was a slight downgrade from an estimated 75 million people earlier in the day.

Mississippi and Alabama -- where tornadoes Monday caused widespread destruction and several deaths -- were again in the bull's-eye for the worst of Tuesday's forecast.

Tens of thousands were without power in those two states, where suspected tornadoes chewed through homes and businesses late Monday. At least 13 people were killed in Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee on Monday. Those deaths are in addition to 18 others reported in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Iowa from storms Sunday.
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At least 16 dead, 1,000 homeless in Bangladesh storm


Agence France-Presse
Mon, 28 Apr 2014 10:21 UTC
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A severe storm has left at least 16 people dead and 1,000 homeless in northern Bangladesh, officials say.

The storm tore through scores of villages overnight on Sunday, uprooting trees and electricity poles and derailing a train in an incident that injured dozens of passengers.

Nine people were killed in the worst-hit district of Netrokona, six died in neighbouring Sunamganj, and one person died after being struck by lightning in nearby Naogaon, police in all three districts said.

Among the nine killed in Netrokona was a pregnant woman and her three children, district police official Rashel Miah said.
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Parts of western South Dakota getting heavy snow

Dirk Lammers
Associated Press
Mon, 28 Apr 2014 14:43 UTC
South Dakota snow
© Tom Griffith, AP A system that brought deadly weather to the central and southern U.S. over the weekend dumped heavy snow in western South Dakota late Sunday and early Monday.
A system that brought deadly severe weather to parts of the central and southern U.S. over the weekend dumped heavy, wet snow in western South Dakota late Sunday and early Monday.

"It's all kind of tied together," National Weather Service meteorologist Michael Mathews told The Associated Press. "This is the back side of that system."

The weather service posted a winter storm warning for the northern Black Hills early Monday, and nine inches of snow fell three miles southeast of Deadwood. Elementary, middle and high school classes were canceled in the Lead-Deadwood School district.

Interstate 90 and other major roads in the area remained open Monday but drivers were advised to reduce speed and watch for scattered slippery spots and sloppy wet slush.
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Deadly tornadoes devastate US states


BBC News
Mon, 28 Apr 2014 10:03 UTC
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© BBC NewsBuildings were destroyed while vehicles and caravans were thrown into the air
At least 17 people have been killed by tornadoes as a huge storm system swept across the central and southern United States.

Sixteen of the victims were in several suburbs of Little Rock in Arkansas, officials said.

One other person was killed in the town of Quapaw in the north-east of Oklahoma where officials said many buildings were badly damaged.

Tornadoes also struck in Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Missouri.
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Eastern North Carolina tornadoes confirmed


ABC News11 - Raleigh-Durham
Sun, 27 Apr 2014 07:50 UTC
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The National Weather Service is confirming multiple tornado touchdowns in eastern North Carolina, and an emergency management director reports more than a dozen people were taken to the hospital as a result.

Meteorologists said Saturday that while its survey is continuing, they have confirmed EF-2 tornadoes touched down in Pitt and Beaufort counties on Friday. A final assessment is expected late Saturday.

Specifically, the meteorologists said a low-end EF-2 struck near Chicod in Pitt County. A moderate EF-2 hit near Chocowinity and a high-end EF-2 struck Whichards Beach.

On the enhanced Fujita scale, an EF-2 has winds of between 111 mph and 135 mph for a 3-second gust.
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North Carolina tornadoes injure 15 people, damage hundreds of homes

Mark Leberfinger
AccuWeather.com
Sun, 27 Apr 2014 05:07 UTC
North Carolina tornado damage
© AP Photo/The Daily Reflector, Aileen DevlinPeople stand among the remains of a mobile home Saturday, April 26, 2014, that was destroyed when a tornado touched down along Black Jack-Simpson Road in Greenville, N.C. on Friday, April 25, 2014.
At least 15 people were transported to the hospital on Friday evening after a tornado struck in Beaufort County, N.C., an emergency management official said Saturday.

There were also an undetermined number of "walking wounded" who went to the hospital, Beaufort County Emergency Coordinator John Pack told AccuWeather.com.

"The good news is that nobody died. That's remarkable in itself," Pack said.

The National Weather Service at Newport/Morehead City, N.C. reports that an EF-3 tornado was confirmed along Whichards Beach in Friday night's storm.

The tornado was an EF-0 when it touched down near Chocowinity but grew in strength to an EF-3 with an estimated wind speed of 150 mph by the time it reached Whichards Beach, the weather service said.

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