News tagged with heavy rains

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Laurence still causing warnings and watches in northern west Australia

Although the center of Tropical Cyclone Laurence has been over land for two days, it's still holding together and bringing heavy rains and gusty winds to the northern coastal areas of West Australia and will ...

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created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New NASA 3-D Video Shows Thunderstorms in Tropical Storm Ida (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM satellite has the ability to provide data that can be made into three-dimensional images. Visualizers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center ...

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created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Philippines breathing easier as Typhoon Lupit turns north

Typhoon Lupit is giving residents of Luzon a break from facing the storm head on. The Luzon region of the Philippines still experienced rain and gusty winds, but the storm didn't and won't make landfall there.

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created Oct 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Global warming to triple rain over Taiwan: scientist

Global warming will cause the amount of heavy rain dumped on Taiwan to triple over the next 20 years, facing the government with the urgent need to beef up flood defences, a scientist warned Tuesday.

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created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

NASA's TRMM sees huge Typhoon Parma bringing more rain to the Philippines

Typhoon Parma is a huge storm and NASA's TRMM satellite sees it is already bringing more unwanted rains and gusty winds to the typhoon-weary and devastated Philippines. Parma, also called "Pepeng" in the Philippines, ...

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created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

NASA satellites see remnant low Dolores go out kicking

The remaining clouds and showers that were once tropical storm Dolores are fading at sea, more than 940 miles west of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Dolores has now weakened into a remnant low pressure area but continues ...

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created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fast and cheap forecasting system for Mediterranean cyclones

The Mediterranean region is a very active cyclone area, and is often affected by these atmospheric phenomena, which bring strong winds and heavy rain. Despite the efforts of the scientific community to improve numerical cyclone ...

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created May 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nearly 1 million gallons of runoff, raw sewage spills into San Francisco Bay

Signs were posted at several shorelines and parks in Richmond, Calif., warning that water might be contaminated with harmful bacteria after nearly 1 million gallons of runoff and raw sewage overflowed and spilled into San ...

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created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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