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Britain experiences month's worth of rainfall in 24 hours (again)


Huffington Post, UK
Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:29 UTC
The wet and windy start to week has persisted into Wednesday with more than a month's worth of rain falling in some places across the UK. Britain has been hit with the most extreme September weather for decades, with hundreds evacuated from their homes and fire and rescue teams battling against the floods to help residents of some of the worst-hit areas.

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Beautiful but dangerous: flood waters in the fields around Tewkesbury Abbey
Cars sailed down streets after being abandoned by motorists, and a block of flats in Newburn, Newcastle were left with their foundations exposed as the town struggled with another day of heavy rain.

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Comment: Tewkesbury again?!

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Under siege: A vast expanse of water surrounds the historic Abbey after days of heavy rain swell the River Severn and cause it to bursts its banks
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Crazy Wild Sea Foam Floods Scottish Village

Laura Blum
Weather.aol.com / BBC News
Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:17 UTC
Residents of Footdee, a small fishing village in Aberdeen, Scotland, awoke to find their houses, cars and streets covered in white this morning. No, it wasn't an early snowstorm that blanketed the town. It was sea foam -- or spume -- blown in from the North Sea by heavy winds and crashing waves.

A Marine Scotland spokesman told BBC News: "Sea foam is created by the interaction of sea water movement and plant plankton residues." The organic mixture turned the area into a natural bubble bath, making for an incredible scene.

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60 MPH Winds and Sheets of Rain in the Forecast for Britain

Andrew Hough
Thetelegraph.co.uk
Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:21 UTC
The glorious autumnal weather is to be blown away by "severe" conditions and potential flooding over coming days, forecasters have warned.
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© Bernie Pettersen / SWNS.comThe colder weather will turn wet and windy towards the end of the weekend.
Households across swathes of the country were placed on high alert from tomorrow night as gale force winds and torrential showers threaten to bring about widespread damage.

Forecasters warned the storm sweeping across the country this weekend would bring "powerful" gusts of more than 60mph and up to two inches of rain in a matter of hours.
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Flood Kills at Least 92 People and Damages Infrastructure in Niger


Afriquejet.com
Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:55 UTC
At least 92 people have died in floods that have swept Niger following torrential rains, according to the latest data released by the Prime minister's office on Friday. The data indicate that 72,396 families are affected with 511,484 people being victims, as at Thursday. All the country's eight regions are affected by floods with Tillabéry, Dosso and Niamey being the worst affected. Huge damage is reported on basic socio-economic infrastructure and other items crucial to the people.

Rice crops, schools, health centres, roads, bridges, dams have all been affected while a huge quantities of food and many cattle have been swept away by flood waters.
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Powerful Storm Breaks up Arctic Ice


The Weather Channel
Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00 UTC
A powerful storm wreaked havoc on the Arctic sea ice cover in August 2012. This visualization shows the strength and direction of the winds and their impact on the ice.

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Freak storm hits South Trinidad, roof torn from University

Radhica Sookraj
Guardian
Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:33 UTC
Gusty winds tore off the roof of the University of Trinidad and Tobago's south campus on Sunday destroying more than $12 million worth of equipment and displacing more than 1,500 students.

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Warnings as thunderstorms and hail hit large areas of New South Wales, Australia


Sydney Morning Herald
Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:23 UTC
Sydney hail
© Gordon McComiskieA hail storm left its mark on Richmond earlier today.
A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for a large swathe of NSW, with heavy falls of hail and rain and damaging winds predicted.

Heavy hail falls were hitting Sydney's west this afternoon.

The Bureau of Meteorology warned the storms were likely to bring large hailstones and heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and damaging winds in the warning area into late today.
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Freak Storm wreaks havoc in Linden, Guyana

Denis Scott Chabrol
Demerara Waves
Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:15 UTC
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© Demerara WavesOne of the damaged houses at Amelia's Ward.
A less than half-hour freak storm in Linden has left millions of dollars in damage and several persons homeless in its wake.

The roofs of seven houses in Amelia's Ward, Linden were Monday afternoon blown off during a freak storm. No one was injured.

Region 10 Chairman, Sharma Solomon said telephone and electricity services were not disrupted but the there was "significant damage" to the houses.
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Flash flooding, landslides hit northern India, 33 dead


Trust.org
Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:56 UTC
India Uttarakhand
© WikipediaUttarakhand state, India
Flash flooding has triggered landslides in northern India leaving 33 dead and 35 missing, reports children's charity Plan International.

Heavy monsoon rains swamped Uttarakhand state, in the foothills of the Himalayas.

Dozens of homes were flattened across eight villages in the early hours of the morning, killing villagers in their sleep.

"Houses were buried in the debris of mud and rocks and many lives of both people and livestock were lost as a consequence," says Plan's emergency response manager in India Murali Kunduru.
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Tornado watches issued for New York City and much of Eastern U.S. Coast

Miguel Llanos
NBC News
Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:51 UTC
NYC tornado watch
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Tornado watches were issued for much of the Northeast and mid-Atlantic on Tuesday, part of a storm front that brought high winds and heavy rain. Power outages were reported in the Washington, D.C., area and air travel was disrupted across the region.

Major cities within the tornado watches include New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. The watches also cover parts of Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.

Wind gusts up to 70 mph are possible in those areas, the National Weather Service said in issuing the watches, some of which run through 11 p.m. ET.
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