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ScienceDaily (Jan. 25, 2011) Last summer's disastrous Pakistan floods that killed more than 2,000 people and left more than 20 million injured or homeless were caused by a rogue weather system that wandered hundreds of miles farther west than is normal for such systems, new research shows.


Storm systems that bring widespread, long-lasting rain over eastern India and Bangladesh form over the Bay of Bengal, at the east edge of India, said Robert Houze, a University of Washington atmospheric sciences professor. But Pakistan, on the Arabian Sea west of India, is substantially more arid and its storms typically produce only locally heavy rainfall.

The Rogue is part of the cell phone & service test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, cell phone models like the Rogue are rated on multiple criteria, such as those listed below.

Ease of use mainly considers how easy is it is to access the phone's various features and modes, the number of step-saving functions for making and receiving calls, and display and keypad readability under different lighting conditions. We also factor in features and capabilities, such as camera, music, and GPS navigation, Web browsing and broadband connections, as well as the phone's size and weight.