Copyright (c) 2007 USTINET Corporation. All rights reserved.http://news.usti.net/Weather news and reportsen-usFri Mar 12 22:18:04 2010288012336http://news.usti.net/http://rss.usti.net/xml_news.gif http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/dt/Uus-fematrailers.R8EL_KMC.htmlwed/dt/Uus-fematrailers.R8EL_KMC.html1268431507Fri Mar 12 22:05:07 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/dt/Uus-fematrailers.R8EL_KMC.html"></a>WASHINGTON, March 12 (UPI) -- Rep. Mike Ross Friday called for congressional hearings into the government sale of formaldehyde-tainted trailers used in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/dt/Uus-fematrailers.R8EL_KMC.html">FEMA selling Katrina trailers</a><br />WASHINGTON, March 12 (UPI) -- Rep. Mike Ross Friday called for congressional hearings into the government sale of formaldehyde-tainted trailers used in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/bz/Uaustralia-weather.RJQV_KM7.htmlwed/bz/Uaustralia-weather.RJQV_KM7.html1267981498Sun Mar 7 17:04:58 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/bz/Uaustralia-weather.RJQV_KM7.html"></a>MELBOURNE, March 7 (UPI) -- The Australian state of Victoria saw hail the size of golf balls Sunday as a second day of hail storms and heavy rain battered area homes, experts say.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/bz/Uaustralia-weather.RJQV_KM7.html">Australian state endures major hail storms</a><br />MELBOURNE, March 7 (UPI) -- The Australian state of Victoria saw hail the size of golf balls Sunday as a second day of hail storms and heavy rain battered area homes, experts say.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/ax/Umongolia-weather.RQ1q_KJU.htmlwed/ax/Umongolia-weather.RQ1q_KJU.html1264904688Sun Jan 31 02:24:48 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/ax/Umongolia-weather.RQ1q_KJU.html"></a>ULAN BATUR, Mongolia, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Mongolia's extreme cold and snow have killed more than 1 million livestock and forced herders to leave homes for shanties near Ulan Batur, an aid group said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/ax/Umongolia-weather.RQ1q_KJU.html">Weather drives Mongolian herders to cities</a><br />ULAN BATUR, Mongolia, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Mongolia's extreme cold and snow have killed more than 1 million livestock and forced herders to leave homes for shanties near Ulan Batur, an aid group said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/bi/Uus-hurricaneike.RLie_KJT.htmlwed/bi/Uus-hurricaneike.RLie_KJT.html1264745099Fri Jan 29 06:04:59 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/bi/Uus-hurricaneike.RLie_KJT.html"></a>AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- About $12 billion in Texas insurance claims were made for damage from Hurricane Ike, an industry group said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/bi/Uus-hurricaneike.RLie_KJT.html">$12B in claims in Texas for Hurricane Ike</a><br />AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- About $12 billion in Texas insurance claims were made for damage from Hurricane Ike, an industry group said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/ao/Uecuador-volcano.RPAc_KJS.htmlwed/ao/Uecuador-volcano.RPAc_KJS.html1264697688Thu Jan 28 16:54:48 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/ao/Uecuador-volcano.RPAc_KJS.html"></a>AMBATO, Ecuador, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Wind shifts brought volcanic ash to a wide area of central Ecuador, including a provincial capital, after a once-dormant volcano erupted, authorities said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/ao/Uecuador-volcano.RPAc_KJS.html">Ecuador volcano spews ash across province</a><br />AMBATO, Ecuador, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Wind shifts brought volcanic ash to a wide area of central Ecuador, including a provincial capital, after a once-dormant volcano erupted, authorities said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/bz/Uperu-weather.RNwd_KJQ.htmlwed/bz/Uperu-weather.RNwd_KJQ.html1264522488Tue Jan 26 16:14:48 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/bz/Uperu-weather.RNwd_KJQ.html"></a>LIMA, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Peruvian authorities have begun airlifting the nearly 2,000 tourists and residents stranded by heavy rains near the mountain ruins of Machu Picchu.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/bz/Uperu-weather.RNwd_KJQ.html">Airlifts in rain-soaked Machu Picchu begin</a><br />LIMA, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Peruvian authorities have begun airlifting the nearly 2,000 tourists and residents stranded by heavy rains near the mountain ruins of Machu Picchu.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/bm/Uus-weather-beaches.RdBv_KJP.htmlwed/bm/Uus-weather-beaches.RdBv_KJP.html1264468487Tue Jan 26 01:14:47 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/bm/Uus-weather-beaches.RdBv_KJP.