British military helicopters winched dozens of people to safety and emergency workers in inflatable boats rescued scores more on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain.
Nov. 20: Spring is bringing record-high temperatures along with wild thunder and lightning storms to Australia. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports. (msnbc.com)
As Lake Superior warms, it is kicking up stronger winds and faster currents, a new study finds, and possibly changing the ecology of the lake and the distribution of local air pollution.
Nov. 19: Residents of towns in northern Colombia are being forced to evacuate after torrential rains submerge homes. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports. (msnbc.com)
East Coast communities are totaling the cost of last week's storm damage, hoping to convince President Obama to declare their areas federal disaster areas, and qualify them for rebuilding funds.
THROUGH 4 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT AND MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AT 25 MPH. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND MAYBE A RUMBLE OF THUNDER CAN BE EXPECTED.
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER KENEDY COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING OVER KENEDY COUNTY AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS HIGHWAY 77 IN THE VICINITY OF THE SARITA BORDER PATROL CHECK POINTS. STRONG WINDS OF UP TO 50 MPH...1/2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS STORM. MOVEMENT IS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
...FLOODING RAINS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTH TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... ARANSAS...BEE...CALHOUN...GOLIAD...KLEBERG...NUECES...
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BEE COUNTY... AT 238 PM CST...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS STILL APPROACHING EXTREME SOUTHERN BEE COUNTY. THE AREAS NEAR PAPALOTE AND TYNAN HAVE RECEIVED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES IS STILL POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA. THIS COULD RESULT IN
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR ARANSAS...CALHOUN AND REFUGIO COUNTIES... AT 300 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA WHICH HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST SEVERAL