The storms have complicated power restoration efforts in some spots and caused even more damage.
Poor grain harvests blamed on the storms have pushed up flour prices, and will partly offset the effects of the sales rise, the spokesman said.
The storms have caused devastation across large swathes of the country.
During the past few years the storms have grown in ferocity and scale, and they are at the vanguard of an advancing Gobi desert that threatens more than 400 million people in the Chinese provinces of Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Ningxia and Shaanxi.
The storms also have delayed the opening of schools by a month.
Many have attributed the storms and floods that have battered Louisiana over the past several years to climate change.
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But the prime minister had not bargained for the political storms that have burst around Peter Slipper, the speaker, and Craig Thomson, an ex-Labor figure.
Meteorologist had feared Gustav could be one of the most threatening storms to have hit the United States since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which turned out to be the costliest and most deadly storm in American history.
As a Category 3 hurricane, Gustav is one of the most threatening storms to have hit the United States since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which turned out to be the costliest and most deadly storm in American history.
Mr. KAISER: Well, indeed they can be and Ike, we saw even with some of the tropical storms that have made landfall, we take Faye for instant that went over Florida and the copious amounts of rain over two feet of rain in some places.
This pattern is also reflected in the amount of damage that big storms have done over the years.
As the storm force of Katrina was less than category three when it hit land and storms in the region have the capacity to exceed category four, the likelihood that any levee system can successfully restrain nature is low.
All of the variability that we have, all of the storms, are sort of riding on the background of a different underlying conditions.
The biggest storms of all have, however, been so rare in recorded history that it is almost impossible to make meaningful statistical inferences from them.
Since the two recent storms, five separate investigations have begun examining the tree upkeep of utility companies and state and local governments.
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Throughout the islands, you may be able to find the stinking toe served in juice or pick it from one of the wild-growing trees, though recent storms have destroyed some older trees, so the fruit is harder to find than it once was.
For the past several days, all of us have been focused on the storms that are taking place along the East Coast.
Now, this is actually better than expected, considering the severe storms all along the East Coast are estimated to have had a depressing effect on the numbers.
This year has been particularly active, as several devastating storms have pounded the U.S., no doubt adding to Weather.com coffers.
Two major storms have hit the Dallas area this week, including one that dropped five inches on the ground today, and presumably caused the ice to fall and injure the fans.
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The devastating storms and tornadoes that have swept across Missouri, Alabama and other parts of our nation this week are a vivid reminder that disasters of all kinds can strike at any time, and it is vital that all of us, including members of our nation's emergency management team and the American public, are prepared to act.
Indeed, no fewer than six of the most damaging storms in U.S. history have come in the past 18 months.
With regards to Transportation stocks, we know that the airlines have cancelled many flights in the face of winter storms.
Although the NRC has always been buffeted by political storms, they usually have not come from within, and the personal issues of the Chairman have been distracting from the primary mission of safety.
Homosexuality, schizophrenia and killer storms have been at the centre of just some of the soap's recent storylines.
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Powerful storms tied to the weather system have left dozens dead.
For the past few days, all of us have been focused on one of the worst storms in our lifetime.
Now, for the past few days, all of us have been focused on one of the worst storms in our lifetimes.
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Well, listen, for the past few days, all of us have been focused on one of the worst storms in our lifetimes, in our history.
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Now, for the past several days, obviously, all of us have been focused on one of the worst storms of our lifetimes.
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