Tue, May 22, 2012
By Ian Simpson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fake electronic parts are widespread in key U.S. military systems and threaten national security, with China the top ...
Wed, May 02, 2012
By Ben Berkowitz
(Reuters) - Federal officials are putting fresh pressure on Congress to take action on the National Flood Insurance Program, whose authorization expires ...
Sat, March 31, 2012
By Sinsiri Tiwutanond
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Thu, March 08, 2012
By Eva Kuehnen and Annika Breidthardt
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank signaled its policy course was slowly turning on Thursday, delivering a surprise ...
Thu, January 12, 2012
KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - The body of a Missouri state trooper swept away by flood waters this past summer was recovered Thursday afternoon, authorities ...
Sat, December 24, 2011
By Julie Steenhuysen and Jilian Mincer
CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - On a recent shift at a Chicago emergency department, Dr. William Sullivan treated a ...
Fri, December 09, 2011
By Lindsey Konkel
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Contrary to previous reports, a new study of people in rural Bangladesh found little increased risk of ...
Fri, December 02, 2011
By Ben Berkowitz
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two members of the Senate have revived the debate over the federal government's flood insurance program, with ...
Sun, November 27, 2011
By Diego Ore
CARACAS (Reuters) - Two thousand children in 23 bands played brass instruments and sang in choirs at metro stations across Caracas on ...
Sat, November 26, 2011
By Diego Ore
CARACAS (Reuters) - Two thousand children in 23 bands played brass instruments and sang in choirs at metro stations across Caracas on ...
Thu, November 17, 2011
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Thu, September 29, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An obstinate storm hugging the mid-Atlantic region in recent weeks is now embracing the Northeast, where relentless rain predicted through the ...
Fri, September 23, 2011
By Ben Berkowitz
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The federal program that insures homes against flood damage expires next Friday and is at risk of not ...
Thu, September 08, 2011
By Lisa Lambert
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate committee advanced a bill to approve billions of dollars in funding for national flood insurance just weeks ...
Mon, September 05, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Still mopping up after tropical storm Irene, Vermont and other Northeastern states were placed under a flash flood watch on Monday ...
Sun, September 04, 2011
By Kathy Finn
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - New post-Katrina flood protection systems in New Orleans and surrounding areas were performing "very well" Sunday, in what ...
Sun, September 04, 2011
By Matt Spetalnick
PATERSON, New Jersey (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Sunday urged Republicans not to play politics with federal disaster aid as he ...
Tue, August 30, 2011
By Ben Berkowitz
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The only thing worse than getting flooded out of your home once is getting flooded out of it ...
Tue, August 30, 2011
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amtrak has completed cleanup and repairs from Hurricane Irene and plans to restore most service for its primary trains in the Northeast ...
Sun, August 21, 2011
By Scott Malone
LUDLOW, Vermont (Reuters) - Residents of several Northeast states approached the Labor Day holiday weekend mired in mud and stuck in the ...
Sat, August 20, 2011
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - A flash flood killed at least three people in Pittsburgh late on Friday, and the body of a possible fourth victim has ...
Sat, August 20, 2011
By Daniel Lovering
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Severe storms hit the Midwest on Saturday and are expected later in the Northeast, where flash flooding killed at ...
Fri, August 19, 2011
OMAHA (Reuters) - A united delegation of Missouri River basin governors said on Friday that the Army Corps of Engineers needs to make flood control ...
Thu, August 18, 2011
By Andrew Quinn
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has offered North Korea up to $900,000 in emergency flood assistance but has made no ...
Thu, August 18, 2011
By Karen Brettell
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury prices soared on Thursday and benchmark 10-year note yields fell below 2 percent for the ...
Fri, August 12, 2011
By David Hendee
OMAHA, Neb (Reuters) - This year's flooding along the Missouri River has eroded bridges and roadbed on Interstate Highway 29 in ...
Wed, August 03, 2011
KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - A search continued on Wednesday for a Missouri state trooper believed swept up in flood waters.
The trooper went missing ...
