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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

On Tuesday, a rain gauge near Highlands, Texas registered 51.88 inches of rainfall — breaking the record for most rainfall from a single storm in the entire continental US.

The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday afternoon said a record 51.88 inches (131.78 cm) of rain has fallen in Texas due to Harvey, a record for any storm in the continental United States.

Since Hurricane Harvey made landfall on Friday, records amount of rain have hit the southeast Texas, causing billions of dollars in damage.

Since Hurricane Harvey made landfall on Friday, it has brought with it record amounts of rain and caused billions of dollars in damage.

As the wettest storm on record in US history bore down in the last days of August — dropping five feet of rain in some areas — completely inundating Houston, killing more than 70 people, and damaging almost 200,000 homes, at least five prisons on the east coast of Texas were evacuated.

Haiti did not take a direct hit from Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record, but it unleashed rains that washed away fields of rice and plantains in coastal areas.

Harvey dumped more than 4 feet of rain on Houston, setting a new record for the greatest amount of rain recorded from a single tropical storm or hurricane in the continental United States.

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt The falling yen is raining on Japan's parade of overseas acquisitions, which had a record - breaking year in 2012, when the yen was rising.

«On the other hand, creationists interpret the majority of the fossiliferous sedimentary rocks of the Earth's crust as testimony to Noah's flood... Creationists do this because they regard the Genesis record as implying that there was no rain before Noah's flood, therefore no major erosion, and hence no significant sedimentation or fossilisation.»

It has been an unusual summer... first the cold wet start of it and then the heat and then storms... seems I had to run around and unplug everything every week or so... just disruptive to our regular routine... but we got the hay up without a drop of rain on it... so our record is now 5 years in a row of putting up good hay.

as for the record (and of course your US American record isn't as accessible to us foreigners — who knows we could be terrorists and Home - land security might intercept this and rain down their own version of terrorism on us poor Canucks.)

The rain started beating us the moment we watched as our rivals spend big thinking that Wenger guarantees top4 trophy, we are now languishing at 6th on the table, but are now spending two top strikers signed breaking our transfer record twice that's a positive and may it continue.you also notice that new players take some time to adapt we are now started swing the best of lava and auba.After finishing 5th last season there is no instant coffee solution it will take time and effort to challenge for top honors

On Oct. 1, a 4 - year - old gelding named Silver Icon won a 6 1/2 - furlong race in the world - record time of 1:13 [3/5]-- and it had rained that morning.

Torrential rains across Long Island broke a New York state record on Wednesday with over thirteen inches in less than twenty four hours.

Mr Appiah Stadium, a former security man at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi, put the whole nation in shock as he recorded a two - minute audio in which he rained insults on President Akufo - Addo last week.

Without going through the nitty gritty of the current altercation, available records show that this is not the first time the honorable Member of Parliament is raining verbal abuse on his fellow citizen for criticizing his criticisms.

A record 30in of rain (75 cm) has fallen on the city in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, turning roads into rivers.

So much rain fell already on Syracuse yesterday that it set a new record for the most rainfall on that date.

The foreign ministry's statement closed with an offer to help respond to Hurricane Harvey, which hit the Texas coast Friday as a Category 4 storm and has dropped record amounts of rain on the Houston area.

But she has also been criticized on her environmental record, including her vote to reject Environmental Protection Agency carbon limits for coal - fueled power plants, a chief cause of acid rain in the Adirondack Park.

In September 2009, Typhoon Ondoy dumped record rainfall on Metro Manila and surrounding provinces, including Laguna — a month's worth of rain in just 6 hours, which caused reservoirs, lakes, and waterways overflowing to an extent not seen in decades; part of the image collection of the International Rice Research Institute, www.irri.org.

Similarly heavy rain fell on Australia in 1973 - 74, but sea - level records from then are not detailed enough to draw conclusions, and the three climate systems might not align again for decades.

Last year was a record one for dust production in the United States, when sparse and badly timed desert rains produced the lowest vegetation cover on record and 5 to 20 times as much dust as usual from the Colorado Plateau into the mountains.

The dryness out West is in stark contrast to the rains that fell elsewhere and made June the sixth wettest on record.

On Sept. 12, Boulder, Colo., saw a record 9.08 inches of rain — the most rain ever recorded there in a single day.

