A typical weather system, which was producing stormy weather off the coast of Florida on Thursday, could reach tropical storm strength, earning the name Ophelia before striking the Carolinas and moving through the Mid-Atlantic States this weekend. The National Hurricane Center estimates that the storm, currently called Potential Tropical Cyclone 16, has sustained winds of […]
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It had been clear for years that the dams protecting Derna, on Libya’s Mediterranean coast, were in danger of giving way. Torrential rains were not new. Decade after decade, they had pounded the area, washing away the soil that helped soak up water as it ran down from the dry hills above town. Climate change […]
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Lee, which was downgraded from a hurricane to a post-tropical cyclone early Saturday, brought gusty winds, rain and dangerous surf conditions to coastal communities in New England early Saturday, as the center of the much-anticipated storm approached landfall near the U.S.-Canadian border. As Lee inched closer on Friday, Maine opened emergency shelters, residents in New […]
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Hurricane Lee was producing tropical storm conditions in coastal Massachusetts and Nova Scotia early Saturday, hours before its expected landfall in Canada. Tropical storm warnings were in effect for parts of Canada and a wide stretch of coastal New England in the hours before dawn. Hurricane and tropical storm watches were in effect elsewhere in […]
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As Hurricane Lee churned closer to coastal New England on Friday, with winds expected to intensify by nightfall, cruise ships sought refuge in Portland, Maine, and homeowners in Provincetown, Mass., piled sandbags. An arborist in Halifax, Nova Scotia, fielded dozens of calls from residents expecting tree damage. And in Sandwich, the oldest town on Cape […]
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As Hurricane Lee moved north through the Atlantic early Friday, tropical storm warnings were in effect for parts of Canada and a wide stretch of coastal New England that included about seven million people in Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Lee has been spinning across the Atlantic for more than a week and was still […]
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After spinning across the Atlantic for more than a week, Hurricane Lee is producing tropical storm conditions in Bermuda and hazardous beach conditions along the East Coast of the United States. Lee’s forecast path is becoming much clearer, and weather conditions will deteriorate in the Northeast United States and Canada on Friday. In anticipation of […]
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Torrential downpours sparked dangerous flash floods in central Massachusetts on Monday evening, prompting officials in two cities to declare states of emergency. Between six and nine inches of rain fell on Monday in northeastern Worcester County, where a flash flood warning was in effect until Tuesday morning, according to the National Weather Service. A flash […]
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Generations of farmers in the sun-lashed green hills of Spalt have proudly tended to their hops plants, used for brewing beer, since the Middle Ages. Asked what makes the native breed of Spalter hops so special, enthusiasts rhapsodize about their delicate, spicy aroma; their lightness; and the harmony and hint of bitterness the crop imparts. […]
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Hurricane Lee has grabbed the attention of forecasters and social media this week as the rapidly intensifying storm moves west across the open waters of the Atlantic. It is easy to look at a map showing a major hurricane with a forecast path pointed directly at the United States and think the East Coast is […]
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Tropical Storm Margot formed in the North Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, becoming the 13th named storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. The eye of the storm was 460 miles west-northwest of the Cabo Verde Islands early Friday and moving west-northwest at 16 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm had […]
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Torrential rains have pounded southern China, flooding low-lying homes and roads, choking expressways, and prompting officials to suspend classes while the record-breaking storms lingered over the region. By Friday morning, Shenzhen, a southern Chinese commercial city next to Hong Kong, had endured nearly eight inches of rain overnight, in the most intense downpour since records […]
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A night of heavy rainfall compounded major flooding in central Greece, leaving some villages almost completely under water on Thursday and prompting the government to deploy armed forces to help rescue residents from the worst-hit areas. At least four people have died in Greece as a result of the extreme weather conditions this week, according […]
Read More A night of heavy rainfall compounded major flooding in central Greece, leaving some villages almost completely under water on Thursday and prompting the government to deploy armed forces to help rescue residents from the worst-hit areas. At least four people have died in Greece as a result of the extreme weather conditions this week, according […]
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