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Extreme weather warnings: How they work and whether the U.S. does it better
When severe weather looms in Canada, there is a progression of statements, watches and warnings issued by forecasters to inform and protect the public. Here is a guide to those alerts.
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Weather Glossary and Terminology
The weather glossary explains the different weather words used in weather reports, forecasts and readings.
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World Weather Photos
Storms and severe weather are the focus of this week's World View collection.
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How Does the Fairdale Tornado Compare to the 2013 El Reno and Moore Tornadoes
A look at how the Fairdale tornado compares to the El Reno and Moore tornado.
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Record-breaking winds sculpt mountaintop ice
Night's Watch on the Wall are tough guys in Game of Thrones, but let's see them try a winter among the hard rime at the Mount Washington Observatory
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The Birth of the Weather Forecast
Admiral Robert FitzRoy took his life 150 years ago. He gave the world the weather forecast.
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An Atlantic Named Storm Coming for the First Week of May?
The first week of May is usually too early for the Atlantic to see its first named storm, but that is a possibility this year, according to the Friday morning runs of the GFS and European models.
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Extreme Weather Watch: April 2015 – Tornadoes, Floods Devastate the South
. Mobile, Alabama, has been one of the wettest cities in the entire country last month from a series of storms – recording over 13 inches of rain.
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Philippines on Alert for Typhoon Noul
Residents of the Philippines are being put on alert for potential impacts from Typhoon Noul, which will be a powerful typhoon when it approaches the Philippines this weekend.
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'Particularly Dangerous': Tornadoes Roar Across Plains States, Spurring Watches, Warnings for Millions
Tornadoes roared across the Plains Wednesday, with sightings in at least three states as severe weather threatened 9 million people from Texas to Nebraska into the evening.
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Kansas to Texas Face Severe Weather Outbreak, Tornadoes This Weekend
The central and southern Plains will continue to be pummeled by strong storms for the next several days, but the most potent severe weather threat is likely to be during the Mother's Day weekend.
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Hail, snow, floods, a tornado and tropical storm for Mother's Day
Hail, snow, flooding, a tornado and a tropical storm made it a "severe weather" Mother's Day in much of the center of the United States and on the Carolina coast on Sunday.
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'Substantial' El Nino Event Predicted
The El Nino weather pattern, which can drive droughts and flooding, is under way in the tropical Pacific for the first time in five years, say scientists.
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Intensifying Tropical Storm Dolphin a Threat to Guam
In the Northwest Pacific, Tropical Storm Dolphin is gathering strength in the waters to the east of the U.S. Mariana Islands, and is a threat to bring typhoon conditions to those islands--including Guam--on Thursday
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Tornado Alley Earns its Name: Storms Roar In
A powerful storm system stretching from Texas to Minnesota raked the nation's midsection early Sunday, hours after kicking up damaging tornadoes in Oklahoma and heavy wind and rain around the region.
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Super Typhoon Dolphin Becomes Earth's 5th Category 5 Storm of 2015
Super Typhoon Dolphin intensified into a Category 5 storm with 160 mph winds and a central pressure of 925 mb at 2 pm EDT Saturday May 16, becoming Earth's fifth Category 5 storm of the year.
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Watch: Slow-motion lightning crawls across thunderstorm underbelly
While cloud-to-ground lightning bolts are instantaneous flashes of electricity, the anvil crawler is majestically slow.
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Cold Deemed Deadlier Than Heat When it Comes to Weather Deaths
Cold temperatures kill about 20 times as many people worldwide as hot temperatures do, say Canadian and international researchers who challenge conventional wisdom that heat causes the most deaths.
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What Can Lightning Tell Us about Storm Severity ?
As soon as an incipient thunderstorm spits out its first cloud-to-ground lightning bolt, it’s a potentially deadly threat. A complex of severe storms can generate many thousands of lightning flashes per hour. Along with being a hazard in its own right, lightning can serve as an useful clue to how quickly a thunderstorm is strengthening.
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How the 2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season Is Shaping Up
NOAA issues its 2015 Atlantic hurricane season forecast.
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