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Week in Weather – What’s been Making Headlines this week
The first (partial) week of 2014 has certainly been a busy one, with many holiday makers forced inside at the…
USA: Avalanche buries, kills snowmobile driver
A man snowmobiling in Montana died when an avalanche buried him near Big Sky resort, authorities said. Rescue crews were…
USA: Fallout from icy blast continues
If you live in the USA and you have electricity, consider yourself lucky. Thousands of people in the Northern United…
Coromandel flooding causes traffic chaos
Travellers are being urged to avoid the east coast of the Coromandel as heavy rain has brought flooding to many…
USA: ‘Big freeze’ kills 18
Thousands of people in parts of the northern United States and southeastern Canada endured at least their fourth consecutive day…
UK: Holiday storms set to return
Tens of thousands of people had to abandon their Christmas celebrations as floods and power cuts continued despite the worst…
USA: Thousands still without power after ice storm
Bonita Thomas was thankful to be in a warm Michigan shelter Wednesday, but it wasn’t the Christmas she’d imagined. Thomas…
Europe – Storms batter UK & France; disrupt Christmas travel
Gale-force winds and pounding rain have lashed Britain and France, killing at least five people, disrupting Christmas travel and leaving…
UK: Chistmas storm kills one; disrupts travel
A man died in a fast-flowing river as high winds and heavy rain lashed Britain, disrupting transport as people headed…
UK: Heavy rain may have caused Apollo Theatre collapse
Heavy rainfall may have played a part in the ceiling collapse at London’s Apollo Theatre that injured 79 people. It…
