Global Hazards and Extremes


	Global Hazards and Extremes
Lubaska
5-10-2007 11:23 AM
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hazards, climate, flooding, snow, cyclones
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/cb163ed7-f989-4429-aeec-34e0dc147483/4FA10DC8-A85A-40A5-8F0D-46ADD084DD7B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/hazards/index.php" href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/hazards/index.php" style="font-size: 11px;">www.ncdc.noaa.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/hazards/index.php"><H2>National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/hazards/index.php"><H3>National Climatic Data Center</H3></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2007/apr/hazards.html" href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2007/apr/hazards.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.ncdc.noaa.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2007/apr/hazards.html"><H1>Hazards/Climate Extremes</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2007/apr/hazards.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/67E11046-ABAD-4953-8CF7-AC6BC00013E7" alt="Global Focus" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2007/apr/hazards.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/E4258A92-8CE2-45DE-BC88-5F003B73FA02" alt="Drought conditions" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2007/apr/hazards.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/48BFBE68-BB07-40F8-97B5-BB3FA88B7C26" alt="Heavy rainfall and flooding" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2007/apr/hazards.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/A81A77D1-CFD8-463B-86DC-374675D4A703" alt="Map of North Africa's Affected Areas" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2007/apr/hazards.html"><DIV align="justify">In North Africa, heavy rainfall during the last two weeks of April produced floodings that caused at least 22 deaths (IFRC).</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2007/apr/hazards.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/621B986E-8154-4D16-BB65-E4CAC928F184" alt="Severe Storms" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2007/apr/hazards.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/2E8D9189-98E3-4DD1-8F1B-130C2F7D176E" alt="Tropical Cyclones" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2007/apr/hazards.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/42AB3792-75E5-4A73-8871-6E4968133097" alt="Extratropical Cyclones" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2007/apr/hazards.html">A major storm system, otherwise known as a <A 
href="http://www.noaa.gov/questions/question_010901.html">Nor'easter</A>, moved 
up the Eastern Seaboard during the 15th-17th. Strong winds produced power 
outages that affected hundreds of thousands from South Carolina to Maine, while 
heavy rainfall generated flooding in areas of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2007/apr/hazards.html">A total of 17 deaths were attributed to the storm (Associated Press).</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2007/apr/hazards.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/B05592F5-3AA9-4730-8660-BC858D4CE88B" alt="Severe winter weather" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2007/apr/hazards.html"><DIV align="justify">A late season winter storm dumped nearly a foot of snow across areas of Maine on the 5th, snarling traffic and forcing governor Jim Baldacci to declare a state of emergency after at least 275,000 homes and businesses lost power (Reuters). <A href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2007/apr/rerpwm.txt">Portland recorded its fifth biggest snowstorm in April</A> for a 24-hour period.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2007/apr/hazards.html">Significant damages to the Carolina's crop were reported </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2007/apr/hazards.html">estimated $112 million in crop losses</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4FA10DC8-A85A-40A5-8F0D-46ADD084DD7B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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