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AccuWeather predicts another active hurricane season for U.S. shores
AccuWeather.com is predicting another active Atlantic hurricane season, particularly for the U.S. coastline. While the Pennsylvania-based meteorology company is calling for fewer storms in all, with 16 tropical storms versus 19 in 2012, AccuWeather's...
Tags: Weather Warnings, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical Storms, Natural Disasters, Weather Reports
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Sandy retired from list of hurricane names; replaced with Sara
Sandy is the 77th name to be retired from the World Meteorological Organization's Atlantic hurricane season lists, joining memorable storms to hit Maryland like Irene, Isabel, Gloria and Agnes. Sara will replace it on a list that will next come into use...
Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical Storms, Natural Disasters, Tropical Weather, Weather Science
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Early forecast calls for above-average 2013 hurricane season
An early 2013 hurricane season forecast is calling for a busy summer and fall, with a nearly 50 percent chance of a major storm striking the U.S. East Coast. Forecasters at Colorado State University on Wednesday predicted 18 named storms would form in...
Tags: Atlantic Ocean, National Hurricane Center, Tropical Storms, Natural Disasters, Weather Reports
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National Hurricane Center tweaks warning policy after Sandy confusion
The National Hurricane Center will in the future maintain any necessary hurricane watches or warnings even if a storm is no longer technically a hurricane, as in the case of Superstorm Sandy. Center officials made the changes permanent Friday in light...
Tags: Long Island, Weather Warnings, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, Natural Disasters
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BGE warns of possible outages during Wednesday storm
A combination of heavy, wet snow on the power lines and tree limbs, plus winds of up to 50 mph, could threaten the electricity grid, BGE officials said Tuesday. But tree trimming efforts in Towson and Pikesville over the last year could shorten outage...
Tags: Timonium, Towson, David Marks, Media Industry, Pikesville
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Maryland regulators say utilities must improve reliability
State regulators investigating widespread, long-lasting outages from the derecho last summer ordered Maryland utilities Wednesday to take steps to improve reliability — and signaled a willingness to add penalties for "sub-standard performance."...
Tags: Civil and Public Service, Government, Baltimore County, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Natural Disasters
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Preparing your home for storms
Jill Sorensen's basement flooded after a winter storm knocked out her power, then again in 2011 during Hurricane Irene.
What stopped another encore performance during last year's derecho? She'd installed a sump pump that uses her home's water pressure to...Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Catonsville, Natural Disasters, Energy Saving, Hurricane Irene (2011)
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Forecast calls for pain
Not long after President Barack Obama promised to fight climate change in his inaugural address, temperatures soared to 70 last week in Baltimore — in late January. Our weather continues to be unrecognizable. Last summer was the hottest ever...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Global Warming, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy
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Congress approves additional Sandy aid
In a move that will help some 800 Maryland families affected by the effects of Hurricane Sandy, Congress approved $10 billion in emergency funding Friday for the federal flood insurance program. The hastily scheduled votes came in response to criticism...
Tags: Somerset County (Maryland), Democratic Party, Natural Disasters, Fiscal Cliff, Insurance
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Trees draw scrutiny in battle to keep the lights on
No one seemed to know who owned the unhealthy trees in the alley behind Rexmere Road in Baltimore, the ones growing amid the electrical lines, but there was no mystery about the cause of every power outage around there.
Meetings were organized. Baltimore...Tags: Baltimore County, Botany, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Carroll County (Maryland), Mary Pat Clarke
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Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. profits down in 3rd quarter
Men's retailer Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. said profits took a more than 11 percent dive in the third quarter, hurt by extra markdowns that drove the apparel sales and by Hurricane Sandy's strike to the East Coast.
Net income fell to $13.3 million in the...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Earnings, Natural Disasters, Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc.
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National Hurricane Center may change warning criteria after Sandy
The National Hurricane Center may loosen the criteria it uses in issuing hurricane warnings so that future storms like Superstorm Sandy would prompt the same alerts as if they were still officially classified as hurricanes, according to AccuWeather.com....
Tags: Long Island, Weather Warnings, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, Tropical Storms
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