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Southern California beaches are littered with trash and litter deposited by the recent series of heavy storms that moved through the state, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/bm/Uus-weather-beaches.RdBv_KJP.html">Storms 'trash' Southern California beaches</a><br />LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Southern California beaches are littered with trash and litter deposited by the recent series of heavy storms that moved through the state, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/am/Uus-weather-ariz.ROIK_KJN.htmlwed/am/Uus-weather-ariz.ROIK_KJN.html1264307088Sun Jan 24 04:24:48 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/am/Uus-weather-ariz.ROIK_KJN.html"></a>PHOENIX, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The body of a 6-year-old boy swept away by a flooded river was found Saturday as northern Arizonans began digging out from a winter storm.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/am/Uus-weather-ariz.ROIK_KJN.html">Boy, 6, dies in flood in Arizona</a><br />PHOENIX, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The body of a 6-year-old boy swept away by a flooded river was found Saturday as northern Arizonans began digging out from a winter storm.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/cp/Uus-weather-elnino.Rqm-_KJL.htmlwed/cp/Uus-weather-elnino.Rqm-_KJL.html1264095299Thu Jan 21 17:34:59 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/cp/Uus-weather-elnino.Rqm-_KJL.html"></a>NORMAN, Okla., Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Heavy snow and rain falling in Arizona Thursday and flooding and mudslides that battered Southern California are a result of El Nino, meteorologists say.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/cp/Uus-weather-elnino.Rqm-_KJL.html">Blame El Nino for Ariz., Calif. weather</a><br />NORMAN, Okla., Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Heavy snow and rain falling in Arizona Thursday and flooding and mudslides that battered Southern California are a result of El Nino, meteorologists say.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/cr/Uus-weather-flaagriculture.RpLo_KJD.htmlwed/cr/Uus-weather-flaagriculture.RpLo_KJD.html1263424490Wed Jan 13 23:14:50 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/cr/Uus-weather-flaagriculture.RpLo_KJD.html"></a>TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Jan. 13 (UPI) -- The chill that enveloped Florida in the past week could cost the state's vegetable farmers $100 million, an agricultural expert said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/cr/Uus-weather-flaagriculture.RpLo_KJD.html">Chill in Florida could cost plenty</a><br />TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Jan. 13 (UPI) -- The chill that enveloped Florida in the past week could cost the state's vegetable farmers $100 million, an agricultural expert said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/ap/Urussia-weather.RgFr_KJC.htmlwed/ap/Urussia-weather.RgFr_KJC.html1263332100Tue Jan 12 21:35:00 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/ap/Urussia-weather.RgFr_KJC.html"></a>KRASNOGORSK, Russia, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Fifty-seven Russians have died of hypothermia since the beginning of the year, Moscow officials said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/ap/Urussia-weather.RgFr_KJC.html">57 Muscovites die of cold since Jan 1</a><br />KRASNOGORSK, Russia, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Fifty-seven Russians have died of hypothermia since the beginning of the year, Moscow officials said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/ck/Utanzania-blizzard.RXxK_KJC.htmlwed/ck/Utanzania-blizzard.RXxK_KJC.html1263320690Tue Jan 12 18:24:50 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/ck/Utanzania-blizzard.RXxK_KJC.html"></a>ARUSHA, Tanzania, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Actress Jessica Biel is "doing awesome" despite Monday's blizzard on her expedition up Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro, fellow hiker Elizabeth Gore told People.com.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/ck/Utanzania-blizzard.RXxK_KJC.html">Gore: Biel doing awesome despite blizzard</a><br />ARUSHA, Tanzania, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Actress Jessica Biel is "doing awesome" despite Monday's blizzard on her expedition up Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro, fellow hiker Elizabeth Gore told People.com.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/dg/Ubritain-weather-salt.Rjf4_KJ8.htmlwed/dg/Ubritain-weather-salt.Rjf4_KJ8.html1263000894Sat Jan 9 01:34:54 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/dg/Ubritain-weather-salt.Rjf4_KJ8.html"></a>LONDON, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Britain's snowy winter has reduced road salt stocks to dangerously low levels, prompting crews to stop de-icing some highway shoulders, officials say.