Tropical Storm Lee

Scientists Warn NY Must Prepare For Climate Change NOW

AP | Mary Esch | Posted 11.16.2011

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By Mary Esch ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Devastating floods like those caused in upstate New York by the remnants of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee...

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After Flood, Town Laments Lack Of Levee

AP | By MICHAEL RUBINKAM | Posted 11.21.2011

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WEST PITTSTON, Pa. -- Shoveling river mud from what remains of his dry-cleaning business, Chris Economopolous had some choice words for opponents of a...

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Gulf Oil Spill Not Breaking Down That Fast, Study Finds

AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 11.20.2011

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Tar balls washed onto Gulf of Mexico beaches by Tropical Storm Lee earlier this month show that oil left over from last year'...

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Biden Surveys Flood-Damaged Community In Pennsylvania

AP | By MICHAEL RUBINKAM | Posted 11.16.2011

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DURYEA, Pa. -- Returning to the area where he spent his childhood, Vice President Joe Biden on Friday promised the federal government will help reside...

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School Buses Stop At Hotels As Fire-Ravaged Texas Town Goes Back To School

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 11.12.2011

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BASTROP, Texas — Paying attention in class may never have been so hard for children who started school Monday after the most-destructive wildfir...

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Missing Arctic Sea Ice: Wake-Up Call

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 11.12.2011

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On September 8, the North Pole's ice cover shrank to 1.64 million square miles. Moreover, air temperatures were 2 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit higher than average over the Arctic at 3,300 feet above the surface.

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Northeast Turns To Flood Recovery After Lee

AP | By MARK SCOLFORO and MICHAEL RUBINKAM | Posted 11.12.2011

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HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Recovery efforts in the aftermath of flooding from Tropical Storm Lee focused Monday on reopening roads and bridges, cleaning the g...

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Susquehanna River Receding, Levees In 'Extreme Stress'

AP | MARK SCOLFORO and MICHAEL RUBINKAM | Posted 11.09.2011

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BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — The swollen Susquehanna River began returning to its banks Friday in Pennsylvania and New York after swamping thousands of hom...

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Sewage-Tainted Floodwaters Threaten Public Health

AP | By DAVE GRAM | Posted 11.09.2011

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MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Nasty floodwaters from the remnants of storms Lee and Irene – tainted with sewage and other toxins – threaten public he...

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Storm Soaks Northeast, Causes Road Closures, Evacuations

AP | MICHAEL RUBINKAM and MICHAEL HILL | Posted 11.08.2011

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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — The remnants of Tropical Storm Lee poured water on top of the already soaked Northeast on Thursday, closing hundreds of road...

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Tropical Storm Lee's Remnants Bring Fresh Flood Worries To East Coast

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 11.07.2011

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WINDHAM, N.Y. — Drenched and dispirited, East Coast residents recovering from Hurricane Irene were stuck under the chugging remnants of Tropical...

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About 60 Percent Of Gulf Oil Still Shut After Lee

AP | Posted 11.06.2011

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NEW ORLEANS -- Federal regulators say about 60 percent of the normal daily oil production in the Gulf of Mexico is still turned off following the pass...

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Tar Balls On Alabama Beaches To Be Tested

AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 11.06.2011

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GULF SHORES, Ala. — Heavy surf churned up by Tropical Storm Lee sent tar balls rolling onto Alabama's prime tourist beaches, and officials said ...

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Lee's Remnants Cause Twisters, Flooding In South

AP | BILL POOVEY | Posted 11.06.2011

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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Disorganized yet deadly, the leftovers from Tropical Storm Lee spread farther inland Tuesday, soaking much of the East Coas...

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Tropical Depression Lee Still Poses Flood Threat In South

AP | HOLBROOK MOHR and DORIE TURNER | Posted 11.05.2011

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ATLANTA — The slow-moving remnants of Tropical Storm Lee dumped rain across the South and whipped up twisters that damaged dozens of Georgia hom...

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Tropical Storm Lee Hits Gulf Coast Shores

AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 11.04.2011

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SAUCIER, Miss. — Lee dumped more than a foot of rain in New Orleans and spun off tornadoes elsewhere Sunday as its center came ashore in a slow ...

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Tropical Storm Lee Begins Pelting Gulf Coast

AP | MARY FOSTER | Posted 11.03.2011

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JEAN LAFITTE, La. — Bands of heavy rain and strong wind gusts from Tropical Storm Lee knocked out power to thousands in Louisiana and Mississipp...

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2011: The Year Of The U.S. Natural Disaster

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 11.03.2011

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WASHINGTON — Nature is pummeling the United States this year with extremes. Unprecedented triple-digit heat and devastating drought. Deadly tor...

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Tropical Storm Lee Threatens Gulf Coast With Heavy Rain

AP | Posted 11.02.2011

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MIAMI — A large storm system churning in the Gulf Of Mexico grew Friday into Tropical Storm Lee, beginning a Labor Day weekend-long assault that...

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New Life-Threatening Flooding Threat From Tropical Storm Lee

Paul Yeager | Posted 11.02.2011

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If there is one thing that we learned from Hurricane Irene, it's that a tropical storm or hurricane doesn't have to have the highest winds in order to cause massive damage.

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Tropical Storm Warnings Issued Along Gulf Coast

AP | JANET MCCONNAUGHEY | Posted 11.01.2011

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By JANET MCCONNAUGHEY, The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A large storm system churning in the Gulf Of Mexico grew Friday into Tropical Storm...

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