Month: March 2019

Ryan Callahan scored the tiebreaking goal midway through the third period, and the Tampa Bay Lightning picked up their seventh straight win with a 6-3 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night. Steven Stamkos had a goal and two assists and Tyler Johnson, Anthony Cirelli, Brayden Point and Ryan McDonagh all scored for the Lightning, who scored four unanswered goals in the third period to erase a 3-2 deficit. Victor Hedman had three assists…

The Latest on flooding in the Midwest (all times local): 8:10 p.m. Figures compiled by the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency put damage statewide from recent flooding at more than $640 million. NEMA says on its website that current county estimates are of damage to public property of $553 million and private property of $89 million. Sign Up and Save Get six months of free digital access to The News & Observer #ReadLocal The hardest hit…

The “historic flooding” in Nebraska has left cattle stranded without food on unrecognizable farmland. At one fifth-generation family farm, the flood water has overtaken the land so that “you can barely tell there was ever farm land there to begin with,” the Nebraska National Guard tweeted. A photo taken from the sky shows cattle on “islands” of the farm, surrounded by water. There are thousands of cows isolated and without anything to eat, FOX42 reported….

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Authorities have rescued several people stranded by flooding in northwest Missouri. The State Highway Patrol said in a tweet that water patrol troopers worked into the night Wednesday in and around Craig. Four people were pulled from homes, while three were rescued from a boat that ran out of gas. The town of roughly 220 people began flooding after a levee breach, with several homes inundated with water. A local ethanol…

A week after Cyclone Idai hit coastal Mozambique and swept across the country to Zimbabwe, the death, damage and flooding continues in southern Africa, making it one of the most destructive natural disasters in the region’s recent history. Floodwaters are rushing across the plains of central Mozambique, submerging homes, villages and entire towns. The flooding has created a muddy inland ocean 50 kilometers (31 miles) wide where there used to be farms and villages, giving…

The Carolina Hurricanes are racking up numbers that suggest a special season. The Tampa Bay Lightning have been doing that way for quite some time. The teams meet Thursday night at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C., a pair of Eastern Conference teams that have drummed up excitement. The Lightning already have clinched the Presidents’ Trophy for the best regular-season record with more than two weeks to play. Yet there’s so much more to accomplish. “What…

Scientists are warning that historic flooding could soon deluge parts of several Southern states along the lower Mississippi River, where floodwaters could persist for several weeks. The flood threat in the South will be discussed Thursday, when the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration releases its 2019 spring outlook. Experts plan a briefing on their flood forecast at the National Water Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Thursday’s report is aimed at helping emergency managers and other safety…

By JEFF MARTIN, Associated Press Scientists are warning that historic flooding could soon deluge parts of several Southern states along the lower Mississippi River, where floodwaters could persist for several weeks. The flood threat in the South will be discussed Thursday, when the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration releases its 2019 spring outlook. Experts plan a briefing on their flood forecast at the National Water Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Thursday’s report is aimed at helping…