Thai Flooding Disrupts Japanese Auto Production October 27, 2011 By YURI KAGEYAMA Toyota and other major automakers have begun scaling back production because of parts shortages from suppliers in flood-afflicted Thailand, just...
Drought, Flooding Cause Hard Times for Farmers in Arkansas, Louisiana October 20, 2011 In a year when severe drought scorched the Southwest, a hurricane drowned crops in the East, and river flooding swamped...
Kentucky Coal Company Sued Over Flooding Death October 13, 2011 A lawsuit filed by residents in southeastern Kentucky blames a mining company’s surface mining practices for stoking a flood that...
Iowa County Faces Park Damage from Summer Storm October 12, 2011 Dubuque County recreation areas face over $600,000 in damage from heavy rains that caused major flooding this summer. Storms dumped...
Cat Report: Asia Monsoon Economic Losses Near $7B October 5, 2011 Seasonal monsoonal rains triggered significant flooding and landslide events throughout parts of Asia in September totaling nearly $7 billion in...
December Service Promised on Irene-Wrecked New York Rails September 29, 2011 The Metro-North Railroad says service will resume along the length of the Port Jervis line by the end of the...
Pounding Typhoon Rains Flood Philippine Capital September 28, 2011 By HRVOJE HRANJSKI and JIM GOMEZ Manila residents waded through waist-deep floodwaters and dodged flying debris Tuesday as a powerful typhoon struck the Philippines, killing at...
Hurricane Irene Cost to Vermont Could Top $1 Billion September 23, 2011 Vermont’s governor said Tropical Storm Irene could cost the tiny state more than $1 billion. Gov. Peter Shumlin said that...
Typhoon Passes Japan Tsunami Zone, Heads North September 23, 2011 By YURI KAGEYAMA A powerful typhoon that left at least 13 people dead or missing, paralyzed commuter trains and dumped rain on tsunami-ravaged...
Arkansas Residents Lose Suit Against Union Pacific September 23, 2011 A group of Beebe residents who sued Union Pacific over claims the railroad was responsible for flooding in their subdivision...