Melissa, Hurricane and Storm of the Century
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Deadly storm shatters NYC rainfall records. Central Park sees highest total in more than 100 years
Central Park saw its highest rainfall total in more than 100 years, while LaGuardia and Newark airports also topped their previous records.
An outside view showed cloudy blue skies off to the side of the aircraft while the crew plowed into the heart of Hurricane Melissa, which had wreaked havoc throughout the Caribbean islands.
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Flash flooding kills 2 in New York City as powerful storm system now blasts region with strong winds
Two people were killed in New York City on Thursday when an intense line of storms dumped torrential rain across the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, triggering widespread flash flooding.
Hurricane Melissa could bring 13 feet of storm surge to Jamaica. CNN’s Kate Bolduan uses a visualization to show what 10 feet of storm surge looks like.
A nasty storm is making its way through New York City. Flood warning NYC The National Weather Service issued a flood warning for Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx Thursday afternoon through 5:30 p.
Another potential coastal storm is looming for the Southeastern U.S., just days after a different storm brought coastal flooding, heavy rain and strong winds to much of the East Coast.
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN
A Storm Battered Western Alaska, Scattering Thousands of Indigenous Artifacts Across the Sand
Quinhagak, a small community near the Kuskokwim Bay of the Bering Sea, was largely spared from the most severe damage. However, the storm may have caused irreparable harm to the community’s archaeological history: It stripped away as much as 60 feet of shoreline, churning up thousands of delicate artifacts in the process.
Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica on October 28 as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to ever make landfall on the island nation. The storm’s rapid intensification over unusually warm Caribbean waters highlights a trend scientists have long warned about,