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Associated Press VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. » A thunderstorm with wind gusts of more than 70 mph ripped a cargo ship's an - chors from the seafloor and caused it to run aground just a few hundred feet from a beach, drawing on - lookers from nearby condos and apartments Wednes- day morning. The Coast Guard also blamed weather for the col- lision of two other vessels Tuesday night. No injuries, damage or pollution were re- ported due to the grounding or the collision. Winds also caused 12 ships to drag anchor, the Coast Guard said. "I've not seen anything quite like this," said Coast Guard Capt. John Little, the captain of the port of Hampton Roads. The cargo ship, a 751-foot barge known as Ornak, typ - ically hauls coal and gravel. It was anchored east of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel and ran aground not too far away near First Landing State Park. Little said the ship had two an - chors in the water at the time of the storm and tried to get its engines running to fight the movement, but it had little time to react be - cause it was already so close to shore. Little said more ships may have run aground if it hadn't been for towing vessels and the quick work of harbor pi - lots who were able to come aboard the ships in the mid- dle of the storm and guide them to safety. Waves reached 4 to 6 feet during the peak of the storm and sustained winds were from 30 mph to 45 mph, the National Weather Service reported. Officials were trying to de - termine Wednesday when they would be able to free the ship, with high winds expected to continue for sev - eral days. The Coast Guard said the ship appeared in- tact, but it would need to in- spect it before it was able to proceed to a coal loading ter- minal in the area. "It's really pretty amaz- ing," Virginia Beach resi- dent Dick Ullman said near the site as people gathered to take photos. "This is a first. I've been coming down this way for about 50 years, and I don't remember a ship be - ing blown ashore like this." The ship has a crew of 22 and is owned by a company called Polsteam and sails un - der a Bahamian flag, accord- ing to the Coast Guard. The ship was resting in less than 16 feet of water Wednesday morning. A s the stor m swept through southeastern Vir - ginia, it knocked out power to about 28,000 people, ac- cording to Dominion Vir- ginia Power. The collision occurred about an hour before the grounding. wIld wINds Cargo ship runs aground in Chesapeake Bay the associated press a person walks along the beach Wednesday near where the 751-foot bulk carrier ornak ran aground tuesday night in the lower chesapeake Bay near First Landing state park, in Virginia Beach, Va. Washington 57/40 New York 50/38 Miami 84/74 Atlanta 64/47 Detro it 61/44 Houston 75/57 Chicago 58/36 Minneapolis 42/29 Kansas City 51/36 El Paso 79/63 Denver 60/38 Billings 57/39 Los Angeles 72/57 San Francisco 64/50 Seattle 55/45 AIR QUALITY FORECAST What it means: 0-50: Good; 51-100: Moderate; 101-150: Unhealthy for sensitive people; 151+: Unhealthy for all. Source: Airnow.gov City Today's air quality City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W CALIFORNIA CITIES National and world forecast sunny, partly cloudy, cloudy, showers, thunderstorms, rain, snow flurries, snow,ice City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Summary National Extremes World Extremes North and South America Asia, Australia Africa Carson City Hawthorne Reno Herlong Lovelock Sacramento Yuba City Napa Ukiah Chico Corning Lakeview Alturas Susanville Redding Red Bluff Laytonville Fort Bragg Point Arena Eureka Redway Mount Shasta Yreka Crescent City Ashland Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Shown are today's noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. ALMANAC Precipitation Temperatures ALLERGY REPORT Pollen levels Source: National Allergy Bureau TODAY'S UV INDEX (The higher the number, the faster skin damage will occur.) Extreme Very high High Moderate Low SUN SETTINGS, MOON PHASES Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Hours of sunlight River Levels Sacramento River Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr Stage yest. chg. Lake Levels Elevation Yesterday Storage (acre-feet) Percent Capacity Q: A: FRIDAY 79° 47° SATURDAY 79° 49° Mostly sunn y Times of clouds and sun SUNDAY 79° 51° Mostly sunn y and pleasant MONDAY 73° 46° Clouds and sun TODAY 82° 53° Partly sunny. Partly cloudy with a shower in spots tonight. High ....................................................................... 80° Low ........................................................................ 56° Normal high ......................................................... 71° Normal low ........................................................... 47° Record high ............................................. 91° in 1939 Record low .............................................. 34° in 1963 Humidity noon today ........................................ 38% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.00" Month to date ................................................... 0.13" Normal month to date ..................................... 0.82" Season to date ................................................ 11.64" Normal season to date .................................. 22.08" Red Bluff through 2 p.m. yesterday Chico .................................................................. Good Napa ........................................................... Moderate Red Bluff .............................................. Not available Redding ............................................................. Good Yuba City ........................................................... Good Allergy, dust and dander today: Beneficial Grass ...................... High Mold ......................... Low Trees ...................... High Weeds ..................... Low 7 Highest at 1 p.m. Today 6:28 a.m. 7:49 p.m. 10:42 p.m. 8:05 a.m. Friday 6:27 a.m. 7:50 p.m. 11:42 p.m. 8:54 a.m. 13 hr., 21 min. Apr 22 Last Apr 28 New First May 6 Full May 14 above Bend Bridge...................... 27 ...........0.90 .......none at Hamilton City ......................... 148 ...... 128.60 ....... -0.07 at Ord Ferry ................................ 114 ........96.40 ....... -0.08 at Red Bluff Diversion Dam ....... 253 ...... 237.70 ....... -0.10 at Tehama Bridge ...................... 213 ...... 200.10 .......none at Vina Woodson Bridge............ 183 ...... 165.90 ...... +0.04 Black Butte ....................453.01.............. 61,825 ..... 43.0% Lake Oroville..................766.30......... 1,834,496 ..... 49.1% Lake Shasta ...................978.47......... 2,386,268 ..... 52.4% Lake Trinity..................2286.69......... 1,310,744 ..... 49.5% Whiskeytown...............1202.07............ 216,349 ..... 89.7% Weather Trivia ™ In which direction do 87% of all tornadoes move? From the southwest toward the northeast. Today Friday Anaheim 76/58/pc 72/57/pc Bakersfield 88/60/pc 82/60/pc Chula Vista 70/58/pc 68/60/pc Crescent City 56/45/sh 56/41/pc Death Valley 101/75/pc 97/67/pc Eureka 56/43/sh 59/39/pc Fremont 68/50/pc 68/49/pc Fresno 89/59/pc 84/56/pc Glendale 74/56/pc 70/55/pc Huntington Beach 65/57/pc 65/56/pc Irvine 67/57/pc 66/57/pc Lake Tahoe 65/36/pc 59/31/pc Long Beach 67/58/pc 67/56/pc Los Angeles 72/57/pc 69/55/pc Mammoth Mountain 69/38/pc 61/36/pc Modesto 86/55/pc 78/52/pc Monterey 62/50/pc 61/48/pc Moreno Valley 78/54/pc 71/54/pc Napa 71/49/pc 70/43/pc Needles 94/72/pc 88/65/pc Oakland 66/50/pc 