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/dg/Ubritain-weather-salt.Rjf4_KJ8.html">Britain running low on salt for roads</a><br />LONDON, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Britain's snowy winter has reduced road salt stocks to dangerously low levels, prompting crews to stop de-icing some highway shoulders, officials say.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/du/Ubritain-weather-rationing.RYqu_KJ8.htmlwed/du/Ubritain-weather-rationing.RYqu_KJ8.html1262971488Fri Jan 8 17:24:48 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/du/Ubritain-weather-rationing.RYqu_KJ8.html"></a>LONDON, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- About 100 British businesses experienced gas rationing as the government tried to protect domestic power supplies because of an extended bout of cold weather.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/du/Ubritain-weather-rationing.RYqu_KJ8.html">British businesses' gas supply curtailed</a><br />LONDON, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- About 100 British businesses experienced gas rationing as the government tried to protect domestic power supplies because of an extended bout of cold weather.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/am/Uus-loopcurrent.R1bR_KJ7.htmlwed/am/Uus-loopcurrent.R1bR_KJ7.html1262900096Thu Jan 7 21:34:56 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/am/Uus-loopcurrent.R1bR_KJ7.html"></a>NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A study of a warm Gulf Stream current in the Gulf of Mexico could aid oil and gas offshore drilling activities in the gulf, a U.S. government agency says.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/am/Uus-loopcurrent.R1bR_KJ7.html">Gulf Stream study could aid oil, gas work</a><br />NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A study of a warm Gulf Stream current in the Gulf of Mexico could aid oil and gas offshore drilling activities in the gulf, a U.S. government agency says.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/de/Uus-weather-iguanas.RB8W_KJ5.htmlwed/de/Uus-weather-iguanas.RB8W_KJ5.html1262706888Tue Jan 5 15:54:48 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/de/Uus-weather-iguanas.RB8W_KJ5.html"></a>MARGATE, Fla., Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Southern Florida's unusually cold weather likely will reduce the number of invasive iguanas considered a pest by many, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/de/Uus-weather-iguanas.RB8W_KJ5.html">Florida cold snap threatens iguanas</a><br />MARGATE, Fla., Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Southern Florida's unusually cold weather likely will reduce the number of invasive iguanas considered a pest by many, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/bv/Ucanada-weather.RB-X_KJ4.htmlwed/bv/Ucanada-weather.RB-X_KJ4.html1262630095Mon Jan 4 18:34:55 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/bv/Ucanada-weather.RB-X_KJ4.html"></a>HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Canada's Maritime provinces were digging out Monday from a weekend storm described by meteorologists as a "weather bomb."</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/bv/Ucanada-weather.RB-X_KJ4.html">Canada's Maritimes dig out after storm</a><br />HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Canada's Maritime provinces were digging out Monday from a weekend storm described by meteorologists as a "weather bomb."</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/du/Uchina-weather.RgFH_KJ3.htmlwed/du/Uchina-weather.RgFH_KJ3.html1262532288Sun Jan 3 15:24:48 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/du/Uchina-weather.RgFH_KJ3.html"></a>BEIJING, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Heavy snow and extreme cold disrupted life in Beijing Sunday with meteorologists saying even colder weather was on its way.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/du/Uchina-weather.RgFH_KJ3.html">Extreme cold disrupts Beijing</a><br />BEIJING, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Heavy snow and extreme cold disrupted life in Beijing Sunday with meteorologists saying even colder weather was on its way.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/ad/Ubritain-weather.RNZp_KJ2.htmlwed/ad/Ubritain-weather.RNZp_KJ2.html1262468096Sat Jan 2 21:34:56 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/ad/Ubritain-weather.RNZp_KJ2.html"></a>PERTH, Scotland, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- An unusually cold winter in Britain has been vexing road crews while delighting skiers with forecasters predicting the worst may be yet to come.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/ad/Ubritain-weather.RNZp_KJ2.html">Britain faces extreme winter</a><br />PERTH, Scotland, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- An unusually cold winter in Britain has been vexing road crews while delighting skiers with forecasters predicting the worst may be yet to come.