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(Reuters) - A planned $5 billion transmission line to send power from wind farms off the East Coast cleared a hurdle, allowing the Google Inc-backed project to move to the next step in the approval process, officials said. The Department of the Interior declared on Monday there was "no overlapping competitive interest" in proposed areas for building the line off the mid-Altantic coast. [More]

By Ploy Ten Kate and Alan Raybould BANGKOK (Reuters) - Floodwater encircled two industrial estates in the east of Bangkok on Monday and closed in on the center of the capital, disrupting bus services, although mass transit train systems were still running and commercial districts remained dry. [More]

Not to be outdone by the East Coast, we are fighting through our own natural disasters here in Texas. [More]

By Pascal Fletcher MIAMI (Reuters) - Hurricane Katia may power up to a major Category 3 storm on Monday, but is expected to veer away from the East Coast later this week, avoiding a direct hit on a seaboard already battered by earlier Hurricane Irene. [More]

Irene traveled up the East Coast of the U.S.

By Selam Gebrekidan and David Sheppard NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City braced for widespread blackouts as Hurricane Irene churned up the East Coast on Saturday, leaving more than 1 million homes and businesses without power in coastal states further south. [More]

It’s not that the central and northern portions of the east coast of North America never see hurricanes. [More]

Just in time for Hurricane Irene's arrival, a new survey from the Red Cross claims that social media is increasingly being used by Americans seeking information on natural disasters. A reliance on social media and text messages during emergencies has hidden dangers. When a major earthquake struck the east coast on Tuesday, residents were taken aback.

Text updated 7:52 p.m. ET | Tuesday afternoon's earthquake was a shared experience for millions of Americans along the East Coast, but how intense was it where you live?

On August 23, 2011, a rare, magnitude 5.8 quake struck in Virginia and jolted the East Coast. Here are stories about the event and background on earthquake science [More]

< Back to Concierges' Guide to LondonPRIVATE ACCESS NetJets Europe provides the most comprehensive private-jet services to and from London. While its most popular route is from New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport to the London Luton Airport, the company flies into 10 other airports in the area from the East ...

By Matt Kaplan A genetic analysis of modern hunter-gatherer populations in Africa suggests that humans evolved in the south of the continent, rather than the east, as has been thought. [More]