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6 Extreme Weather Events That Pummeled America This Summer
Research says that extreme weather is becoming more common. Here were the most devastating events this summer
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Emergency declared in Arizona amid incredible rain, flooding
The rainfall in Phoenix has already broken the single-day record.
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CO2 rises at fastest rate since 1984
A surge in atmospheric CO2 saw levels of greenhouse gases reach record levels in 2013, according to new figures. Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere between 2012 and 2013 grew at their fastest rate since 1984. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) says that it highlights the need for a global climate treaty.
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The Weather of Our Future: The Weather Channel’s 2050 forecast
TWC's top stories in 2050? Sea level rise inundation in Miami. A record-setting heat wave in Chicago. And a megadrought in the Southwest.
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Out of thin air: is this the world's newest type of cloud?
Ten years ago, Gavin Pretor-Pinney decided to rebrand clouds, or what he likes to refer to as the “patron goddesses of idle fellows.” For too long, clouds had been co-opted by bleak expressions like “head in the clouds” and “under a cloud”; dismissed as stains on otherwise beautiful blue skies; and maligned as harbingers of crummy weather and bummer vibes. Pretor-Pinney wanted to change all that.
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Britain buys supercomputer to get better weather forecasts
Britain's Met Office has been given the green light to build a £97m supercomputer, which will help the weather service to provide better forecasts.
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After rapidly intensifying, Super Typhoon Nuri may be planet's strongest storm of 2014
The west Pacific Ocean basin, home to some of the strongest typhoons on the planet, has done it again. Barely one month after Super Typhoon Vongfong peaked at an intensity that was among the top 30 most intense such storms on record, Super Typhoon Nuri rapidly intensified on Sunday to rival or beat that milestone.
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As Alaska Braces For Intense Storm, Mainland U.S. Could Witness Extreme Weather This Weekend
The United States is preparing to experience some extreme weather this weekend, if we are to believe forecasts from The National Weather Service.
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The 'Catatumbo Lightning': Venezuela's Eternal Storm
When Venezuelan environmentalist Erik Quiroga was five years old, his mum showed him a spot on the horizon where magnificent lights appeared from a huge storm most nights, about 40 miles from his hometown of Valera at the foot of the Andes.
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Something Called The 'Omega Block' Is Causing All Kinds Of Extreme Weather — And There's No End In Sight
Huge masses of air forced into unusual patterns.
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Leonid Meteor Shower Expected To Peak Monday
The Leonid meteor shower, the result of debris left in the orbit of Comet Tempel-Tuttle that hits Earth’s atmosphere each year around mid-November, is expected to peak on Monday.
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In 49 states, It's Below Freezing in at Least One Spot
Cold temperatures across the U.S. are highly unusual for November. Great Lakes area gets heavy lake-effect snow.
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Typhoon Hagupit May Try for a Near-Repeat of Deadly Super Typhoon Haiyan
Typhoon Hagupit is intensifying toward super typhoon status, but whether it will make a direct hit on the Philippines remains an open question.
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Both U.S. Coasts are Getting Heavily Hosed by Ocean Moisture Systems
Fire hose weather systems are whipping rain and snow at both coasts with mighty gusts. The one on the Pacific Coast is just getting cranked.
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First El Niño in five Years Declared by Japan's Weather Bureau
Agency becomes first major meteorological bureau to declare weather phenomenon which can bring severe droughts to south-east Asia and Australia
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Small Tornado Hits Los Angeles, Damages Homes
A small tornado touched down in Los Angeles on Friday, ripping off parts of rooftops and downing trees in the southern part of the city.
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Tornadoes Rip Across Southeast
Drenching rain and severe thunderstorms are walloping portions of the South.
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Severe Flooding Hits Southeast Asia
Malaysia and Thailand among countries affected, with more than 180,000 displaced and 13 people killed.
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This Was an Epic year for Droughts, Floods, and Extreme Weather
Extreme heat, record-breaking floods, and a terrifying tornado in oil country -- all in all, a year we can't afford to forget.
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Record 2014 Freeze for Parts of UK
The lowest temperatures of 2014 for England, Wales and Northern Ireland were recorded overnight.
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