Tag: rain
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Hurricane Milton dropped 1-in-1,000-year levels of rain around Tampa Bay
Hurricane Milton dumped so much rain over parts of Florida’s Tampa Bay area that it qualified as a 1-in-1,000-year rainfall event. St. Petersburg had 18.31 inches of rain — or more than 1.5 feet — in the 24-hour period during which the storm made landfall, according to precipitation data from the National Weather Service. That…
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Taiwan shuts down as Typhoon Krathon brings torrential rain
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan — Taiwan shut down on Wednesday, grounding hundreds of flights and closing schools, offices and financial markets ahead of the arrival of a weakening Typhoon Krathon, with one person reported dead and torrential rain lashing the island’s south. Officials in the key port city of Kaohsiung, set to be in the eye of…
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Two failing dams in North Carolina force evacuations after heavy rain
At least two major dams in North Carolina were at risk or in the process of failing on Friday, forcing evacuations after Hurricane Helene inundated the region. The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency shared a warning from Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis on Friday afternoon, saying that the Waterville Dam — also known as the Walters…
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Unnamed storm brings a foot of rain to parts of North Carolina, heads north
Hard rain of 1 foot and more inundated the southeastern coast of North Carolina on Monday as a storm with no name moved ashore and aimed for the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast. The National Hurricane Center calls it Potential Tropical Cyclone 8 and said in forecast updates that the front will weaken as it travels…