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Floods force community evacuation

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weatherzone By Matt Brann, Tuesday April 2, 2013 - 12:42 EDT

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The Central Arnhem Road remains closed at Beswick because of flooding. - ABC

About 150 people have been evacuated from the Indigenous community of Beswick, east of Katherine in the Northern Territory, after the flooding Waterhouse River inundated the lower part of town.

Evacuees have spent the past two nights in the local school.

Mal Fox, from the Roper Gulf Shire, said water had gone through about six homes, but the damage was expected to be minimal.

"We evacuated everyone on Sunday up to the new suburb to the school and we were cut off from the bottom suburb," Mr Fox said.

 

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Drought forecast: Bad to worse

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CommercialAppeal.com - 4/02/13

The Texas Panhandle was the center of the Dust Bowl days of the 1930s. Scientists say the 2013 drought season forecast has eerie similarities to the worst droughts in U.S. history.

The Texas Panhandle was the center of the Dust Bowl days of the 1930s. Scientists say the 2013 drought season forecast has eerie similarities to the worst droughts in U.S. history. Associated Press

Drought conditions in more than half of the United States have slipped into a pattern that climatologists say is uncomfortably similar to the most severe droughts in recent U.S. history, including the 1930s Dust Bowl and the widespread 1950s drought.

The 2013 drought season is already off to a worse start than in 2012 or 2011 — a trend that scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) say is a good indicator, based on historical records, that the entire year will be drier than last year, even if spring and summer rainfall and temperatures remain the same.

Tornado Damage Confirmed In Sequoyah County

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News9.com - 4/01/13

Photo of tornado damage near Sallisaw. [National Weather Service]

SEQUOYAH COUNTY, Oklahoma - The National Weather Service Office in Tulsa confirms an EF-1 tornado touched down south of Sallisaw in Sequoyah County late Saturday, March 30, 2013.

National Weather Service meteorologist Steve Piltz says the tornado was 250 yards wide and traveled about a half mile.

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Pollen Count, Allergies On The Rise

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Huffington Post - 3/26/13

Pollen Allergies

From Mother Nature Network's John Platt:

Spring has sprung, and allergy season won't be far behind. But if you think last year's allergies were bad, just wait until a few years from now when climate change will cause pollen counts to rise dramatically. According to research by allergist Leonard Bielory, pollen counts will average 21,735 grains of pollen per cubic meter in the year 2040. The average in the year 2000 was just 8,455.

Big Story Weather – April 1, 2013

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RedOrbit - April 1, 2013 - Joshua Kelly 

Big Story Weather from March 29-31: A storm system that moved through the Southern Plains and Gulf Coast region brought some severe weather to the area, with a few reported tornadoes and also hail and damaging winds along with heavy rainfall to the region.

 

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