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Wind chill sends Mount Washington temperatures to 108 degrees below zero, setting new record
A record-setting wind chill of 108 degrees below zero was seen on the summit of Mount Washington in New Hampshire, the National Weather Service said.
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It's the coldest Feb. 4 in 100 years but it will get warmer
Ottawa is experiencing its coldest Feb. 4 in 100 years but the temperature is expected to rise steadily Saturday and into Sunday.
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Holes in sun's atmosphere can help predict space weather on Earth
Coronal holes are cooler, darker regions in the sun's upper atmosphere, the corona, from which solar wind streams into space at high speed. A new study has now found that the magnetic properties of these holes can be used to forecast the severity of geomagnetic storms that hit Earth.
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At least 50 people have died across the U.S. in 'once-in-a-generation storm'
More than half the deaths occurred in western New York, which struggled with super-size snow drifts that snarled emergency vehicles. Buffalo's responders rescued hundreds trapped in cars.
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Death toll rises in Buffalo as frigid cold freezes eastern U.S. on Christmas Day
A deadly blizzard pummeled Buffalo, New York, on Christmas Day, trapping people in their cars, causing power outages and raising the death toll from a severe winter storm system that swept the United States. Twenty-eight people have died so far in weather-related incidents, according to an NBC News tally. CNN reported 26 deaths Sunday morning.
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How centuries-old whaling logs are filling gaps in our climate knowledge
Whalers from the 18th and 19th centuries are helping 21st Century scientists on climate change.
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At least 2 dead amid potentially historic lake-effect snowfall in Western New York
A lake-effect snow warning is in effect through 1 a.m. Saturday for southern Erie County.
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Hurricane Nicole topples beachfront homes into ocean
Tropical Storm Nicole has sent multiple homes collapsing into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Study finds that climate change added 10% to Ian's rainfall
Climate change added at least 10% more rain to Hurricane Ian, a study prepared immediately after the storm shows. Thursday’s research, which is not peer-reviewed, compared peak rainfall rates during the real storm to about 20 different computer scenarios of a model with Hurricane Ian’s characteristics slamming into the Sunshine State in a world with no human-caused climate change.
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Hurricane Fiona makes landfall in Puerto Rico after knocking out power across entire island
Hurricane Fiona struck Puerto Rico's southwest coast on Sunday after causing an island-wide power blackout and threatening to dump “historic” levels of rain.
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No September on record in the West has seen a heat wave like this
Nearly 1,000 records have been set over the past week from California to North Dakota, many by large margins.
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Five 1,000-year rain events have struck the U.S. in five weeks. Why?
Precipitation extremes are now more feast or famine because of climate change.
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France, Spain, Portugal battle wildfires amid intense heat
Authorities across southern Europe battled on Sunday to control huge wildfires in countries including Spain, Greece and France, where thousands of people have been evacuated in soaring temperatures.
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Derecho turns skies green
As storms moved across the country Tuesday, people in Sioux Falls, South Dakota witnessed a rare sight – a green-tinged sky.
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More than 50 million people in the U.S. are under excessive heat warnings
Temperatures tied or broke records in 27 cities on Saturday, peaking at 122 in Death Valley, Calif. The heatwave will move north and eastward this week, stopping at the Appalachian Mountains.
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This is just the beginning. Above-normal heat is forecast for most of the U.S. this summer.
The Northeast, from Delaware to Maine, has the highest likelihood of being extra-hot, along with parts of the West.
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Scientists think they can control the weather using chaos theory
Using a chaos theory idea connected to the flapping of a butterfly's wings, a team of researchers lead by the RIKEN institute in Japan has identified an experimental approach to regulate the weather itself.
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Historic blizzard likely as severe storms threaten millions for 4th week in a row
For the fourth week in a row, the continental United States will experience a multi-day severe weather outbreak.
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Cloud seeding might not be as promising as drought-troubled states hope
On mountain peaks scattered across Colorado, machines are set up to fire chemicals into the clouds in attempts to generate snow. The process is called cloud seeding, and as global temperatures rise, more countries and drought-troubled states are using it in sometimes desperate efforts to modify the weather.
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We May Finally Understand Why Clouds Are Different Between Earth's Hemispheres
You might think that clouds are clouds all over Earth, but that's not quite so.
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