Forecasts foresee active Texas storm season
Forecasters project an above average year with 10 to 14 tropical storms and hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlanta Basin. Gray and the Weather Research Center rely on patterns and sunspot cycles to predict activity, while NOAA cautions there will be more storms than usual. Gulf coast risk is high.
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Houston
Texas
William Gray
Atlanta
Weather Research Center
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Gray
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
West Africa
North Atlantic
Atlantic
Colorado State University
The
Houston Chronicle
Jill F Hasling
Hasling
Gulf
Alabama
Louisiana
Drought devastates Yaqui Valley farmers in Sonora Mexico
In Ciudad Obregon and northern Sonora the Yaqui Valley faces its worst drought in memory. Officials report 80 percent of work tied to agriculture. fall planting canceled, dams at 16 percent capacity, irrigation channels dusty. Aid promises fall short as large and small farmers brace for losses and hunger looms. Community marches seek divine rain.
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Ciudad Obregon
Mexico
Hilario Sayas
Sayas
Yaqui
Alfredo Landavazo
National Water Commission
Campo 60
Valentine Escare
Sonora
Escare
Cuidad Obregon
Prosecutors allege Russian mafia operated in Houston
Prosecutors say Alex Feldman ran chiropractic clinics and law offices across Austin El Paso and Houston and led a multi million dollar insurance scam for the Russian mafia Dozens were indicted on organized crime and fraud charges alleging staging accidents recruiting victims and inflating claims Feldman 40 and his associates allegedly laundered proceeds and changed business names to dodge detection The case is led by Travis County District A Ronnie Earle and links to a broader Los Angeles based operation Prosecutors say the scheme netted more than 10 million in bogus claims over two years and reflects a wider Russian organized crime pattern in the United States
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Houston
Alex Feldman
Austin
el Paso
Payr
Feldman
Nesses
Los Angeles
Travis County
Ronnie Earle
Houston Chronicle
Cos
L.A
Michael Diegel
Coalition Against Insurance Fraud
Ferdman
U.S
Randy Richardson
California Department of Insurance
Mystery remains in 1998 Rio Grande helicopter crash
One year after the Rio Grande Valley emergency helicopter crash that killed three Valley AirCare crew members the exact cause remains unknown. NTSB investigator Hector Casanova says the investigation is nearly complete and rules out a mechanical engine failure. The victims were Carlos De La Fuente Sr Brenda Leinweber and Anthony Martinez. The wreckage was found after a long search in thick brush and the flight data recorder was destroyed.
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Harlingen
Rio Grande Valley
Hector Casanova
National Transportation Safety Board
Valley AirCare
Valley Morning Star
Cuevitas
Carlos de la Fuente Sr
Brenda Leinweber
South Padre Island
Anthony Martinez
McAllen
Casanova
NTSB
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Jose Maria Rosas
Hermosillo
Pascasio Taboada
Agriculture Ministry
Miguel Equihua Zamora
Center For Drought Study
Veracruz
Taboada
Manuel Arravales
David Quintero
Manuel Barrera Flores
Odessa
Sherry Kersting
Penang
N. Dixie
Elly ME
Permian Basin
Chem-Dry
E. 42Nd ST. Odessa
Armer
Joe Allbright
N. Grandview Odessa
Shawna
Esa
Ernesto Lynch
Ernest Lynch & Associates
Conseco Financial Services, Inc
Pennsylvania Street
Carmel
Indiana
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