GenevaLunch » heavy rain http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 07:51:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Bad weather Saturday provoked area road accidentshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/18/bad-weather-saturday-provoked-area-road-accidents/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/18/bad-weather-saturday-provoked-area-road-accidents/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:01:51 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=48753 GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Heavy rain Saturday afternoon was behind three serious accidents that sent a total of 9 people to area hospitals, all but two with serious injuries. The accidents were all the result of drivers losing control of their cars, with one in Aigle, another on the A9 near Montreux and the other [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/27/floods-in-saudi-arabia-kill-77-hamper-hajj-pilgrims/feed/ 1 Ireland’s floods called worst in 30 yearshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/21/irelands-floods-called-worst-in-30-years/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/21/irelands-floods-called-worst-in-30-years/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:00:49 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=32052 GenevaLunch.com It’s been a rough end to the week in Ireland, which first lost its World Cup qualifying match to the French under questionable circumstances Wednesday 18 November, and then heavy rains set in. The country, like Britain, has massive flooding in many parts of the country: Galway was virtually cut off for much of Friday, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/21/irelands-floods-called-worst-in-30-years/feed/ 0 Heavy rains, much flooding expected in UKhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/19/heavy-rains-much-flooding-expected-in-uk/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/19/heavy-rains-much-flooding-expected-in-uk/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:12:44 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=31858 GenevaLunch.com The UK weather service has told Britain to expect heavy rain Thursday and Friday, accompanied by widespread flooding in northwest England and southwest Scotland. A tidal surge in the Irish Sea could spell flooding in and north of Aberystwyth, Wales and gusting up to 70 miles per hour in some areas could add to the [...]

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