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- Wildfires Prompt Evacuations In California
Two wildfires on opposite ends of California have forced people from their homes.
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- Police: Hard To Know Taiwan Village Mudslide Toll
Police say there's no way to know for sure how many people are still buried under the catastrophic mudslide that struck a Taiwan village over the weekend.
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- NY Gov To Tour Flood-Damaged Upstate Villages
New York Gov. David Paterson will tour flood-ravaged communities in western New York.
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- Tropical Depressions Swirl In Atlantic, Pacific
A tropical depression in the Atlantic has yet to strengthen but forecasters say it could become a tropical storm in the next few days.
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- Update on Choctaw County Flood Assistance
Federal funds are starting to come to Choctaw County, Ala., which was damaged due to flooding.
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- New Tropical Depression Forms Atlantic
A new tropical depression has formed in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa.
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- Monday Morning River Levels
Here are the latest lake and river levels as of Monday morning. - Vast Expanses of Arctic ice Melt In Summer Heat
The Arctic Ocean has given up tens of thousands more square miles of ice in a relentless summer of melt.
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- Blueberries Stand Up To Damp Northeast Summer
The clouds that overstayed their welcome in New England for much of the summer parted on a recent afternoon at the Tougas Family Farm in Northborough, where visitors picked through rows of blueberry bushes for the ripest, plumpest, tastiest berries they could find.
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- The Nation's Weather
Here is the national weather summary for Monday morning.
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- Official: 400 Unaccounted For In Taiwan
A Taiwanese police official says an estimated 400 people remain unaccounted for in a mountainous village that was struck by a mudslide spawned by Typhoon Morakot.
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- Typhoon Etau Slams Into Japan
Police officials say at least a dozen people and others reported missing after a typhoon slammed into Japan.
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- 43 Killed in Landslides In India
Authorities say landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 43 people in three remote villages in northern India.
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- Felicia Weakens to a Category 3 Hurricane
Hurricane Felicia has weakened to a Category 3 storm far out in the Pacific.
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- Bad Weather Hits Memphis, Leaves Trail of Damage
Strong winds and heavy rain have pounded Memphis, leaving 9,400 utility customers without electricity.
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- Tornado Alley Unusually Quiet
Experts say it's been an unusually mild year in Tornado Alley, the region generally extending from Texas and Oklahoma to Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota.
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- Shuttle Aims For Friday Morning Landing In Florida
Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts are aiming for a landing back in Florida.
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- Severe Thunderstorm Watch For Miss.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for Mississippi along and north of Interstate 20 until 9 pm.
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- El Nino and What It Means to Us
For many people, the term El Nino, means extreme weather, from droughts to floods. For Mississippi and Alabama, it might actually make the weather better this year.
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- Meridian Burn Ban Lifted
The rain in Meridian over the last week or so has allowed officials to drop a ban on outdoor burning.
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- Insurer Proposes Rate Regulation Change
One of the nation's largest insurers has unveiled a plan to shift the authority for regulating rates for hurricane wind coverage from state regulators to an independent federal commission.
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- July Worst Month for Lightning
A strong line of thunderstorms moved through Meridian Thursday, bringing very dangerous lightning. Records show July is the worst month for lightning.
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- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Lauderdale Co.
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect for Lauderdale County, including Meridian, until 3:15 pm.
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- Dry Weather Takes Toll On Crops
One third of Louisiana's soybean crop and nearly a quarter of its cotton are in poor or very poor condition because of the recent hot, dry spell.
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- Tue AM Tropical Weather Outlook
Here is the Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook for Tuesday morning. - Dry Conditions Impact Crops
Mississippi farmers saw vital planting time washed away by persistent spring showers and now they're in desperate need of rain.
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- Nearly 2-dozen Die In Vietnam Landslides
The government says the death toll from landslides and floods in Vietnam's mountainous north has risen to 22.
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- Thousands Evacuated In China Floods
Chinese state media are reporting at least 20 people have been killed in heavy flooding in the southern China.
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- Sunday Severe Weather Reports
Here is a summary of some of the severe weather reports from Sunday afternoon's thunderstorms.
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- Severe Thunderstorm Watch
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for part of the WTOK Viewing Area.
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- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Sumter, Greene, and Pickens, Ala.
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect for Sumter, Greene, and Pickens counties in Alabama.
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- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Kemper and Noxubee Co., Miss.
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect for Kemper and Noxubee counties in East Mississippi.
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- Hawaii Volcano Glow Snuffed Out By Falling Rocks
The bright glow at the summit of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has been snuffed out by a series of large rock falls within its crater.
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- NASA Astronaut Takes Twitter to Space En Espanol
NASA has tweeted in space, but now one of its astronauts is breaking a new space Twitter barrier. He'll tweet from space in Spanish and English.
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- Lightning Strike Destroys Mass. Church Steeple
Lightning has struck a historic eastern Massachusetts church, damaging its roof and destroying its steeple.
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- Ala. Forestry Commission Sees Recipe For Fire Danger
Officials at the Alabama Forestry Commission say the rainfall deficit and a holiday weekend with fireworks and cookouts could become a recipe for danger.
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- Rain SnarlsTraffic In Northeast Ahead of Holiday
Torrential rains are soaking New England and causing traffic backups and power failures as the holiday weekend approaches.
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- EPA Proposes Tougher Clean Air Rule
The Obama administration is proposing to strengthen a key air pollution health standard.
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- Rain Across Louisiana; but Overall Still Dry
Louisiana gets welcome rain as farmers worry about vulnerable crops and some areas consider whether to ban family fireworks.
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- Stephen's Tropical Disturbance Discussion
Here is the latest on the tropical disturbance in the northwestern Caribbean Sea from Newscenter 11's Stephen Bowers.
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- Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for parts of the WTOK viewing area.
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- Moderate Drought Emerges In southeast La
Southeast Louisiana is showing signs of moderate drought while Mississippi and Alabama are abnormally dry.
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- Stephen's Wednesday Morning Weather Blog
Here is the WTOK Weather Blog for Wednesday morning.
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- Lawmakers Strike Agreement On Climate
Rural members of Congress have won key concessions from urban lawmakers to limit the pollution blamed for global warming.
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- Andres Weakens To Tropical Storm
Forecasters have canceled a tropical storm warning for part of the Mexican coast but are warning people on Baja California to prepare for Tropical Storm Andres.
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- Health Officials Warn Alabamians As Heat Hises
Health officials are urging Alabamians to take precautions during a heat wave that has brought record-setting temperatures to the region and been linked to at least one death in southeast Alabama.
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- Heat Buckles Sections of Interstate 55
State highway officials say two half-mile sections in the left lane of Interstate 55 southbound between Hammond and Independence have been closed after the road buckled under continued "excessive heat."
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- Tropical Storm Andres Nearly A Hurricane
Tropical Storm Andres is nearing hurricane intensity and approaching the Pacific Coast of Mexico. The storm will not have a direct impact on the United States.
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- Heat Advisory Remains In Effect
A Heat Advisory remains in effect through this evening.
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- Indonesian Elephant Fossil Opens Window To Past
Indonesian scientists are reconstructing the largest, most complete skeleton of a prehistoric giant elephant ever found in the tropics.
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