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An unusually strong storm blanketed a large portion of the northeast Denver metro area in the late evening. Golf ball-sized stones damaged homes and vehicles, in an event comparable to the May 2017 hail storm. Due to the late hour the storm hit, much of the hail would not melt until the following day. [40] 5 Aug, 2024 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
NWS reported that radar had indicated the threat of a tornado along with pea-sized hail. In the vicinity of the threats were 164 schools, five hospitals and a population of more than 623,000 people.
February 9–13 – Floods killed four people across the Philippines. [44] February 25 – March 12 – Tropical Storm Irina moved across Madagascar, with its landslides and floods killing 72 people and leaving 70,000 people homeless. [45] Later, Irina looped off southeastern Africa, causing 12 deaths between Mozambique and South Africa. [46]
Business and economy Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia and Hong Kong ban poultry imports from the Australian state of Victoria while Japan bans imports from the whole of Australia following an outbreak of a low pathogenic form of the avian influenza (separate from the potentially deadly H5N1 strain). (ABC News Australia) (VoA) The social network Facebook files for an initial public offering. (Wall ...
Eleven months ago, the Los Angeles area was under water. Nearly a foot of rain fell in just a couple of days in early February. It was a deadly storm that flooded roads, floated cars and triggered ...
Read more:Emergency declaration and urgent warnings as Southern California storm gains ferocity In the Sepulveda Basin, Burbank Boulevard is closed between the 405 Freeway and Balboa Boulevard.
President Biden has approved California's request for a major disaster declaration to support recovery efforts from February storms, officials said. California granted federal disaster relief for ...
September 25, 1939 – A tropical storm known as El Cordonazo, or The Lash of St. Francis, made landfall near Long Beach with sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h), which as of 2025 is the most recent tropical storm landfall in California. The storm killed 45 people across southern California, and another 48 people at sea, with residents caught ...