Dead zone off Ore. needs storms to break
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The dead zone of oxygen-depleted water that has been killing crabs and fish along the central Oregon Coast is showing the first signs of breaking up, but will likely remain in place until fall storms move in next month.
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By SUDDABY, Reon  A very dry summer and high temperatures have the region's fire crews on alert -- and hoping for rain. Reon Suddaby reports.   --------------------   Fire crews are on high alert as the Waikato bakes in one of the driest summers on record.
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By WEATHER UNDERGROUND  A strong storm moved through the Central Plains toward the Great Lakes Friday, spawning tornadoes and causing damage in Missouri.  Cool rain showers fell north of the system stretching from Montana to the Great Lakes.
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By Dan Voelpel, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Jun. 24--In meteorological terms, we have a new extended outlook on that whopper of a Wi-Fi cloud predicted to materialize over Pierce County -- it's no longer in the forecast.
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By DANA BARTHOLOMEW\\ Staff Writer  Blame the freeze. Blame the record dry spell. Whatever the cause, hills covered with tinder-dry brush could easily go up in smoke unless they see some rain -- soon.
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four storms that have left more than 1,300 people dead or missing as residents scrambled to flee the region. take them away from the devastation caused by four storms in two weeks.
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The commercial real estate marketplace weathers the storm.
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Extreme weather leaves thousands of homes without electricity.
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By Karen Nelson, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Dec. 11--OCEAN SPRINGS -- The surge-damaged home of Robert Wiygul and Julia Weaver will be dismantled in January and many of its parts distributed to Coast people who need building materials.   It could start a trend.
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Powerful storms with rain and strong winds left nearly half a million homes and businesses without power early Thursday as the region braced for another day of 100-degree heat. Power officials said it could take five days to restore electricity.
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The Washington region struggled to recover yesterday from the deadly northeaster that knocked out power to tens of thousands, closed schools and airports, and clogged roads with snow, sleet, ice and slush.
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With bad weather expected to descend on Mount Hood, the chance for the climbersâ survival is diminishing.
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By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla.  Feb. 17--Hurricanes are driving Philip Lofe out of Destin and into the mountains. "We have no protection anymore," Lofe, the manager of Jetty East Condominiums, said in an interview about the building's eroded waterfront.
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Firefighters racing the weather for control of a turbulent wildfire near this popular resort got a break Wednesday as high winds forecast to arrive by early afternoon held off, giving crews time to shore up their defenses.
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Blinding snow and powerful winds blasting Mount Hood hindered teams searching for three lost climbers Wednesday, as forecasters warned that a new storm could bring gusts of 100 mph, followed by a deep freeze.
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By Craig Hill, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Dec. 19--Point Defiance's Five Mile Drive was so battered by last week's windstorm, it could be closed until mid-January.
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NORTH COUNTY ---- County agencies are bracing for a winter storm that could drop up to 6 inches of rain in the mountains in two days, a National Weather Service forecaster said.