Weather Story - Sacramento, CA

Cooler temperatures are in store for the region for the remainder of the week. The arrival of a cold and deep low pressure system on is forecast on Wednesday. This system will drop valley temperatures into the mid 70's and bring light precipitation to higher terrain, including the Coastal Range and the Sierra Nevada, as well as to portions of the Central and Northern Sacramento valley.


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  • Wildfires spark evacuation in Colorado (AFP)

    Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:30:40 GMT

    Some 3,500 people were evacuated after a rushing wildfire swept through part of the western US state of Colorado, destroying a number of homes, officials said on Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Some 3,500 people were evacuated after a rushing wildfire swept through part of the western US state of Colorado, destroying a number of homes, officials said on Tuesday.


  • Democrats Face GOP Election Day Tsunami in House, Senate (Time.com)

    Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:10:00 GMT

    FILE - In this April 5, 2010 file photo, House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, right, accompanied by House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Va., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner could walk down most U.S. streets anonymously. But the perpetually tanned golf lover, who grew up in a Cincinnati family of 14, could become the next House speaker and the GOP leader of opposition to President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)Time.com - There are still 60 days to go before Election Day but the smart money -- lots of it -- is on the GOP winning very, very big


  • Hermine lashes south Texas, 3 other storms possible (Reuters)

    Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:40:50 GMT

    Tropical Storm Hermine in a satellite image taken September 7, 2010. REUTERS/NOAAReuters - Tropical Storm Hermine barely maintained its tropical storm status on Tuesday as 40 mile per hour winds kept lashing south Texas and the storm moved further inland about 15 miles south-southeast of San Antonio, Texas, the National Hurricane Center said.


  • Hermine slams northeast Mexico, swirls into US (AFP)

    Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:58:22 GMT

    Relatives of a landslide victim take the coffin to a church for a funeral in Nueva Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan, Solola, west of Guatemala City. Powerful Tropical Storm Hermine slammed into far northeastern Mexico and then barreled into US territory, threatening storm surges, flash floods and tornadoes on both sides of the border.(AFP/Johan Ordonez)AFP - Powerful Tropical Storm Hermine slammed into far northeastern Mexico and then barreled into US territory early Tuesday, threatening storm surges, flash floods and tornadoes on both sides of the border.


  • The nation's weather (AP)

    Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:43:20 GMT

    In the national weather forecast for Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010,A vigorous storm will push across the Upper Great Lakes with significant rain and thunderstorms. Meanwhile, showers and storms will persist in southeastern Texas coast and southern Florida, while showers return to the Pacific Northwest. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)AP - Tropical Storm Hermine was forecast to continue losing strength as it moved over southern Texas and northeastern Mexico on Tuesday.


  • Erratic global weather threatens food security (AFP)

    Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:30:52 GMT

    Flooded farm land of southern Punjab in Pakistan. Eight million people in Pakistan remain dependent on handouts for their survival after monsoons caused devastating floods throughout the country.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - The drought in Russia and floods in Pakistan are part of a global trend of unpredictable weather patterns and rainfall that threaten food security, experts gathered in Stockholm said.


  • Tropical Storm Hermine crosses into Texas (AP)

    Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:05:43 GMT

    This NOAA GOES National Weather Service satellite image shows tropical storm Hermine. Hermine made landfall in far northeastern Mexico, threatening storm surges and tornadoes in the US-Mexico border area, US forecasters said.(AFP/NOAA-HO)AP - Forecasters say Tropical Storm Hermine (hur-MEEN') has crossed into Texas.


  • Floods threaten hundreds more Australian homes (AFP)

    Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:53:41 GMT

    Cattle are stranded by flood waters on the outskirts of Wangaratta after floods hit the northern Victoria, some 250 kms northeast of Melbourne, on September 6. Wild storms lashed Victoria state over the weekend, triggering landslides, knocking out power supplies and forcing hundreds of people out of their homes, with many rivers yet to reach their peak.(AFP/William West)AFP - Rising flood waters threatened hundreds of Australian homes Tuesday, after scores were inundated by weekend storms which caused millions of dollars of damage, officials said.


  • Death toll rises to 45 in Guatemala mudslides (AP)

    Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:47:22 GMT

    Rescue workers look for survivors at a mudslide area in Nahuala, western Guatemala, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. At least 38 people were killed after torrential rains caused mudslides in different areas of the country, injuring 20 others and leaving over 60 people missing. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)AP - Searchers on Monday pulled five more bodies from a mud-covered highway where back-to-back landslides buried bus passengers and then the people trying to save them. The deaths raised the confirmed toll from mudslides in Guatemala to 45 as torrential rains pounded the country.


  • Floods leave tens of thousands homeless in Mexico (AP)

    Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:01:52 GMT

    People use a make-shift boat to cross a flooded avenue in Villahermosa in Mexico's Tabasco state, Tuesday Sept. 7, 2010. Weeks of torrential rains have unleashed flooding in huge swaths of southern Mexico, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes. (AP Photo/America Rocio)AP - Weeks of torrential rains have unleashed flooding in huge swaths of southern Mexico, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes.


