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Weather news from around the Heartland, Iowa, Missouri and the Nation

By Ashley SmithTuesday, November 18, 2008 at 2:50 PM

A local Salvation Army officer recently got back from spending two weeks in Galveston, Texas cleaning up after Hurricane Ike.

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Hurricane watch issued for parts of Cuba

Friday, November 07, 2008 at 9:00 AM

A hurricane watch has been issued for parts of Cuba as Paloma continues barreling toward the Cayman Islands.

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Caterpillars or climatologists?

By Ashley SmithThursday, October 23, 2008 at 6:33 PM

Our Fact Finder Team was contacted recently when almost 100 caterpillars were found at the Novinger, Missouri Preschool.

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Hurricane Omar moves through Caribbean

Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 3:35 PM

Hurricane Omar is a powerful Category 3 storm, but it appears to have skipped through the Caribbean without causing major damage.

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22 stranded on lame ship as Ike roars through Gulf

Thursday, September 18, 2008 at 1:33 PM

The ship is about 120 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas.

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4 die from Hurricane Ike in LA, TX

Thursday, September 18, 2008 at 1:31 PM

Authorities report that Hurricane Ike has killed two people in Louisiana and likely two in Texas.

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Flooding largely contained to rural areas

Sunday, September 14, 2008 at 3:36 PM

Iowa largely escaped the severe flooding now hitting parts of Illinois, but two tributaries are over flood stage in southeast Iowa.

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Rain causes problems in Mo.

Sunday, September 14, 2008 at 3:33 PM

The remnants of Hurricane Ike brought heavy winds and torrential rains to parts of Missouri Sunday, causing flash floods and raising new concerns about swelling rivers.

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Heartland winter weather predictions

By Ashley SmithTuesday, September 02, 2008 at 10:21 AM

Summer is rapidly coming to an end and winter isn't too far off, so we put our Fact Finder team to work to find out what kind of winter weather we can expect in the Heartland this year.

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Thousands of evacuees to arrive in Missouri

Sunday, August 31, 2008 at 4:05 PM

About 5,000 evacuees from Louisiana are expected to begin arriving in Missouri Sunday.

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Fact Finder investigates wild weather

By Ashley SmithSunday, August 10, 2008 at 5:04 PM

We compare past summers to this summer to see how different this year is.

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