<img height="1" width="1" style="display:none" src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=192888919167017&amp;ev=PageView&amp;noscript=1">
Menu
The Columbian logo tagline
Login
Sunday,  May 5 , 2024
Current weather Vancouver, WA

Linkedin Pinterest

Tagged Articles:
Carousel-weather

In this photo taken from video provided by Japan's Tokyo Broadcasting System television network, a man, who was stranded in the middle of raging floodwaters, is rescued by a military helicopter in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture Thursday. Raging floodwaters broke through a berm Thursday and swamped the city near Tokyo, washing away houses, forcing dozens of people to rooftops to await helicopter rescues and leaving one man clinging for his life to a utility pole.

Helicopters pluck residents to safety as rains lash Japan

In this photo taken from video provided by Japan's Tokyo Broadcasting System television network, a man, who was stranded in the middle of raging floodwaters, is rescued by a military helicopter in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture Thursday. Raging floodwaters broke through a berm Thursday and swamped the city near Tokyo, washing away houses, forcing dozens of people to rooftops to await helicopter rescues and leaving one man clinging for his life to a utility pole.

September 10, 2015, 10:23am Nation & World

JOSO, Japan -- Raging floodwaters broke through an embankment Thursday and swamped a city near Tokyo, washing away houses, forcing dozens of people to rooftops to await helicopter rescues and leaving one man clinging for his life to a utility pole. Read story

Gov. Rick Scott speaks accompanied by Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, left, and Maj. General Michael Calhoun, right, during a news conference at the Hillsborough County Emergency Operations Center in Tampa, Fla. on Friday, Aug. 28, 2015. The governor and several local officials were on hand at the county E.O.C. to discuss Tropical Storm Erika and its possible impact on the state. (Chris Urso/The Tampa Tribune via AP) ST.

As Erika weakens, some in Tampa Bay area are still worried

Gov. Rick Scott speaks accompanied by Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, left, and Maj. General Michael Calhoun, right, during a news conference at the Hillsborough County Emergency Operations Center in Tampa, Fla. on Friday, Aug. 28, 2015. The governor and several local officials were on hand at the county E.O.C. to discuss Tropical Storm Erika and its possible impact on the state. (Chris Urso/The Tampa Tribune via AP) ST.

August 29, 2015, 3:31pm Nation & World

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Tropical Storm Erika dissipated Saturday, but folks in the Tampa Bay area are watching it carefully. Read story