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Super storm Sandy takes out several major websites; flooding cited

Electrons work for free, except, of course in major storms -- as several prominent websites discovered... Lost sites beginning [Monday] night included the Huffington Post, Gawker and the blog Mediaite. Huffington Post was back by Tuesday morning, but the site was a bit skimpier. According to a statement posted on a website of the more traditional kind, CBS News, the problem seemed to be flooding.

 

Floods enter Brisbane, 20,000 homes in danger

Deadly floodwaters that have cut a swath across northeastern Australia flowed onto the streets of the nation's third-largest city Wednesday, forcing people to flee suburbs and skyscrapers as rescuers elsewhere searched for 67 people still missing....

 

Strongest storm of the week moving into L.A. area, bringing flood, mudslide threats

Strongest storm of the week moving into L.A. area, bringing flood, mudslide threats

The strongest storm of the week was rolling into Southern California this morning, bringing heavy, sustained rains that will last into the evening.

 

Storm eyes mid-Atlantic, floods Florida

A wet pre-winter storm threatens to dump more than a foot of snow on parts of the mid-Atlantic region this weekend, with New Jersey expecting up to eight inches.

 

Flooding swamps Midwest homes, roads

Flooding swamps Midwest homes, roads

Flooding is again causing trouble in northwest Ohio where heavy rains in the last 24 hours have forced people out of their homes ...

 

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