We are living in an era with one of the greatest extinction rates in recorded history, which began with wholesale slaughter of entire species for food and has progressed as we have dismembered a large part of what was the dominant incubator of life on earth, the rain forests.

«Record Missouri flooding was humanmade calamity, scientist says: Extreme flooding on Meramec, Mississippi rivers in late December can not be blamed solely on 3 - day rain.»

In the southwestern highlands of Tanzania 327.8 mm of rain was recorded at the Tukuyu station on November 4th, the highest recorded at the station.

Despite a near - average winter precipitation total for California, Oregon, and Washington, the record warmth caused most of the precipitation to fall as rain and not snow, which had implications on the drought intensification and water resource crisis during the warm months.

South Carolina had its wettest autumn on record with 23.76 inches of rain, 13.91 inches above average, besting the previous record wet autumn of 1959 by 5.34 inches.

Hot Wet Atmospheric Rivers Ravage Arctic: Part 1 of 4 / / Published on Feb 23, 2018 Ongoing abrupt climate change is causing global weather mayhem, causing huge temperature swings from icebox chills to heat records, and torrential rains with record floods.

New Orleans had its wettest summer on record, logging 36.8 inches of rain through Tuesday, more than a foot above normal for the summer.

On top of that, temperatures have been extremely warm — the winter of 2014 - 2015 was the hottest on record for California — which meant that what precipitation did fall often did so as rain and not snoOn top of that, temperatures have been extremely warm — the winter of 2014 - 2015 was the hottest on record for California — which meant that what precipitation did fall often did so as rain and not snoon record for California — which meant that what precipitation did fall often did so as rain and not snow.

It was the wettest September on record, and rained every day.

And as much as I'm not personally a fan of this Nissan, it's still the car I'd choose if you asked me to set a record around a track in the dry, on a curvy road in the rain, or on a snow - covered rally stage.

The Kindle First program will kick off with Things We Set on Fire, by best - selling author Deborah Reed; No Place for a Dame, by best - selling romance author Connie Brockway; Silent Echo, by best - selling mystery author J.R. Rain; and We Will Survive: True Stories of Encouragement, Inspiration, and the Power of Song, by Grammy - award winning recording artist Gloria Gaynor.

The soundtrack to Cage's follow - up title, the interactive drama Heavy Rain, was recorded at Abbey Road Studios and has recently been made available on iTunes.

With Heavy Rain, we did what many games do — split performances, recording a voice on one side and a body animation on the other, putting everything together and crossing your fingers that you get a consistent performance.

I see that the droughts in Australia are getting worse as the rains have failed and that they are experiencing some of the highest temperatures on record.

If I was a questioner, I'd ask them about potentialities of the future earthquakes under Greenland and West Antarctic ice, about small so far earthquakes for first time on record in west Greenland last summer (UK Guardian early September), magma close to surface northeast Greenland (MSNBC early December), magma close to surface by Pine Island Glacier W. Antarctic (NYT January), rain at North Pole last summer and morels on Greenland big enough to fly a helicopter into (UK Independent, both articles early October)

we have not have a drop of rain since then, this september was the driest on record!.

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But in the face of mild Pacific storms that brought rain instead of snow, as well as drier - than - average conditions and a record - warm winter, the snow cover stood at just 5 % of average on April 1, by far the lowest level ever recorded.

This December, it beat the earlier record of winter rain registered in the city on December 22, 1942.

January 2017 was a stark exception, when a strong El Niño flipped the ridge - trough pattern, dumping record - breaking rain and snowpack on California while the east enjoyed a mild month.

Not only is this the earliest substantial melt on record, but the refreezing of the rain and meltwater soaking into the ice sheet sets it up for even more melting in the future.

On May 31, 1935 Woodward Ranch, Texas set the world record with 22 inches of rain in less than three hours.

In more recent history, Wilma dumped more than 62 inches of rain on Mexico in 2005 and Hurricane Mitch, blamed for killing more than 11,000 in Central America in 1998, soaked Nicaragua with more than 62 inches, according to records compiled by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecaster David Roth.»

A new study using a high - resolution stalagmite record from Australia with cave sites in southern China reveal a close coupling of monsoon rainfall on both continents, with numerous synchronous pluvial and drought periods, suggesting that the tropical rain belt expanded and contracted numerous times at multidecadal to centennial scales.