Rare Tornado in Missouri and Arkansas

Multiple Deaths in Rare Tornado Outbreak

Tornadoes fueled by unusually warm winter air sliced through parts of the South and Midwest on Friday, killing at least half a dozen people, injuring dozens of others. (Dec. 31)

Flooding in Australia and Bizarre heavy precipitation in Arizona and the western U.S.

200,000 people effected in australia in a flood greater than the size of france and germany combined

"More than 200,000 people have been affected by relentless flooding in northeast Australia, with the flood zone now stretching over an area bigger than France and Germany combined, officials said Friday."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101231/ap_on_re_as/as_australia_flooding

nyc blizzard and aftermath

High Wings Cause Unusual Damage

Several injured as chairs drop from Maine ski lift

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine – A chair lift has derailed on Maine's tallest ski mountain in high winds and injured several people who plummeted as far as 30 feet to the slope below.

Officials at the Sugarloaf resort say that there are about six injuries from Tuesday's accident and that patrols evacuated the lift.

Winds were about 40 mph at the time and there were about 220 people were on the lift.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101228/ap_on_re_us/us_ski_lift_accident

Tennessee Flooding and Mudslides

Storm heads to Washington after snowing in South

video:

http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/holiday-weather-disasters-23618251

California Flooding

Snowstorm wrecks travel chaos

Anger rises as travel havoc snarls Britain, Europe

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101220/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_europe_weather

Incidentally, snowstorm travel on same day last year, December 20, 2009

Panama Flooding; Midwest Blizzard, Dec 13th 2010

Over 2,500 homes damaged by floods in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuala

http://www.as-coa.org/articles/2902/Floods_Test_Colombia,_Panama,_Venezuela/

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/lt_panama_flooding;_ylt=AjPax9uICvDGer5AEBB.kD2s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNtMnNmdWE0BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAxMjE0L2x0X3BhbmFtYV9mbG9vZGluZwRjY29kZQNtb3N0cG9wdWxhcgRjcG9zAzQEcG9zAzEEcHQDaG9tZV9jb2tlBHNlYwN5bl9oZWFkbGluZV9saXN0BHNsawNvdmVyMjUwMGhvbWU-

Midwest Blizzard

U.S. Midwestern Blizzard