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July 24, 2008 High winds and rain lash the region

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:52:00 -0400

Storms hit the Baltimore area with a one-two punch yesterday afternoon and evening, pummeling the area with heavy rain and high winds about 4 p.m., then following up with a second downpour about five hours later.

July 24, 2008 South Texas gets first look at Dolly's damage

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:10:00 -0400

HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) _ Residents across south Texas slogged through knee-deep muddy waters, tiptoed around downed power lines and dug through debris Thursday, but were thankful that Hurricane Dolly didn't pack the wallop they had feared.

July 24, 2008 Fading Dolly rakes Texas with wind, rain

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Levee fears ease amid downgrade to tropical storm

Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas yesterday, lashing the coast with winds of up to 100 mph and dumping heavy rain that threatened to flood low-lying areas but spared levees along the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley.

July 23, 2008 Flash flood watch issued for region

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:53:00 -0400

Heaviest rain could affect I-95 corridor, according to forecasters

The National Weather Service issued this morning a flash flood watch for parts of Maryland, Washington and Virginia starting this afternoon and lasting into the night. Forecasters said in a statement that the heaviest rain could affect the Interstate 95 corridor.

July 13, 2008 To build or not to build? Floods leave levees in question

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

As he looks out over his still-submerged family farm, Russell Torrance knows that it was just a few inches on a rising Mississippi River that made the difference between staying bone dry and being consumed by flood.

July 13, 2008 Hurricane Katrina memorial delayed

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Three years later, overwhelmed city struggles to build monument

Between acres of aboveground tombs that are this marshy city's way to inter the dead, there is a strip of land that is an empty tribute to the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

July 8, 2008 Bermuda might be in path of hurricane

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Hurricane Bertha, now a Category 3 storm, is expected to turn in the direction of Bermuda, government forecasters said yesterday. The Atlantic season's first hurricane was centered about 695 miles east-northeast of the Northern Leeward Islands and was moving west-northwest about 12 mph at 11 p.m. yesterday. The storm, with maximum sustained winds near 120 mph, might hit Bermuda, but it's still too early to tell, forecasters said. Some fluctuations in the storm's intensity are expected in the next few days, but forecasters expect it will weaken after 24 hours. Hurricane Bertha comes relatively early in the season, which starts June 1, peaks Sept. 10 and ends Nov. 30.

July 7, 2008 NBC, 2 equity firms buy Weather Channel

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

An investor group led by NBC Universal and two private equity firms clinched a deal for The Weather Channel yesterday after three weeks of negotiations. Though the parties did not disclose the price, the buyers - NBC and the private equity firms Bain Capital and the Blackstone Group - will pay just under $3.5 billion, people briefed on the matter said. That is less than the $5 billion that The Weather Channel's parent, Landmark Communications, sought when it put the basic cable channel and related properties like weather.com up for sale in January.

July 3, 2008 After flood, mosquitoes

Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Insects arrive in hungry swarms after heavy rains in the Midwest

First came the floods, now the mosquitoes. An explosion of insects is pestering clean-up crews and just about anyone venturing outside in the waterlogged Midwest.

July 2, 2008 County inspectors head to Midwest flood areas

Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Howard County is sending four building inspectors to the Midwest to help evaluate structures damaged by flooding in Louisa County, Iowa.