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Workers by Honolulu's Hawaii Convention Center cut up a tree knocked down from rain and wind from Hurricane Lala.

At least one dead, tens of thousands without power and over 100 homes damaged in wake of Hurricane Lala in Hawaii

CNN, KGMB, KHNL, KITV, SEAN YARBENET, HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION By Dalia Faheid, Karina Tsui, Chris Boyette and Kate S. Petersen, and Meteorologists Tyler Ory and Dakota Smith (CNN) — At least one person has died in Hawaii after Hurricane Lala swept south of the state over the weekend, bringing torrential rain that touched off

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Workers by Honolulu's Hawaii Convention Center cut up a tree knocked down from rain and wind from Hurricane Lala.

At least one dead, tens of thousands without power and over 100 homes damaged in wake of Hurricane Lala in Hawaii

By Dalia Faheid, Karina Tsui, Chris Boyette and Kate S. Petersen, and Meteorologists Tyler Ory and Dakota Smith (CNN) — At least one person has died in Hawaii after Hurricane Lala swept south of the state over the weekend, bringing torrential rain that touched off destructive flooding. In the wake of the storm, officials discovered

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Hurricane Katrina Statistics Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at some statistics from Hurricane Katrina. August 29, 2005 Katrina makes landfall near Grand Isle, Louisiana as a Category 3 storm with winds near 127 mph.– Severe flooding damage to cities along the Gulf Coast, from New Orleans to Biloxi, Mississippi. – Numerous failures of levees around

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Powerful storms slam the Midwest for a sixth-straight day, striking already flood-ravaged Indiana and Ohio

CNN By Dalia Faheid, Sarah Dewberry and Meteorologist Briana Waxman (CNN) — Drenching storms rolled over the flood-ravaged Midwest for a sixth day early Friday, bringing more rain to areas where severe flooding has already forced hundreds of people from their homes and left more than 300,000 without power. After parts of Indiana saw 1-in-1,000

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Powerful storms slam the Midwest for a sixth-straight day, striking already flood-ravaged Indiana and Ohio

By Dalia Faheid, Sarah Dewberry and Meteorologist Briana Waxman (CNN) — Drenching storms rolled over the flood-ravaged Midwest for a sixth day early Friday, bringing more rain to areas where severe flooding has already forced hundreds of people from their homes and left more than 300,000 without power. After parts of Indiana saw 1-in-1,000 year

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Deadly storms unleashed flooding and destructive winds from the Midwest to the Appalachians on Tuesday.

Rivers rising in Indiana’s catastrophic flood zone as new storms threaten Midwest

By Meteorologists Dakota Smith, Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — More heavy rain is headed to flood-ravaged Indiana, where water rescues and evacuations are still underway following historic rainfall this week. Parts of the state experienced a 1-in-1,000 year rainfall event on Wednesday that sent floodwater rushing into homes and

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Deadly storms unleashed flooding and destructive winds from the Midwest to the Appalachians on Tuesday.

Rivers rising in Indiana’s catastrophic flood zone as new storms threaten Midwest

CNN, WBBM, ANGELA FOSTER, BROOKE BOOMERSHINE, WTHR, WISH, GOV. MIKE BRAUN, X, WCHS, WBNS, WEWS, BROADCASTIFY, SOUTH DAKOTA HIGHWAY PATROL By Meteorologists Dakota Smith, Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — More heavy rain is headed to flood-ravaged Indiana, where water rescues and evacuations are still underway following historic rainfall this

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Drone footage captured by electric company AEP Ohio shows one of their substations that was flooded in the Crooksville area on August 11.

A software glitch prevented weather warnings from going out as deadly storms struck Midwest

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — An unusually long and far-reaching communications outage hobbled the National Weather Service just as deadly severe thunderstorms were tearing across the Midwest and Ohio Valley on Tuesday evening. The outage is more evidence of the long-running IT infrastructure challenges facing the agency, which is part of the National Oceanic

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Deadly storms unleashed flooding and destructive winds from the Midwest to the Appalachians on Tuesday.

Rivers rising in Indiana’s catastrophic flood zone as new storms threaten Midwest

By Meteorologists Dakota Smith, Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — More heavy rain is headed to flood-ravaged Indiana, where water rescues and evacuations are still underway following historic rainfall this week. Parts of the state experienced a 1-in-1,000 year rainfall event on Wednesday that sent floodwater rushing into homes and

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Forecast wind gusts on August 8

Challenging fire weather continues in West as thousands evacuated in Canada while Spokane crews gain ground

By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce and CNN’s Hanna Park (CNN) — Fire danger continued in the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada over the weekend, posing challenging conditions for crews battling to keep destructive blazes from spreading across the region with at least four fire-related deaths reported. In British Columbia, Canada, fast-moving flames burning along

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Mike Wirth holds family photos retrieved from his father-in-law's home after a wildfire hit the northwest part of Spokane

Challenging fire weather returns to Pacific Northwest as crews battle destructive Spokane blazes

By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A new round of flame-fueling winds and low humidity is escalating wildfire danger once again in the Pacific Northwest as fire crews work tirelessly to contain destructive blazes in Spokane, Washington, and across the region. A short-lived reprieve from adverse weather over the past several days gave crews

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