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Bangladesh, Myanmar relieved as cyclone fizzles
A once-fearsome cyclone that was threatening Bangladesh and Myanmar dissipated quickly, causing some deaths but largely relieving authorities who had told more than 1 million people to leave vulnerable coastal areas in preparation for a far worse storm. Cyclone Mahasan lost power as it shed huge amounts of rain and ...
As rain from cyclone falls, Myanmar minority stay
A cyclone only a day away carries wind and rain that could become deadly. But in dozens of refugee camps that spatter Myanmar's western coast, the order to evacuate ahead of the storm was met with widespread refusal. Tens of thousands of displaced Rohingya people live in the plastic-roofed tents ...
Boats carrying fleeing Rohingya minority capsize
An overcrowded boat capsized while trying to escape a cyclone bearing down on Myanmar, tossing dozens of members of the displaced Rohingya minority group into the sea. Eight bodies were found and more than 50 people were missing and feared dead, the United Nations said. More than 100 people were ...
Interior Dept. releases $475m in Sandy aid
The Interior Department on Tuesday said it is releasing more than $475 million to help repair the damage from Superstorm Sandy, which roared up the East Coast last fall. The money will go for 234 projects that will repair and rebuild parks, refuges and other agency facilities damaged by the ...
UN says 2012 was 9th-hottest year since 1850
The World Meteorological Organization says last year was the ninth-warmest since record-keeping began in 1850, despite the cooling effect of the weather pattern called La Nina. The U.N.'s weather agency says this marks the 27th year in a row the global average temperature — 58 degrees Fahrenheit (14.45 degrees Celsius) ...
Monster hurricane watch at Saturn's North Pole
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured stunning views of a monster hurricane at Saturn's North Pole. The eye of the cyclone is an enormous 1,250 miles across. That's 20 times larger than the typical eye of a hurricane here on Earth. And it's spinning super-fast. Clouds at the outer edge of ...
Christie: Obama 'kept every promise' on storm aid
Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that President Barack Obama "has kept every promise he's made" about helping the state recover from Superstorm Sandy. Hours later, Obama's housing secretary approved New Jersey's plans to spend $1.83 billion in federal money to help the state rebuild and recover from the storm. Speaking ...
Key figures on Superstorm Sandy, 6 months later
Superstorm Sandy, a hybrid of a hurricane and two cold-weather systems, struck six months ago on Oct. 29, concentrating most of its fury on New Jersey, New York and Connecticut and becoming one of the most expensive storms in history. Six months later, the region is still recovering and the ...
In Cuba, much work remains 6 months after Sandy
Many people in eastern Cuba are still living with family or in houses covered by flimsy makeshift rooftops six months after Hurricane Sandy pummeled the island's eastern provinces, residents and aid workers said Thursday. Many praised the government's efforts to rebuild Santiago and other cities but said much work remains ...
New photos released of battered dock that washed onto WA coast
The state on Friday released new photos of a dock that may have broken loose during Japan's tsunami and landed on the Washington coast at Olympic National Park. State researchers with the Department of Ecology released pictures they shot Thursday after a 3-mile hike to reach the battered dock ...
More tsunami debris expected on Washington beaches
Winter winds and ocean currents are expected to deposit more debris on the Washington coast from the March 2011 tsunami in Japan. State Ecology Department spokeswoman Linda Kent says the amount of debris declined over the summer after peaking in June, but it could pick up as weather patterns ...
Pierce County native helps rescue Bounty crew
The pilot of a Coast Guard helicopter assisting in the rescue mission of the HMS Bounty is from Pierce County, the Tacoma News Tribune reported. Lt. Jane Pena is a 2000 graduate of Curtis High School. She piloted the first rescue helicopter in the rescue mission of HMS ...
Small tsunami wave measured near Seattle following B.C. earthquake
An earthquake off the coast of British Columbia triggered a small tsunami wave Saturday evening near Seattle. The earthquake hit the Haida Gwaii Islands around 8 p.m. and measured at a 7.7 magnitude. The National Weather Service issued a bulletin after the earthquake, which indicated there was tsunami ...
1.5 million tons of debris expected from tsunami
One-and-a-half million tons of debris from the tsunami in Japan is expected to hit Northwest shores in coming years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says. It's not known how much it will cost to pay for the cleanup, said KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reporter Bob Robuck. The ...
Kayakers find possible Japanese house pieces
Kayakers surveying Washington state's most remote beaches for debris from last year's Japanese tsunami say they believe they have found part of a house, along with pieces of a washing machine, laundry hamper and child's toilet bowl. Three kayakers with the Ikkatsu Project wrote in a report this week ...
Pieces of boat with Japanese writing washes ashore near Ilwaco
What are believed to be pieces of a Japanese fishing boat have washed ashore near Ilwaco on the Washington coast, the Pacific County Sheriff's Office said Friday. The boat is in three pieces and has Japanese writing all over it.
Marine species from Japan found on Oregon coast worry state officials
Washington state officials are worried about sea life washing up on coastlines after marine species from Japan were found along the Oregon coast this week. A dock that was torn away during Japan's earthquake and tsunami in 2011 was found on a popular Oregon beach Wednesday. The washed-up ...
Huge floating dock from Japan tsunami washes up on Oregon beach
The Japanese consulate confirmed Wednesday night debris that washed up on an Oregon beach is from the 2011 Japan tsunami. The debris – a floating dock – came ashore on Agate Beach in central Oregon sometime late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. It’s 66 feet long, 7 feet tall ...
Agencies plan for tsunami debris heading our way
Representatives of local, state and federal agencies in Western Washington are meeting Wednesday to discuss how to handle tons of debris heading toward our shores from the Japanese tsunami. The bulk of the debris may be north of the main Hawaiian Islands and east of Midway Atoll. Agencies ...
After fishing boat found off B.C. coast, men say they found Japan tsunami debris in Longview
After a Japanese fishing boat known to have been in last year's tsunami was spotted off the coast of British Columbia last week, two men on the Long Beach Peninsula said they have found garbage from the disaster. The Longview residents this month told The Daily News they found ...
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