Thu, July 28, 2011
By Katy Migiro
NAIROBI, July 28 (AlertNet) - Thousands of Somalis fleeing drought, famine and war have started moving into a new extension of the ...
Wed, July 20, 2011
By Laura Zuckerman
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A Colorado woman and her three young daughters were killed on Tuesday when their car was swept into ...
Wed, July 13, 2011
By Mitch Phillips
LONDON (Reuters) - There will be a huge depth of golfing knowledge amid the galleries of Royal St George's this week ...
Mon, July 11, 2011
By Dennis J. Carroll
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - The monsoons arrived on schedule in northern New Mexico on Monday, bringing with them the ...
Sat, July 02, 2011
By Michael Avok
YANKTON, South Dakota (Reuters) - It may not be Niagara Falls but the spillway at the Gavins Point Dam near here has ...
Thu, June 30, 2011
By Carolyn Cohn and Sujata Rao
LONDON (Reuters) - Emerging market debt issuance has soared in the first six months of 2011, driven by heavy ...
Tue, June 28, 2011
By Michael Avok
FORT CALHOUN, Neb (Reuters) - Two Nebraska nuclear power plants have planned properly to protect themselves from the swollen Missouri River and ...
Sun, June 26, 2011
By Michael Avok
BROWNVILLE, Neb (Reuters) - Residents near a nuclear plant on the rain-swollen Missouri River were largely unconcerned about any potential safety risks ...
Sat, June 25, 2011
By Geoff Davidian
MINOT, North Dakota (Reuters) - The world seemed to disappear before the eyes of U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Theron Griffin ...
Fri, June 24, 2011
By Geoff Davidian and Neil Roberts
MINOT, North Dakota (Reuters) - School may be out for summer but Associate Professor Robert Kibler remains at Minot ...
Tue, June 21, 2011
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Officials ordered the evacuation of more than a quarter of the residents of North Dakota's fourth largest city of Minot, where ...
Fri, June 17, 2011
By David Hendee
OMAHA, Neb (Reuters) - The Fort Calhoun nuclear power station in Nebraska remains shut down due to Missouri River flooding, but the ...
Fri, June 10, 2011
By Richard Leong
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The flood of Federal Reserve money that has supported Wall Street and the rest of the U.S ...
Sun, May 15, 2011
By Suzi Parker
GREENVILLE, Mississippi (Reuters) - Matt Eaton has lived his entire life on the Mississippi River, and it's in his blood.
Now ...
Wed, May 11, 2011
By Erwin Seba
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Valero Energy Corp's and Motiva Enterprises refineries in St. Charles Parish Louisiana, west of New Orleans, will be ...
Wed, May 11, 2011
ST. PAUL, Min. (MNN) - The White House has signed a disaster declaration for 20 counties in Minnesota after spring flooding. The declaration means FEMA ...
Tue, May 10, 2011
By Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - More than a third of the inhabitants of a tiny native village in Alaska have been evacuated after ...
Tue, May 10, 2011
By Karl Plume
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Nearly 3 million acres of farm land in three southern U.S. states have been submerged by flood waters ...
Sun, May 08, 2011
By Suzi Parker
VILONIA, Arkansas (Reuters) - People are skittish in this small town of 3,000 residents.
On April 25, a nasty tornado touched ...
Fri, May 06, 2011
James Bond actor Daniel Craig and his co-stars, including Harrison Ford and Sam Rockwell, were shooting scenes for the upcoming action movie in the ...
Wed, May 04, 2011
By Doug Palmer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tens of billions of dollars of Chinese investment could flood into the United States in the next decade, creating ...
Mon, May 02, 2011
By Mary Wisniewski
BIRDS POINT, Mo (Reuters) - Flames shot up and a loud boom was heard on Monday as the U.S. government blew ...
Fri, April 29, 2011
UNDATED (MNN) - High water is slowly leaving the Red River Valley in northwestern Minnesota. While levels are still very high, travel is improving. The ...
Tue, April 19, 2011
ST. PAUL, Min. (MNN) - From north to south, up to 35 counties across Minnesota are being examined in their quest for federal flood assistance ...
