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Flood outlook brightens

Morganza Spillway

The high water, fueled by rain and snowmelt, led the Army Corps of Engineers to open the Morganza Spillway to reduce the flood risk to Baton Rouge and New Orleans. The action has sent a torrent of water down the Atchafalaya River and its basin on its way to the Gulf of Mexico, threatening smaller ...

Weather Report

Weather Report

A Tornado Watch is issued when conditions are favorable for tornado development. People located in and around the watch area should keep an eye to the sky and listen to their NOAA Weather Radio all hazards or tune to local broadcast media for further weather information. The watch is intended information. The watch is ...

UPDATED: Weather forecast, school system early dismissals

Weather Forecast

The Jackson, Germantown/Olford and Hendersonville campuses of Union University closed at 3 p.m. today and will stay closed throughout the evening. The School of Pharmacy course on insomnia scheduled for tonight has been postponed until Feb. 3 at 7 p.m. The Bulldogs' and Lady Bulldogs' basketball games tonight will be played as scheduled. ...

Tarong Energy: No Danger To Wivenhoe Dam Power Station From Floodwaters

Wivenhoe Dam

SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--The Wivenhoe Dam built to protect the Australian city of Brisbane from catastrophic flooding is holding up in the face of record inflows in the weather-hit state of Queensland, the dam's operator said Tuesday. ...

Boston, NYC face blizzard warnings as storm system barrels north

Travel

(CNN) -- Snow fell in parts of the southeast Saturday, the leading edge of a powerful storm system that has prompted blizzard warnings in New York City and Boston and threatened to cause major travel headaches at the tail end of the holiday week. ...

Forth bridge shut as snow transport havoc grips Scotland

Edinburgh Airport

Scotland& 39;s transport system has been plunged into chaos with the roads, rails and runways all affected and the Forth Road Bridge closed. Edinburgh Airport ...

Haiti aid workers brace for Tomas flooding

Tomas Haiti

Aid workers in Haiti are scrambling to cope with a lack of supplies and the need to relocate residents as resurgent tropical storm Tomas approaches the earthquake-devastated country. ...

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