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Extreme Weather 101: Drought
Drought explained and the effects.
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'The Old Farmer's Almanac' sees cold, snowy winter for U.S.
The Old Farmer's Almanac released its winter weather forecast this week, inciting the usual squabble between the folksy, 224-year-old periodical and scientists who make long-term climate predictions.
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'Biggest El Nino of Our Generation' May be Tempered by The Blob
A massive El Nino could bring relief to some drought-stricken areas, but climatologists are debating the outcome of the battle between this 'Godzilla' El Nino and another Pacific ocean phenomenon called The Blob.
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Dazzling 'Fire Rainbow' Brightens South Carolina Sky
The sun must be at an angle higher than 58 degrees when the light hits the crystals, forming what appears to be a rainbow cloud in the sky.
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First Cape Verde Storm of 2015 Possible This Week
A tropical wave in the central Atlantic has the potential to develop into a tropical storm over the next several days. Invest 96L was gradually organizing near 10.0°N and 28.3°W at 1800 GMT Sunday , moving west at about 15 mph.
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Hurricane/Tropical Storm Hilda Produce Upper Atmosphere Lightning
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) CloudCAM on top of Mauna Kea captured upper atmosphere lightning known as "Sprite" or "Gigantic Jet".
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El Niño: Why Now is the Time to Act
Ignoring El Niño is not an option for countries in Asia, which face a cost of many billions of dollars and lives lost if they fail to act.
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Something Frightening is Happening to the Weather in the Middle East
People are paying attention to the numbers coming out of the Middle East.
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Twin Typhoons Churn Toward Taiwan, Japan, Korean Peninsula
Twin typhoons on the western Pacific are expected to target areas from Taiwan to Japan.
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El Nino this year could be a record-breaker
The current El Nino, nicknamed Bruce Lee, is already the second strongest on record for this time of year and could be one of the most potent weather-changers of the past 65 years, meteorologists say.
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'Godzilla' weather pattern may hit California in fall, winter
Cue the screaming, the pointing, the badly synced exclamation: It's Godzilla! The National Weather Service on Thursday said a gathering El Niño weather pattern in the Pacific Ocean could become one of the most powerful on record, bringing once-in-a-generation storms later this year to drought-stricken California. Bill Patzert, a climatologist with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said the system has the possibility of becoming "the Godzilla El Niño."
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Panama declares drought emergency
Panama's government has declared a state of emergency as it faces a drought that has prompted water restrictions, depleted reservoirs and affected shipping through its bustling canal. The government blamed the El Nino weather phenomenon for the major drought. The state of emergency declared Tuesday also sets up a government board tasked with rushing to deliver a water security plan in under four months.
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Hilda Fizzling as it Approaches Hawaii; Twin Typhoons Coming to the Western Pacific
In the Western Pacific, a pair of tropical disturbances, 97W and 98W, appear destined to become twin typhoons early next week, according to the latest runs of the European and GFS models.
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Watch Summer's Extreme Weather Move Around Earth With This Animated Map
If you’re interested in data design, you’ll probably be very jealous of the developers and scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Visualization Lab.
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Salmon on Vancouver Island Threatened by Heat Wave
River levels in Southern B.C. are at record lows and water temperatures are at record highs. This is threatening the millions of salmon coming home to spawn and the billion-dollar freshwater fishing industry that depends on healthy rivers.
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Taiwan Braces for Direct Hit From Typhoon Soudelor
Taiwan braced for a direct hit from Typhoon Soudelor on Saturday as the storm took dead aim at the island and was expected to make landfall in a matter of hours, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.
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NOAA Updates 2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association's Climate Prediction Center updated its Atlantic hurricane season outlook Thursday, calling for a 90 percent chance of below-normal activity.
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The Chase
This past spring I spent more time chasing storms on the plains than ever before. The most I had spent prior to this was seven total days and that was last year. What I came away with from that short time made me realize that if I could double that...the stuff I could capture would be amazing.
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India Rail Crash: Trains derail in Madhya Pradesh flash flood
Photos-At least 24 people are killed as a flash flood derails two trains on a bridge in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, officials say.
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Thunderstorms May Challenge Firefighters Battling 65,000-Acre Rocky Fire
The unpredictable Rocky fire grew to 65,000 acres by Tuesday morning after bursting through the containment line and jumping a highway, sending embers over firefighters.
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