65/50/pc Oxnard 64/55/pc 63/53/pc Redding 82/52/pc 79/47/pc Riverside 78/55/pc 72/52/pc Sacramento 79/50/pc 77/48/pc San Bernardino 78/55/s 72/54/pc San Diego 67/61/pc 67/60/pc San Francisco 64/50/pc 62/50/pc San Jose 73/51/pc 72/48/pc San Luis Obispo 69/50/pc 68/48/pc Santa Ana 70/58/pc 68/56/pc Santa Barbara 65/53/pc 64/51/pc Santa Clarita 77/53/pc 72/55/pc Stockton 83/52/pc 78/48/pc Ventura 64/55/pc 63/53/pc Yosemite Valley 78/46/pc 69/43/pc Today Friday Albuquerque 69/51/pc 73/51/pc Atlanta 64/47/s 66/49/c Baltimore 55/36/pc 58/42/c Boston 42/33/s 47/37/c Buffalo 58/36/s 58/38/pc Chicago 58/36/c 52/35/pc Cincinnati 65/42/pc 63/39/c Dallas 68/55/c 75/57/pc Denver 60/38/pc 74/46/s Detroit 61/44/pc 57/36/sh El Paso 79/63/s 78/57/s Fargo 39/24/pc 50/30/pc Honolulu 86/73/s 84/72/pc Houston 75/57/c 80/60/c Indianapolis 63/44/pc 62/38/sh Kansas City 51/36/sh 62/49/pc Las Vegas 88/70/pc 81/65/pc Louisville 66/46/pc 67/45/c Miami 84/74/t 84/71/t Minneapolis 42/29/pc 49/31/pc New Orleans 70/60/c 74/62/t New York City 50/38/s 54/44/c Oklahoma City 60/48/t 74/54/pc Milder air will surge from the lower Missis- sippi Valley to the Northeast today, replacing Wednesday's chill. The chill will be slower to ease along the East coast as the air flows from the cold ocean onshore. Widespread dry weather will also dominate from the South to the Northeast. Show- ers will make the Gulf and Southeast coasts the exception. Thunderstorms will also rattle central and southern Florida. Another storm system will cause snow to fall in the vicinity of Lake Superior. Rain will spread across more of the Northwest as the Southwest stays hot. High ............................ 97° in Thermal, CA Low ....................... 0° in Land O Lakes, WI High .................... 114° in Matam, Senegal Low ... -59° in Summit Station, Greenland Bogota 64/49/t 67/47/sh Buenos Aires 73/57/pc 72/50/s Caracas 87/75/t 88/75/pc Ensenada 72/55/pc 68/52/pc Mexico City 79/55/pc 77/55/t Montreal 48/34/s 55/39/pc Rio de Janeiro 81/73/pc 84/74/pc Tijuana 70/58/pc 70/55/pc Toronto 48/38/s 53/36/pc Vancouver 54/46/r 55/43/pc Orlando 77/66/t 76/67/r Philadelphia 55/37/s 58/44/c Phoenix 92/71/s 86/67/s Pittsburgh 62/36/s 64/44/pc Portland, ME 41/28/s 46/33/s Portland, OR 59/44/r 62/42/pc St. Louis 64/46/c 65/46/pc Salt Lake City 69/53/s 76/52/pc Seattle 55/45/r 57/42/pc Tucson 88/65/s 82/60/s Washington, DC 57/40/pc 59/46/c Cairo 83/66/s 92/67/s Casablanca 74/56/pc 72/54/pc Johannesburg 66/49/c 70/49/pc Kinshasa 91/74/t 89/74/t Lagos 90/76/t 90/77/t Nairobi 81/60/pc 80/60/pc Tripoli 65/48/s 69/51/s Baghdad 98/74/pc 100/70/pc Beijing 73/52/pc 71/51/pc Hong Kong 81/74/pc 82/73/pc Jerusalem 74/55/pc 78/61/s Kabul 68/46/s 65/43/s Manila 90/79/pc 91/79/t Melbourne 74/57/s 68/52/pc New Delhi 91/70/t 93/68/pc Seoul 71/50/r 74/50/pc Singapore 91/79/t 90/79/t Sydney 75/57/s 77/59/s Tehran 76/58/s 76/63/pc Tokyo 68/55/pc 61/50/sh Amsterdam 61/43/c 53/41/pc Athens 61/47/r 64/50/pc Belgrade 52/47/sh 60/50/r Berlin 58/42/pc 54/40/r Budapest 57/44/c 69/51/pc Dublin 55/37/pc 51/35/pc London 66/42/pc 57/40/pc Madrid 81/52/s 81/55/pc Moscow 54/37/s 55/34/pc Paris 64/47/s 60/36/c Rome 62/43/s 65/50/s Stockholm 55/41/c 54/37/pc Vienna 57/41/s 65/44/s Zurich 61/34/pc 57/38/r 73/43 80/50 77/50 76/44 78/51 79/50 82/54 71/49 77/44 81/54 81/53 67/39 73/39 72/41 82/52 82/53 71/41 58/48 59/49 56/43 68/44 70/41 72/41 56/45 66/36 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2014 •••••••••••••• Elect •••••••••••••• REAL •••••• • Experience ••••••• L A R R Y OLSEN FOR Tehama County District Attorney lao4law@aol.com Learn more about Larry at: www.larryaolsen.com Paid for by the Campaign to elect Larry Olsen 530 566 1966 Ask about cushy country boarding Free 10 minute phone chat. 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