Heavy rains could bring flash flooding across New Jersey Monday night into Tuesday
A Flood Watch has been issued for much of the Mid-Atlantic as the National Weather Service in Mount Holly upgraded the flash flooding threat to …
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Explainer-California rains: good for drought, fuel for wildfires
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – The atmospheric river that has inundated California is a mixed blessing, at once easing drought conditions and promoting threatened fish …
Heavy Rains Cause Collapse, Evacuation of New Jersey Apartment Building
Hawthorne, NJ – A partial collapse at the Hawthorne Garden Apartments Sunday morning resulted in a major evacuation and disrupted utilities, following heavy rains that …
Australia set to harvest bigger crops after rains defy El Nino
By Peter Hobson CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia is poised to produce much more wheat and other crops this year than previously thought after rainfall confounded …
Caution Advised on Rt 50 Bridge in Ocean City Amid Heavy Rains
OCEAN CITY, MD – The Ocean City Police Department, echoing a travel advisory from the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office, has issued a caution for drivers …
Heavy rains in Australia’s east bring more pain to storm-hit residents
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Heavy rains lashed parts of Australia’s east on Monday, triggering flash flooding, inundating roads and bringing more pain for some residents reeling …
US Northwest rains winding down amid record high temperatures
(Reuters) – An atmospheric river that has drenched the U.S. Northwest forced more road closures on Wednesday, but the worst of the rain appeared to …
Tropical Storm Ophelia lashes Mid-Atlantic with fierce winds, heavy rains
By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Ophelia came ashore on Saturday along the Atlantic Coast where it doused the region with torrential downpours and …
Argentina wheat sales stall as farmers wait for election, rains
By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s sales of the upcoming wheat crop are the slowest in seven years, delayed by farmers waiting for …
South China small businesses start to count cost of record rains
By Nicoco Chan DONGGUAN, China (Reuters) – Shop owners in a town in China’s southern manufacturing heartland tried to clean up the mess and started …
Chile heavy rains likely caused over $1 billion in agriculture losses
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Heavy rains in Chile’s central south farming region last week may have caused at least $1 billion in losses, according to estimates …
Heavy Rains Anticipated in New York City Today
NEW YORK, NY – Rain could blanket the Big Apple today as residents can expect showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2 pm, followed …
At least two die as heavy rains hit Slovenia, forcing evacuations
KAMNIK, Slovenia (Reuters) -At least two people died as torrential rains hit northern and western Slovenia on Friday, causing floods, cutting power and disrupting traffic. …
Exclusive-Ivory Coast halts cocoa forward sales as rains hit production
By Ange Aboa ABOISSO, Ivory Coast (Reuters) – Ivory Coast has stopped selling contracts for cocoa exports for the 2023-2024 season after heavy rains battered …
US Midwest drought expands, but forecast rains offer relief to crops
By Karl Plume CHICAGO (Reuters) – The most intense drought to hit the U.S. Midwest farm belt since 2012 deepened over the past week, sapping …
Heavy rains raise threat of powdery mildew for Jersey zucchini growers
After more than a month without rain, New Jersey gardeners this week are dealing with another problem. The arrival of spring rains and the conditions …
Coastal flooding anticipated as heavy rains continue at Jersey Shore
TOMS RIVER, NJ – The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook for inland areas of Ocean County, New Jersey on Sunday, April …
Heavy rains forecast for cyclone-hit areas of New Zealand
By Lewis Jackson (Reuters) – Parts of cyclone-stricken New Zealand could see heavy rains from Thursday as relief and recovery efforts continue and tens of …
Heavy rains and snow clobber California and more is on the way
By Rich McKay (Reuters) – Yet another “atmospheric river” of dense, moist tropical air will clobber California on Monday with rain and mountain snow – …
Heavy rains force road closures in Teaneck
TEANECK, NJ – Rain has forced the closure of several roads across Teaneck. Police are advising motorists to use caution and to plan alternative routes …
Analysis-Weak forint rains on Hungary’s ‘no more hikes’ parade
By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s central bank tightened forint liquidity further on Wednesday at a deposit tender as part of its latest efforts …
Floods, landslides kill dozens as monsoon rains lash northern, eastern India
By Saurabh Sharma and Jatindra Dash LUCKNOW/BHUBANESHWAR, India (Reuters) – Floods and landslides triggered by intense monsoon rains killed at least 50 people in northern …
Rains pounding New Zealand ease, more people forced from their homes
(Reuters) – Torrential rains eased on Saturday in New Zealand’s northern and central regions after four days of downpours forced hundreds of people from their …
Toyota deepens production cut for July to 5,200 vehicles on heavy rains
TOKYO – Heavy rains in western Japan will cost Toyota Motor Corp an additional 1,000 or so vehicles in lost production in July, the automaker …
Flooding in Pakistan kills dozens as heavy monsoon rains lash the country
By Gul Yousefzai QUETTA, Pakistan – Intense floods killed dozens of people and left hundreds homeless in Pakistan, officials said on Saturday, as heavy monsoon …
North Korean streets flooded as heavy rains exacerbate economic crisis
SEOUL – North Korean towns along the border with China were flooded this week after heavy rain, threatening to exacerbate an already critical food and …
U.S. rains unlikely to help smallest Oklahoma wheat crop since 2014
CHICAGO – Rains this week in the U.S. Plains arrived too late to help much of the winter wheat in Oklahoma, the No. 2 U.S. …
Heavy rains in Australia trigger fresh round of flood evacuations
SYDNEY -Heavy rains drenched east Australia on Tuesday, triggering evacuation orders for thousands of flood-weary residents for the second time this month as authorities warned …
Brazilian power sector to benefit from rains, despite higher oil prices – ONS
RIO DE JANEIRO – The improvement in the level of Brazil’s main hydroelectric reservoirs should ease the costs of operating the electricity system this year, …
Australia evacuates tens of thousands as heavy rains threaten Sydney
By Renju Jose and Kirsty Needham SYDNEY -Tens of thousands of Sydney residents were ordered to evacuate in the night on Wednesday as major flooding …