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/as/Ucanada-hurricane.RcF8_JDT.htmlwed/as/Ucanada-hurricane.RcF8_JDT.html1262111703Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:35:03 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/as/Ucanada-hurricane.RcF8_JDT.html"></a>CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Some $200,000 in hurricane aid will be paid by the Canadian government to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, six years after the storm, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/as/Ucanada-hurricane.RcF8_JDT.html">City gets hurricane aid six years later</a><br />CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Some $200,000 in hurricane aid will be paid by the Canadian government to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, six years after the storm, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/ck/Uchina-weather.RVuc_JDN.htmlwed/ck/Uchina-weather.RVuc_JDN.html1261618494Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:34:54 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/ck/Uchina-weather.RVuc_JDN.html"></a>XI'AN, China, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Sub-zero temperatures and heavy snow in northwestern China have caused traffic jams, flight delays and power and heating outages, authorities say.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/ck/Uchina-weather.RVuc_JDN.html">Cold snap hits China, power and heat out</a><br />XI'AN, China, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Sub-zero temperatures and heavy snow in northwestern China have caused traffic jams, flight delays and power and heating outages, authorities say.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/bd/Uus-climateshock.RsBz_JDM.htmlwed/bd/Uus-climateshock.RsBz_JDM.html1261509887Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:24:47 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/bd/Uus-climateshock.RsBz_JDM.html"></a>WACO, Texas, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- People who believe storms today are more intense than they were years ago are more likely to prepare for bad weather, a Texas scientist said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/bd/Uus-climateshock.RsBz_JDM.html">Crime, drugs rose after intense weather</a><br />WACO, Texas, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- People who believe storms today are more intense than they were years ago are more likely to prepare for bad weather, a Texas scientist said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/cz/Uus-edwards.R5jX_JDM.htmlwed/cz/Uus-edwards.R5jX_JDM.html1261508089Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:54:49 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/cz/Uus-edwards.R5jX_JDM.html"></a>NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A former New Orleans water board official says he's not guilty of steering millions of dollars to himself and his brother.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/cz/Uus-edwards.R5jX_JDM.html">N.O. pastor pleads not guilty to extortion</a><br />NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A former New Orleans water board official says he's not guilty of steering millions of dollars to himself and his brother.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/cu/Ujapan-fuji.RFJq_JDJ.htmlwed/cu/Ujapan-fuji.RFJq_JDJ.html1261269887Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:44:47 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/cu/Ujapan-fuji.RFJq_JDJ.html"></a>TOKYO, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Searchers in Japan recovered the bodies of two climbers on Mount Fuji after rescuing their climbing partner, a former Formula One racing driver, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/cu/Ujapan-fuji.RFJq_JDJ.html">Bodies recovered from Japan's Mount Fuji</a><br />TOKYO, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Searchers in Japan recovered the bodies of two climbers on Mount Fuji after rescuing their climbing partner, a former Formula One racing driver, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/dq/Uus-weather-shopping.Ry2o_JDJ.htmlwed/dq/Uus-weather-shopping.Ry2o_JDJ.html1261206888Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:14:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/dq/Uus-weather-shopping.Ry2o_JDJ.html"></a>WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- The storm barreling up the East Coast Saturday will disrupt sales on what is usually the busiest day of the year for U.S. retailers, industry analysts say.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.weather/2/wed/dq/Uus-weather-shopping.Ry2o_JDJ.html">Retailers: As snow falls, so do sales</a><br />WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- The storm barreling up the East Coast Saturday will disrupt sales on what is usually the busiest day of the year for U.S. retailers, industry analysts say.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI)