3COM Weather Report: Deadly Storms Sweep South, Kill at Least Seven
01:44 p.m Mar 09, 1998 Eastern
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Reuters) - Deadly thunderstorms and tornadoes
pounded the southern United States Monday and in the Midwest heavy
snow cut off power to hundreds of thousands of people, closed schools
and caused traffic chaos.
In the South, at least seven people were killed after three days of
storms that sent a deluge of water that stretched from Louisiana to
Georgia. In the Midwest, four people died in weather-related traffic
accidents.
Authorities said the rising waters swept away cars and flooded homes
across a four-state region. In Alabama, earthen dams gave way under
the sheer weight of the pounding rain.
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Warmest, Wettest U.S. January-February Ever
02:22 p.m Mar 09, 1998 Eastern
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first two months of 1998 were the warmest
and wettest on record for the lower 48 U.S. states, based on 104 years
of weather data, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
said Monday.
''These record-breaking statistics are generally consistent with both
a strong El Nino and climate model projections of a continuing trend
toward a warmer and wetter world as greenhouse gases continue to
increase,'' said Tom Karl, senior scientist at the NOAA's Climate
Prediction Center.
The national average temperature during the January-February period
was 37.5 degrees Fahrenheit, compared with a normal 32.1 degrees, the
NOAA said. The previous record was 37.0 degrees in 1990.
Precipitation in the continental U.S. averaged 6.01 inches during the
period, almost two inches above normal, breaking the old record of 5.7
inches set in 1979, the NOAA said.
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I guess we're lucky to be on SI today, what with the blizzard
in Kansas yesterday.
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