Weather extremes wither LA, drown Texas
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Barring a surprise arrival of the kind of gully washers Texas is getting these days, Los Angeles' driest year in 130 years of record-keeping will go into the books this weekend.
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The 13th named storm of the 2004 hurricane season weakened after moving into Southern Louisiana on Sunday. Tropical storm Matthew caused scattered flooding as heavy rain drenched the area.
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Tropical Storm Humberto formed off the Texas coast Wednesday, promising to bring more rain and possibly flooding to a state coming off one of the wettest summers in more than 50 years.
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Severe winter storms that battered downtown Los Angeles last week dumped more rain on the city than fell throughout the whole of 2007, National Weather Service figures showed Tuesday.
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Much of the nation was clear Sunday, except for pockets of precipitation in Texas, the Carolinas, Florida and parts of California.
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Southern California, already soaked from more than a week of downpours, was hit with more rain and snow.
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Europe battled weather extremes late Monday as heavy rain sparked the worst flooding in England in 60 years, while the south and east of the continent was roasting in a heatwave that claimed several lives.
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By Bill Hanna, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Sep. 13--WYLIE -- Don't let last week's rain and the recent cooler weather fool you: North Texas is still in the middle of a severe drought.
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24 -- In a disaster driven more than anything by wind, the breezes dying across Southern California on Wednesday translated into rising hope.
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Met ireann has issued a severe weather warning and forecasts gusts of up to 100 m.p.h. in exposed parts of the west and south this evening.
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South Texas awoke to a rare blanket of snow Saturday, when up to 13 inches shattered records for the region. The deep freeze brought Victoria, Texas, its first white Christmas in 86 years and snarled holiday plans for thousands of travelers.
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A tropical storm warning was issued Wednesday for parts of the Texas and Louisiana coasts as a tropical depression intensified in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Much of Southern California was pounded Wednesday by a powerful storm that dumped as much as a foot of rain in the mountains of Los Angeles County.
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Torrents of rain flooded homes in central Texas, forcing residents to flee for higher ground as downpours were set to continue into Thursday, media and forecasters said.
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The first two weeks of the year were the rainiest in the history of Los Angeles, as nearly 17 inches fell and all of the state's major insurance companies declared a "catastrophe." Highways closed, hillsides collapsed and at least 15 people died across Southern California.
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Strong winds and torrential rain cause havoc, with warnings of more "exceptionally severe" weather to come.
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An oppressive heat wave eased a bit in some parts of the West, but forecasters predicted little relief in the days ahead for a region where many cities have baked in triple-digit temperatures.