NJ Little League team loses state final to rain delay
A New Jersey girls’ Little League team lost its state championship game last week after heavy rain stopped the game and umpires refused to allow the players to play the final inning as scheduled the next day, leaving kids and officials to question the fairness of the decision. The Toms River Little League Majors 12-year-old […]
Several killed in Chinese bridge collapse during torrential rain | China
Heavy rains caused a bridge to collapse in northern China, killing 11 people and leaving more than 30 missing, state media reported. The bridge over the river in Shangluo city, Shaanxi province, collapsed at about 8.40pm on Friday “due to sudden heavy rains and flash floods,” Xinhua reported, citing the provincial information department. State broadcaster […]
Millions under flood watch in Northeast, Mid-Atlantic due to heavy rain from plume of tropical moisture
A flow of tropical moisture and a slow-moving front are expected to bring heavy rain from South Carolina into the Northeast through the early part of the weekend. The National Hurricane Center was tracking a swirling area of low pressure off the southeastern U.S. coast as a possible tropical storm, but it did not become […]