2 dead, more than 1 million without power as Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in S. Florida; Flooding biggest threat; Crude oil rises to $68; Katrina won’t stop MTV VMA parties; WeatherBug supports NWS with live, neighborhood-level data for hurricane season; Heat, loss of lines force rolling blackouts affecting 500,000 in S. Calif; Kansas, Arizona flooding; Europe flood chaos; Weather forecasts being improved; 57 survive Peruvian jungle plane crash; Study ranks Canadian weather winners; Minor quake in N.C.; Nice aurora pic
Hurricane Katrina Makes Landfall; Flooding Biggest Threat: 2 dead as Hurricane Katrina slams S. Florida with 80 mph winds, leaves more than a million customers without power (Many resources and images inside story, including interactive hurricane tracker) | MSNBC story … 11 p.m. EDT Thur. Update: Katrina, now 20 miles NW of Homestead, made landfall at about 7 p.m. EDT between Hallandale Beach and N. Miami Beach as a Category 1 hurricane with 80 mph maximum sustained winds. Port Everglades reported wind gusts to 92 mph. Katrina is moving southwest at 8 mph (Latest data in red box). | Latest Katrina news
Live Streaming Video: WTVJ-TV 6, Miami (NBC) video stream and NBC Weather Plus stream (look for Weather Plus icon) | WFOR-TV, Miami (CBS) | WPBF-TV 25, West Palm Beach | Weather Plus: WESH-TV 2, Orlando | Live Audio: WIOD-AM 610, Miami | Streaming radio stations across the U.S. (look for lightning bolts; news/talk best bet) | Latest Data: Map of weather watches and warnings, latest data and track, which shows that this is expected to redevelop into a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, affecting the Gulf Coast — likely Florida’s Panhandle — by early Monday. Get the latest updated info and images in the red box to the right…
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Katrina won’t stop MTV VMA parties
Other Weather News: Sweltering late-summer heat and the loss of key transmission lines Thursday forced power officials in Southern California to impose rolling blackouts, leaving as many as half a million people without power for an hour at a time, officials said. Full story
Big storms, heavy rain prompts flash flood warnings in southeastern Kansas overnight
Heavy rains cause havoc in southern Arizona
Europe struggles amid flood chaos
Weather forecasts being improved with added data
57 survive plane crash in Peruvian jungle believed to be caused by wind shear
New study ranks Canadian weather winners
Minor earthquake reported in western N.C. … Quake wire in left column of this page
Nice aurora image at SpaceWeather.com
Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Wednesday: 1. Miami 2. West Palm Beach 3. Orlando 4. Kansas City 5. Wichita … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.
