In the mid-nineteenth century, the German geologist, Baron Ferdinand von Richthofen, named the trade and communication network Die Seidenstrasse (the Silk Road), and the term, also used in the plural, continues to stir imaginations with its evocative mystery.
Hurricane Emily (1993) Hurricane Emily in 1993 caused record flooding in the Outer Banks of North Carolina while remaining just offshore. The fifth named storm and first hurricane of the year's hurricane season, Emily developed from a tropical wave northeast of the Lesser Antilles on August 22. It moved northwestward and strengthened into a tropical storm on August 25, after becoming nearly stationary southeast of Bermuda.
Heavy rain causes floods, power cuts around Auckland. More wet weather is on the way after torrential rain caused widespread flooding in northern and eastern parts of the North Island. Conditions were easing on Wednesday evening, but the Metservice says further downpours can be expected in Northland and the Coromondel Peninsula on Thursday.