Flooding from heavy rain causes Laredo, Texas day care to evacuate, forces rescues

October 13th, 2009 Mudslide concern leads to Santa Cruz evacuationsDAVENPORT, Calif. — Officials are asking residents to leave their homes in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where summer wildfires have made conditions ripe for mudslides.

October 8th, 2009 Fresh flooding hits Philippines after days of rainMANILA, Philippines — Officials say fresh flooding has hit about 30 towns in the northern Philippines, sending residents fleeing to rooftops and scrambling for safety. The floods came after dams released excess water from recent heavy rains.

October 2nd, 2009 Mexico reports record drug seizureMEXICO CITY — Mexico's federal Attorney General's Office says authorities have has seized the largest quantity of precursor chemicals for methamphetamine in the country's history. It says 20 tons of chemicals were seized at Manzanillo port in the Pacific coast state of Colima and 17 tons were found by customs agents in Nuevo Laredo, across from Laredo, Texas.

September 15th, 2009 Legally blind woman drowns in Texas flood watersQUITMAN, Texas — Authorities in eastern Texas say a legally blind woman died after being swept away by flood waters while walking to a relative's home. Forty-four-year-old Mary Frame attempted to cross a bridge over flooded waters Monday in northeastern Wood County, about 80 miles east of Dallas.

September 10th, 2009 SHIMLA - Himachal Pradesh has ordered closure of all government schools in the state for the next two days due to heavy rainfall across the state, officials said Friday. "During the past three days, the state has been witnessing heavy rain, triggering landslides and closure of roads.

July 24th, 2009 Texas soldier found unhurt charged with being AWOLMcALLEN, Texas — The Army has charged a Fort Hood-based soldier who was reported as a possible kidnap victim with being AWOL after he was found unharmed in a Texas border town. Pfc. James Andrew Gonzalez was taken into custody during a traffic stop in Laredo on Wednesday.

July 23rd, 2009 Army: No indication Texas soldier was kidnappedBROWNSVILLE, Texas — The Army said little Thursday about a soldier who disappeared for more than a week and was reported as a possible kidnap victim before being apprehended in an upscale neighborhood in the border city of Laredo. Pfc. James Andrew Gonzalez, 24, a soldier based at Fort Hood in Texas, was reported missing more than a week ago.

July 13th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Residents of Orissa have reason to cheer as the state has been getting plenty of rain in the last few days and the weatherman Monday predicted an average monsoon and heavy to very heavy rainfall over the next couple of days. "In Orissa there is no problem of rain.

July 4th, 2009 MUMBAI - The monsoon tightened its grip over Mumbai Saturday, with heavy rains leading to flooding in the city and its suburbs, causing traffic snarls on highways and arterial roads and disrupting flights. Several areas like Dadar, Wadala, Byculla, Mazagaon, Mahim, Santacruz, Goregaon, Jogeshwari, Kandivli, Mulund, Sion, Matunga and Ghatkopar were flooded with two to three feet deep water after the day-long showers.

June 16th, 2009 Midwest storms cause flooding, spawn 1 tornadoDREXEL, Mo. — Midwestern storms raised flooding concerns in already soggy areas and spawned at least one tornado.

June 16th, 2009 Midwest storms cause flooding, spawn 2 tornadoesDREXEL, Mo. — Storms that spread across the central U.S.

May 29th, 2009 GANGTOK - In a daring rescue act that stretched on till Friday morning, Indian Army troops have evacuated all the 24 tourists, including two ailing diabetics, who were stranded at a height of 15,000 feet at Thangu in North Sikkim. The tourists, trapped for two days following road blocks due to landslides in the tiny Himalayan state, were rescued in an operation that began Thursday night, according to Travel Agents Association of Sikkim (TAAS) president Paljor Lachungpa.

May 9th, 2009 Homes damaged by severe Southern weatherBIRMINGHAM, Ala. — More than 100 homes and businesses were damaged in the South by strong winds, heavy rains and golf ball-sized hail Wednesday, and with more rain in the forecast, officials increased the flow of water through dams to ease swollen rivers, including the Mississippi.

April 28th, 2009 Torrential rain floods parts of Houston areaHOUSTON — More than a half-foot of rain fell on the Houston area during the night, flooding homes and streets and marooning some morning commuters. One rain gauge on Buffalo Bayou in far western Houston collected more than 6 inches of rain during the night and nearly 9 inches in 24 hours, the Harris County Office of Emergency Management said.

April 19th, 2009 Official: 5 children feared dead in Texas stormsHOUSTON — Five Houston children were feared dead after the car they were riding in was swept away by high water Saturday evening, a fire official said. Rescue workers found the car about 7:30 p.m., about 100 feet from where the driver lost control 2½ hours earlier, Houston Fire Assistant Chief Omero Longoria told the Houston Chronicle for its online edition.