  • Guatemala resumes rescue work after landslide (Reuters)

    Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:00:59 GMT

    Rescuers carry a body from a bus buried in a landslide on the Inter-American highway, 80 km (50 miles) outside of the Guatemalan capital Tecpan, September 4, 2010. REUTERS/Doriam MoralesReuters - Emergency services in Guatemala on Monday resumed their search for victims of landslides that killed and buried dozens of people, as further rain was predicted for the Central American country.


  • In wake of Earl, U.S. eyes other potential storms (Reuters)

    Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:12:52 GMT

    Reuters - The remnants of Tropical Storm Gaston look very likely to strengthen again as a tropical cyclone in the Atlantic and could threaten the Caribbean's Leeward Islands in coming days on a westward track, U.S. forecasters said on Sunday.

  • 'National tragedy' in Guatemala as landslides kill dozens (AFP)

    Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:50:25 GMT

    Relatives of missing people stand by the site of a landslide in the Nahuala municipality, Solola, west of Guatemala City. Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom declared a AFP - Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom declared a "national tragedy" on Sunday after landslides killed at least 37 people and left rescuers digging in the mud for nearly two dozen still missing.


  • Earl loses tropical storm status after soaking Canada (AFP)

    Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:12:39 GMT

    Repair crews work on toppled power lines in Nags Head in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Downgraded to a post-tropical storm, Earl whimpered away from the Canadian coast on Sunday but still managed to knock out power to nearly one million people in the northeast of the country.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - Earl lost its tropical storm status over Canada, US government forecasters announced, but the storm still left one person dead and nearly one million people without power in northeastern Canada.


  • As a Hurricane, Earl Looked Like 'Magnificent Chaos' From Space (SPACE.com)

    Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:34:00 GMT

    SPACE.com - The former Hurricane Earl put on a striking weather display for astronauts on the International Space Station, impressing the crew with its strength even as it weakened to a tropical storm.

  • Earl fizzles as it sweeps through Maritime Canada (Reuters)

    Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:50:34 GMT

    Two men watch as large waves break onto the rocks at Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia September 4, 2010. Hurricane Earl lashed into the Canadian Maritime provinces on Saturday, picking up wind speed in warm Atlantic waters after a surprisingly tame brush with the U.S. East Coast. REUTERS/Paul DarrowReuters - Hurricane Earl made landfall in Canada on Saturday and fizzled after a series of scares along the U.S. East Coast, flooding roads, felling trees and cutting power to tens of thousands in the Atlantic province of Nova Scotia.


  • Weakened storm Earl moves toward Canada (AFP)

    Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:46:07 GMT

    People stand on the Avalon Fishing Pier watching heavy surf caused by hurricane Earl in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. Earl barreled toward Canada past the northeastern US state of Massachusetts early Saturday after it weakened further and was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm(AFP/Getty Images/Mark Wilson)AFP - Tropical Storm Earl barreled toward Canada past the northeastern US state of Massachusetts early on Saturday after it weakened further and lost its hurricane status.


  • Pakistan floods: How to help (The Newsroom)

    Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:11:33 GMT

    A Pakistani girl who survives floods sits in a tent set up for displaced people in Nowshera, Pakistan on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. Many of about 20 million people affected by flooding in Pakistan have yet to receive any assistance despite a growing international relief effort, the U.N. said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)The Newsroom - More than 15 million people are affected by Pakistan’s worst flooding in 80 years, with at least 1,600 fatalities, according to estimates from the government of Pakistan. While the severity of their needs has not yet been fully assessed, the number is greater than those who were affected by the 2005 South Asia tsunami (5 million), the 2005 South Asia earthquake (3 million), or the 2010 Haiti earthquake (3 million). The estimate of 290,000 homes destroyed or seriously damaged is almost the same as those destroyed in Haiti. Below are organizations that are working on relief and recovery in the region.


  • Cape Cod greets Earl with plywood and grumbling (Reuters)

    Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:56:12 GMT

    The windows of Cranberry Real Estate are boarded up and marked with a message to the looming storm in West Dennis, Massachusetts on Cape Cod, September 3, 2010. REUTERS/Scott MaloneReuters - Residents and business owners in the beach communities of Cape Cod and nearby islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard hung plywood over their shop windows on Friday and rued the arrival of Hurricane Earl, which appeared set to spoil their holiday weekend.


  • Powerful 7.1 quake hits New Zealand's South Island (AP)

    Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:52:06 GMT

    A police officer is seen on a street blocked by rubble from a damaged building following a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in central Christchurch, New Zealand, early Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early Saturday. No tsunami alert was issued and there were no reports of injuries, but looters broke into some damaged shops in Christchurch, police said. (AP Photo/NZPA, David Alexander) ** NEW ZEALAND OUT **AP - A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early Saturday and caused widespread damage, but there were just two reports of serious injuries. Looters broke into some damaged shops in Christchurch, police said.
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