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Sandy's legacy may include better hurricane forecasting

ASSOCIATED PRESS/FILE PHOTOHomes destroyed last October by Hurricane Sandy are seen April 25 at Ortley Beach, in Toms River, N.J. Six months after Sandy devastated the Jersey shore and New York City and pounded coastal areas of New England, the region is dealing with a slow and frustrating, yet often hopeful, recovery.

WASHINGTON -- With hurricane season less than two weeks away, and meteorologists predicting a very active season, all thoughts are on what happened last year, when a tropical cyclone named Sandy raced north from the Caribbean, hung a sharp left ...

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WEATHER NEWS

Appeals court dismisses greenhouse gases lawsuit

JACKSON -- A federal appeals panel has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a group of Mississippi Gulf Coast residents and landowners who alleged emissions by energy companies contributed to global warming, which intensified Hurricane Katrina, which, in turn, damaged their property.
WEATHER NEWS

4 major hurricanes predicted for 2013

An active hurricane season of 16 named storms is being predicted for the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, according to AccuWeather.com.
HEALTH

Report: Feds' warnings about Sandy were confusing

Federal weather forecasts for Superstorm Sandy were exceptionally accurate last fall, but the warnings themselves were confusing, an internal review found.
LEGISLATURE

US Senate adopts Cochran's Louisiana levee amendment

The Senate has adopted U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran's amendment designed to ensure a Louisiana levee plan wouldn't send water to Mississippi during the hurricanes and other storms.
WEATHER NEWS

Estimated $25M in damage to buildings, vehicles in Pearl

PEARL -- The Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Training Academy in Pearl isn't the most aesthetically appealing place to train officers these days, its director, Pat Cronin, said.
SANDY

NYC workers replace crane damaged by Sandy

Workers in New York City carefully replaced the boom of a massive crane on Saturday, more than six months after it was twisted and warped by Superstorm Sandy and left dangling dangerously over the streets of Manhattan.
WEATHER NEWS

More severe weather on tap in South Mississippi

A line of severe thunderstorms moving through South Mississippi on Friday brought with it high winds, rain, the possibility of flash flooding and even some power outages.
WEATHER NEWS

South Mississippi under flash-flood watch

Heavy rain moving into South Mississippi on Friday and Saturday could cause flooding in areas saturated by rains last week.
POLITICS

Interior Dept. releases $475m in Sandy aid

The Interior Department on Tuesday said it is releasing more than $475 million to help repair the damage from Superstorm Sandy, which roared up the East Coast last fall.
WEATHER NEWS

Jackson County assesses flash flood toll; bridges, roads washed out

PASCAGOULA -- Jackson County supervisors and Emergency Services Director Earl Etheridge on Monday assessed the toll of recent flash flooding where police and firefighters pulled 20 from cars on flooded Pascagoula streets, 70 were evacuated from Moss Point homes, two Gautier businesses and six homes...