Thu, April 14, 2011
GRAND FORKS, North Dakota (Reuters) - Flood fighters patrolled strained levees on a Red River tributary and an old dam on a northwest North Dakota ...
Tue, April 12, 2011
GRAND FORKS, ND (MNN) - Sunshine on Tuesday is welcome relief for the flood-soaked Red River Valley in northwestern Minnesota. Major flooding continues from Breckenridge ...
Sat, April 09, 2011
FARGO, North Dakota (Reuters) - The focus shifted on Monday away from cities toward fighting flooding around smaller communities that have become islands in the ...
Thu, April 07, 2011
ST. PAUL, Min. (MNN) - More than half of Minnesota's counties are under a state of emergency today after a declaration by Governor Mark ...
Fri, April 01, 2011
CHANHASSEN, Min. (MNN) - April is underway and with it comes the threat of another storm which could boost levels along many Minnesota rivers next ...
Mon, March 28, 2011
CHANHASSEN, Min. (MNN) - Early spring flooding has been subdued by cool, dry weather across Minnesota and that situation should hold steady through midweek. Forecasters ...
Fri, March 25, 2011
By Brianna Ehley
FARGO, North Dakota (Reuters) - The chance of record Red River flooding at Fargo, North Dakota this spring has grown to nearly ...
Thu, March 24, 2011
(Undated) -- As floodwaters rise, emergency management operations officially began today at the Minnesota Department of Public Safety headquarters in St. Paul. Officials say the ...
Tue, March 15, 2011
Minnesota Governor Dayton is holding preparedness meetings in two cities that could see major flooding this spring. Today's meetings will be held in ...
Mon, March 14, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Flood waters in northern New Jersey slowly retreated on Monday, although the hardest-hit spots are likely to remain inundated through the ...
Fri, March 11, 2011
By Ransdell Pierson
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. health authorities will take over supervision of three Johnson & Johnson manufacturing plants after the healthcare giant ...
Fri, March 11, 2011
By Kevin Drawbaugh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As a tsunami bore down on the western United States, a congressional panel explored ways to fix the broken ...
Thu, March 10, 2011
By Ransdell Pierson
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Health authorities will take over supervision of three Johnson & Johnson manufacturing plants after the healthcare giant failed to ...
Wed, March 09, 2011
By Kevin Drawbaugh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress is pulling on its hip waders again to try to rescue a government policy wreck left over from ...
Thu, March 03, 2011
By Kevin Drawbaugh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Draft legislation to overhaul the U.S. National Flood Insurance Program will be unveiled next week, said the Republican ...
Fri, February 18, 2011
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A large stretch of the north central United States is at risk of moderate to major flooding this spring given saturated ground ...
Mon, January 31, 2011
By Michael Georgy
MIR HASSAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Raja Hussain, 10, still sees flood waters roaring toward his farming village most nights. They sound like ...
Fri, January 28, 2011
The actor was among the guests at the G'Day USA event, which honoured stars including Bee Gees legend Barry Gibb and actress Abbie ...
Mon, January 24, 2011
The TV titan headed Down Under last month (Dec10) to film a number of special episodes of her talk show in the country to ...
Fri, January 21, 2011
The Brit was due to open one of his Ministry of Food Centres in Ipswich, Queensland in March (11) to provide cookery lessons and ...
Mon, January 17, 2011
The state of Queensland has been battered by heavy rains in recent weeks and the rising water levels have led to a mass evacuation ...
Sat, January 15, 2011
By Ian Ransom
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and other top tennis players hammed it up in exhibition matches on the eve of ...
Thu, January 13, 2011
By Sergio Queiroz
TERESOPOLIS, Brazil (Reuters) - Rescue workers dug desperately for survivors on Thursday and struggled to reach areas cut off by raging floods ...
Thu, January 13, 2011
Thousands of families were evacuated and 41 areas of Queensland were declared natural disaster zones last month (Dec10) as rising waters blighted communities and ...
