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Hybrid of Sandy, winter storm threatens East Coast

Winter Storms

Much of the U.S. East Coast has a good chance of getting blasted by gale-force winds, flooding, heavy rain and maybe even snow early next week by an unusual hybrid of hurricane and winter storm, federal and private forecasters say....

 

Powerful storm lashes East Coast with wind, rain

Powerful storm lashes East Coast with wind, rain

Winds whipped across the East Coast on Wednesday as the region wrestled with yet another day of heavy rain and severe weather that knocked out ...

 

Hurricane Earl lashes Caribbean; may impact U.S. East Coast

Hurricane Earl lashes Caribbean; may impact U.S. East Coast

Hurricane Earl, now a Category 3 storm with 120 mph winds, lashed the northeastern Caribbean with heavy rain and strong winds Monday, causing ...

 

Heavy rains swamp camps holding Haiti's homeless

Heavy rains swamp camps holding Haiti's homeless

One of the heaviest rainfalls since Haiti's Jan. 12 earthquake swamped homeless camps Friday, sweeping screaming residents into eddies of water, overflowing latrines and panicking thousands....

 

400,000 Without Power in Northeast

400,000 Without Power in Northeast

Strong winds and heavy rain pounded parts of the Northeast, knocking out power to nearly 400,000 customers and diverting international flights.

 

30 inches of snow for parts of Northeast

A major nor'easter is expected to bring blizzard conditions to interior New England and heavy rain and near-hurricane-force wind gusts to Northeastern coastal areas Wednesday through Friday.

 

India floods leave 2.5 million homeless, 250 dead

India floods leave 2.5 million homeless, 250 dead

Rescue workers used sandbags to stop a raging river from breaching its embankment near a southern Indian city on Monday as floods triggered by heavy rains over the last week left 2.5 million people homeless.

 

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