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Rainy and cool afternoon expected in Hampton Roads
A cold front has moved into the region bringing with it below average temperatures, wind and more rain. According to the National Weather Service, high temperatures will reach between the mid-60s and low 70s. Scattered rain showers will continue through...
Tags: Memorial Day, Weather, Hampton Roads Weather, Hampton Roads, National Weather Service
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How do tornado winds compare with hurricanes?
Sun SentinelSouth Florida is unlikely to ever see a tornado as devastating as the one that tore through Oklahoma on Monday. The atmospheric conditions aren’t conducive here. Yet the region could see a Category 5 hurricane, which could pack winds almost as...Tags: Hurricane Andrew (1992), Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Weather, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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More rain, wind forecast for today in South Florida
South Florida Sun-SentinelHeavy rains, howling winds and overcast skies settled over South Florida on Tuesday like a case of the blues. The lousy weather snarled traffic, caused minor flight delays and made going outside miserable. Then things really got gloomy, at least for...Tags: Clermont, Air Transportation Delays, Delray Beach, Disasters, Natural Disasters
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About this series
Reporters analyzed data obtained from the Federal Emergency Management Agency on 1 million claims for 20 disasters from 1999 to 2004 and created maps showing the location and amounts paid. Those claims were then compared to National Weather Service and...Tags: American Red Cross, Government, FEMA, Disasters and Accidents, Los Angeles
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'May miracle' of above-average rainfall is a gift to firefighters
A "May miracle" of almost perfectly timed, above-average rainfall helped firefighters battling the large Springs fire in Ventura County and guaranteed that Los Angeles would not break a dubious record. The city was on track to having its fourth-driest...
Tags: Fires, Jerry Brown, Wildfires, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Guiberson Fire (2009)
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Climate change may bring drought to temperate areas, study says
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON — Climate change may increase the risk of extreme rainfall in the tropics and drought in the world's temperate zones, according to a new study led by NASA. "These results in many ways are the worst of all possible worlds," said Peter...Tags: Global Warming, NASA, North Africa, Conservation, Natural Disasters
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Is This Progress?
Channel 2 WeatherWell, well, what have we here? A disappointing early spring perhaps? It just so happens that many are frustrated with what's been happening lately, but at least the gravel is getting picked up. Record snowfall in the winter of 2011-2012 was followed...Tags: Weather
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March 2013 among coldest for U.S., but 10th warmest across the globe
March 2013 brought a chill to Maryland and much of the eastern U.S., but the global average temperature for the month was meanwhile 10th warmest on record, according to U.S. climate researchers. Around here, March temperatures were about 3 degrees below...
Tags: BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Weather
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'Wake-up call' sounded on stalled renewable energy initiatives
WASHINGTON -- The push to produce more energy from renewable sources has stalled, and “the average unit of energy produced today is basically as dirty as it was 20 years ago,” according to Maria van der Hoeven, executive director of the...
Tags: Global Warming, Weather, Renewable Energy, Environmental Issues, Energy
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Early spring climate forecast
BROOKINGS - What a difference a year makes. Statewide, March 2013 in South Dakota was cooler and wetter than a year ago, where extremely warm temperatures contributed to a record warm year nationally and eventual drought development in South Dakota. "In...Tags: Natural Disasters, Weather, National Weather Service, Weather Reports, Droughts
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Record heat forecast Wednesday, with highs around 90 degrees
Maryland skipped over spring and went straight to summer-like weather Tuesday, as a "Bermuda high" system more common to June or July created a chance for record-breaking heat on Wednesday. Temperatures reached 85 degrees at Baltimore-Washington...
Tags: BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Baltimore Weather, Weather, National Weather Service, Kennedy Krieger Institute
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Chile's Atacama Desert: Otherworldly and timeless
Only four people live in the village of Machuca, 13,000 feet up in the Chilean Andes, and all of them are related to Joel Colque. Colque, who grew up in this stone village that hugs the side of a volcano, is our guide for a daylong trek in the altiplano...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Mining, Landforms, Weather, Personal Service
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