Tue, January 04, 2011
Thousands of families have been evacuated and 41 areas of Queensland declared natural disaster zones as downpours continue to blight communities and cut off ...
Wed, November 24, 2010
The Tomb Raider star, who owns a house in Italy's north-east Veneto region with partner Brad Pitt, has reportedly donated cash after the ...
Tue, November 02, 2010
(Grand Forks, MN) -- River levels are still rising in parts of northwestern Minnesota this morning. The Red River around East Grand Forks and north ...
Thu, October 28, 2010
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Garth Brooks, the all-time best-selling star in country music, will hold a benefit concert December 17 for victims of Tennessee's ...
Wed, October 20, 2010
(St. Paul, MN) -- About 50-million-dollars, along with federal recently approved disaster relief money, will be used to improve roads after flooding across Minnesota. Mn-DOT ...
Tue, October 19, 2010
(St. Paul, MN) -- Governor Pawlenty has signed an 80-million-dollar flood relief package for southern Minnesota, complimenting lawmakers on both sides of the aisle on ...
Tue, October 19, 2010
(St. Paul, MN) -- Governor Pawlenty has signed an 80-million-dollar flood relief package for southern Minnesota, complimenting lawmakers on both sides of the aisle on ...
Thu, October 14, 2010
By Andrew Quinn
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Pakistan needs to do more to help itself recover from this year's floods, and not merely rely on ...
Thu, October 14, 2010
(Chanhassen, MN) -- The National Weather Service reports, while there's still high water lingering around central and southern Minnesota, all flood warnings have been ...
Mon, October 11, 2010
(Chanhassen, MN) -- The water is still high over much of southern Minnesota but there should be an end to the flood warnings within the ...
Wed, October 06, 2010
(St. Paul, MN) -- Governor Pawlenty plans to call the legislature back to St. Paul for a one-day special session next Monday to deal with ...
Fri, October 01, 2010
(St. Paul, MN) -- Some roads along the river in Minnesota's Capital City are now closed as the Mississippi has passed flood stage. Forecasters ...
Thu, September 30, 2010
(Chanhassen, MN) -- The month of September will end with a slew of continued flood warnings. The Minnesota River is still at major flood stage ...
Tue, September 28, 2010
(St. Paul, MN) -- The Minnesota Attorney General's office is urging flood victims to be on the lookout for potential home repair scams. Signs ...
Mon, September 27, 2010
(St. Paul, MN) -- Governor Tim Pawlenty says he'll call the legislature into special session early next month to address flood damage in southern ...
Fri, September 24, 2010
(Various) -- The Red Cross has opened shelters in Elgin, Owatonna, Rochester, Zumbrota and Pine Island for people displaced from their homes by floodwaters. Red ...
Wed, September 22, 2010
The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for much of northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin from noon on Thursday until late Thursday ...
Fri, September 17, 2010
By Louis Charbonneau
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations asked member states Friday for $2 billion to help Pakistan recover from massive floods that ...
Wed, September 15, 2010
By Michael Georgy
MAKLI, Pakistan (Reuters) - The United States tried to showcase on Wednesday its relief efforts for flood victims in Pakistan, an ally ...
Sat, September 11, 2010
By Asim Tanveer
MEHMOOD KOT, Pakistan (Reuters) - Having offered Eid prayers on Saturday in a tiny, shattered mosque, Mohammad Sadiq is firmer in his ...
Thu, September 09, 2010
The Tomb Raider star has already handed over $100,000 (£66,666) of her own money to help those worst affected by the disaster ...
Tue, September 07, 2010
By Morteza Nikoubaz
JALLOZAI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie called on Tuesday for constant and long-term assistance for Pakistan to help it cope ...
Sat, September 04, 2010
By Rebecca Conway
MEHMOOD KOT, Pakistan (Reuters) - Crime and the sale of donated aid supplies are undermining the aid effort for Pakistan's flood ...
Thu, September 02, 2010
By Augustine Anthony
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Dismal conditions in flood-hit areas in southwest Pakistan could force thousands of Pakistanis and Afghan refugees to cross the ...
