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Mudslides Triggered by Heavy Rains in North Carolina Kill 1

At least one resident of the North Carolina mountains is dead after heavy rains triggered mudslides and flooding. Polk County Manager Marche Pittman said Saturday that searchers have recovered the body of a woman whose home was crushed by a …

Tropical Storm Nangka Batters Japan with Heavy Rain, High Winds: AIR Report

Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide’s report on Typhoon Nangka notes that it “made landfall July 16, 2015, at 23:07 Japan Standard Time (JST) (14:07 UTC) with a central pressure of 965 mb near Muroto City, on the eastern coast of …

Typhoon Halong Nears Japan; Saturday Landfall Expected: AIR Analysis

According the catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, strong winds and heavy rainfall from Typhoon Halong have already arrived on Japan’s Daito Islands (about 320 km [200 miles] east of Okinawa), with reports of maximum sustained surface winds of approximately 139 …

Weakened Typhoon Danas in Korea Strait, Sea of Japan: AIR Worldwide

According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, after pounding Okinawa with the outer reaches of its 184 km/h [114 mph] winds Monday evening local time, Typhoon Danas has weakened to tropical storm strength and it is passing through the Korea …