Nov. 10, 2011 Leave a Comment
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — AccuWeather – A powerful storm that resembles a hurricane with snow, a “snowicane”, continues to pound western Alaska. “The potentially historic ‘superstorm’… is making ‘landfall’ in Alaska today with a pressure equivalent to a Category 4 Hurricane,” said AccuWeather.com’s Jesse Ferrell. Part of this fierce storm will dive into the contiguous [...]
Aug. 29, 2011 Leave a Comment
STATE COLLEGE, PA — AccuWeather.com – Although Irene is now history, she won’t be forgotten in the minds of millions of Easterners who dealt with her wrath this past weekend. At least 21 deaths have been attributed to Irene, which is now barreling across southeastern Canada as a post-tropical storm. Wind gusts above 100 mph, rainfall totals north [...]
Aug. 23, 2011 Leave a Comment
It’s a tough week in weather for the East Coast: first an earthquake, next a hurricane. Hurricane Irene is currently in the Turks and Caicos and is on course to sweep straight up the Eastern Seaboard. The maximum sustained winds are 90 mph and the storm is moving at a pace of 9 mph, according [...]
May 14, 2010 Leave a Comment
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — AccuWeather.com — While the oil leak disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is bad enough, many people have been wondering what could happen if a hurricane were to slam into the region. AccuWeather.com hurricane expert Joe Bastardi is concerned but multiple threats from storms throughout the season in the Gulf of [...]
Jan. 15, 2010 Leave a Comment
As recovery efforts begin after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, AccuWeather.com reports that the Caribbean nation is also overdue for a major hurricane, said chief meteorologist and long range forecaster Joe Bastardi. In 1963, Hurricane Flora brought heavy rainfall and flooding to Haiti, damaging crops, buildings and trees. During that five year period in the [...]
Feb. 9, 2009 Leave a Comment
This is an exclusive special report from Blast Magazine. BRISBANE, Australia — As bush fires continue to devastate the southern state of Victoria, residents in far north Queensland are still battling floodwaters resulting from ex- Cyclone Ellie’s torrential rainfall. The cyclone, which was downgraded to a tropical low after crossing the coast on Feb. 2, [...]
Sept. 11, 2008 1 Comment
Neither rain nor snow nor wind — no, wait, that’s the wrong one. Ahead of powerful Hurricane Ike, likely to land on the Texas coast this weekend, UPS has closed several of its facilities around Beaumont, Galveston and Houston as mandtory evacuations go into effect. “Safety is our first priority, and UPS encourages our employees [...]
