Showing posts with label storm damage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label storm damage. Show all posts

Monday, May 25, 2020

BANGLADESH - Cyclone of the Decade

"Millions in India and Bangladesh flee strongest cyclone in a decade" PBS NewsHour 5/20/2020

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SUMMARY:  A tropical cyclone is blasting India and Bangladesh, killing at least 14 people and destroying homes by the hundred.  The storm surged out of the Bay of Bengal Wednesday into a densely populated area that has been beset by the COVID-19 pandemic -- and the millions of people forced to flee their homes are taking refuge in crowded shelters where social distancing is impossible.  Judy Woodruff reports.



Monday, March 09, 2020

TORNADOES - Tennessee Twisters

"Deadly tornadoes leave central Tennessee in a state of shock" PBS NewsHour 3/3/2020

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SUMMARY:  At least 25 people were killed when tornadoes tore through central Tennessee early Tuesday.  The storms blasted downtown Nashville and damaged or destroyed at least 140 buildings, including some Super Tuesday polling stations.  Four counties reported storm-related deaths, hospitals treated dozens of injuries and rescue crews searched for missing people amid the rubble.  Stephanie Sy reports.



Monday, September 09, 2019

BAHAMAS - Hurricane Dorian

"Why Hurricane Dorian lingered for so long over the Bahamas" PBS NewsHour 9/3/2019

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SUMMARY:  Why did Hurricane Dorian, the strongest storm on record to hit the Bahamas, linger over the island nation for so long?  Ken Graham, director of the National Hurricane Center, joins Judy Woodruff to explain the "rare" conditions that kept the storm battering Grand Bahama for more than 20 hours, creating a “devastating” situation for residents, and shares the latest forecast for the southeastern U.S.




"Hurricane Dorian leaves ‘apocalyptic’ damage in the Bahamas" PBS NewsHour 9/4/2019

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SUMMARY:  The southeastern U.S. shoreline is watching Hurricane Dorian drive north, not far offshore.  The storm’s winds have dropped to 105 miles per hour, still plenty powerful but much less severe than those that blasted the northern Bahamas earlier this week.  John Yang reports and joins Judy Woodruff from Nassau with an update on a disaster whose scope of destruction is still coming into focus.

Monday, October 08, 2018

MIAMI - A Future Atlantis?

"Will climate change turn Miami into a ‘future Atlantis’?" PBS NewsHour 10/3/2018

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SUMMARY:  Florida research professors studying climate change have serious warnings for the Magic City.  They say that Miami’s buildings have come a long way in becoming more resistant to sustained, heavy winds.  However, the city’s infrastructure may not be prepared to protect it from a huge hurricane storm surge.  Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports.