News tagged with heavy rains
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Geologist investigates canyon carved in just three days in Texas flood
In the summer of 2002, a week of heavy rains in Central Texas caused Canyon Lake -- the reservoir of the Canyon Dam -- to flood over its spillway and down the Guadalupe River Valley in a planned diversion ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 20, 2010 |
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Ancient sewer excavation sheds light on the Roman diet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Archaeologists working in a system of connected sewers and drains under the ancient town of Herculaneum in the Bay of Naples area of Italy have analyzed the human excrement found there and ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 17, 2011 |
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Mini-cyclone, record floods hit Australia
Melbourne was bracing itself Sunday for further storms after a mini-cyclone ripped through Australia's second largest city, bringing with it hail stones the size of tennis balls.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 07, 2010 |
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Australian floods help ease the 'Big Dry'
For Australian farmers who have struggled to make a living in southern Queensland as their crops died and their dams ran empty during years of drought, recent floods have helped ease the "Big Dry".
Apr 04, 2010 |
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France has had hottest year since 1900
This year was the hottest in France since the start of the 20th century, Meteo France said Tuesday, with average national temperatures 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than the norm.
Dec 27, 2011 |
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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, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 02, 2009 |
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Drought halts shipping on China's Yangtze
Drought on China's Yangtze river has led to historically low water levels that have forced authorities to halt shipping on the nation's longest waterway, the government and media said Thursday.
May 12, 2011 |
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La Nina returns, bringing more severe weather: US
The weather phenomenon known as La Nina is returning for another season, likely bringing more drought, heavy rains and severe weather to some parts of the world, US forecasters said Thursday.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 08, 2011 |
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From oil spill to toxic waste: The polymer solution
(PhysOrg.com) -- Last October, a containment dam belonging to a Hungarian alumina manufacturer collapsed after heavy rains, releasing 200 million gallons of caustic sludge. Eight people died in the flood of ...
Jul 11, 2011 |
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CU Engineers Make First 'Supercell' Storm Intercept With Unmanned Aircraft System (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Faculty and students from the University of Colorado at Boulder's Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles teamed with researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the first interception ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 13, 2010 |
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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.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Plans percolate to revive some SF native creeks
(AP) -- Riffling through old maps while researching a history project for San Francisco public schools, landscape architect Bonnie Sherk made a discovery: a century ago a creek coursed where two school campuses stand today.
Apr 24, 2010 |
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NASA sees a 'hot tower' in newborn eastern Pacific Tropical Depression 2E
"Hot Tower" rain clouds within a tropical cyclone indicate that the storm is going to intensify, and that's what NASA's TRMM satellite spotted in newborn Tropical Depression 2E (TD2E) in the eastern Pacific ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 21, 2012 |
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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 ...
Feb 25, 2009 |
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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 ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 26, 2009 |
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