Wed, August 25, 2010
By Robert Birsel
SUKKUR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Tauda, a mother of four, fell sick with stomach cramps and diarrhea in a camp for flood victims ...
Mon, August 23, 2010
The actress, who is a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations (U.N.), called for her fans to help raise funds for the Pakistani ...
Wed, August 18, 2010
By Michael Georgy
CHARSADDA, Pakistan (Reuters) - As Pakistan's floodwaters rushed into Bakhmina Said's mud-brick home, she grabbed medical records of her daughter ...
Sun, July 25, 2010
By James Kelleher and Greg McCune
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Large swathes of the United States suffered another day of extreme weather on Sunday, with hot ...
Wed, July 21, 2010
BEIJING (Reuters) - Southern China is bracing for its second powerful storm in less than a week, as the death toll from floods and landslides ...
Mon, June 28, 2010
(Undated) -- The National Weather Service has issued flood warnings around the Cottonwood, Minnesota, and Redwood Rivers in nine south-central Minnesota counties. Heavy rains over ...
Sat, June 26, 2010
BEIJING (Reuters) - Workers struggled to repair a broken dyke in south China where persistent heavy rains and devastating floods have so far left at ...
Fri, June 11, 2010
By Shannon Stapleton
LANGLEY, Ark (Reuters) - Search crews recovered 18 bodies and were hunting for others on Saturday along a 10-mile stretch of river ...
Wed, June 02, 2010
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nashville's country music mecca the Grand Ole Opry is expected to reopen on October 1 after a $17 million renovation ...
Mon, May 10, 2010
By Ray Waddell
NASHVILLE (Billboard) - The devastating flood that ravaged Middle Tennessee during the first weekend in May pushed water from the swollen Cumberland ...
Fri, May 07, 2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Representative Barney Frank introduced legislation on Friday to extend the National Flood Insurance Program through September, which would give Congress more time ...
Thu, May 06, 2010
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Tennessee sustained more than $1 billion in flood damage just in the private sector, and many homeowners likely were not insured ...
Wed, April 28, 2010
By Kevin Drawbaugh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to overhaul the troubled National Flood Insurance Program, which covers more than five million homes and businesses ...
Wed, March 31, 2010
By David Fogarty, Climate Change Correspondent, Asia
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Scientists say they have found the trigger of a sharp cooling 13,000 years ago ...
Thu, March 18, 2010
PIERCE COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Flood warnings are in effect on the Mississippi and St. Croix rivers in Pierce County in far western Wisconsin. The ...
Thu, March 18, 2010
(Moorhead, MN) -- The Red River is expected to crest at around 38-feet at Fargo-Moorhead by late Sunday into early Monday. Downstream, the Red should ...
Tue, March 16, 2010
By Rod Nickel
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - The Red River rose closer, as expected, to causing major flooding at Fargo, North Dakota, on Tuesday, rising ...
Mon, March 15, 2010
By Meredith Davis
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Residents of Fargo, North Dakota, rushed on Wednesday to protect their city from the rising Red River which is ...
Wed, March 10, 2010
(St. Paul, MN) -- Governor Pawlenty isn't waiting for Minnesota's rivers to start overflowing. The Governor has sent a letter to the president ...
Tue, March 09, 2010
(St. Paul, MN) -- Everything is "flood-ready" at the Army Corps of Engineers. If need be, the St. Paul office can deploy about 100 personnel ...
Mon, March 08, 2010
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Rains and warmer weather this week could trigger flooding in portions of the Midwest grain belt, prompting concerns of delays to field ...
Fri, October 30, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A huge influx of "erroneous" orders prevented the New York Stock Exchange from disseminating quotes shortly after the start of trading ...
Thu, October 01, 2009
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines ordered the evacuation of people living in low-lying coastal areas on Friday as a "super typhoon" threatened devastation a week ...
Wed, September 23, 2009
By Matthew Bigg
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Flooding in north Georgia that killed nine people caused $250 million worth of damage to property and tens of ...
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