WEATHER REPORT

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Death toll in New Caledonia landslides rises to five
Nov 23, 2016 (AFP)
A fifth person was confirmed dead Wednesday after torrential rain triggered landslides on the French overseas territory of New Caledonia, while three others wer...
One dead, one missing as storm batters Britain
Nov 22, 2016 (AFP)
A woman died and a pensioner was missing Tuesday as flash floods and strong winds swept across Britain, stranding a ferry carrying 150 people for 26 hours. The ...
Two dead as tornado strikes quake-hit Italy
Nov 07, 2016 (AFP)
An Indian national was amongst two people who died after the outskirts of Rome were hit by a tornado powerful enough to uproot trees, overturn cars and damage b...
Satellite to improve weather forecasts
Oct 26, 2016 (XNA)
China will launch its latest independently developed weather satellite at the end of this year, which is said to be technically comparable to similar satellites...
Airbus weather satellite MetOp-A notches up 10 years
Oct 18, 2016 (SPX)
It has orbited Earth almost 52,000 times, delivered more than 100 Terabytes of weather and climate data 24 hours a day/7 days a week, and improved weather predi...
Wind patterns in lowest layers of supercell storms key to predicting tornadoes
Oct 18, 2016 (SPX)
New research from North Carolina State University has found that wind patterns in the lowest 500 meters of the atmosphere near supercell thunderstorms can help ...
Scientists pit modern roof shapes against high-speed winds
Oct 13, 2016 (UPI)
Roof design used to be rather simple and uniform. Today, houses boast an array of complex roof shapes. Recently, a pair of researchers in Australia decided to s...
Climate change to have 'little effect' on common landslides
Oct 10, 2016 (SPX)
The frequency of common landslides is not likely to increase as a result of more rainstorms brought about by future climate change, new research from Cardiff Un...
Hurricane Matthew damages roofs at NASA's launch center
Oct 07, 2016 (AFP)
Hurricane Matthew lashed NASA's rocket launch facility at Cape Canaveral on Friday, causing power outages and damaging roofs as heavy winds battered the Florida...
At least 8 dead, 19 missing after China landslides
Oct 01, 2016 (AFP)
At least eight people have died and around 19 are still missing after devastating landslides swept through two eastern Chinese villages, local authorities told ...
Lake Victoria a 'thunderstorm hotspot' with climate change
Sep 27, 2016 (AFP)
Climate change could transform East Africa's Lake Victoria into a dangerous thunderstorm hotspot, threatening some 200,000 fishermen who ply its waters at night...
August shatters global heat records for 16th month in a row
Sep 20, 2016 (AFP)
Last month was the hottest August in modern times and marked the 16th month in a row when global records for heat were shattered planet-wide, US authorities sai...
France strikes with longest-lasting lightning bolt
Sep 16, 2016 (AFP)
At a little over seven seconds France's lasts the longest but America's is by far the biggest. The UN World Meteorological Organization on Friday announced that...
August equals July as hottest month in modern times: UN
Sep 16, 2016 (AFP)
August equalled July as the hottest month in modern times, the UN's weather agency said Friday, warning that extraordinary temperatures were "set to become the ...
GSLV Successfully Launches India's Weather Satellite INSAT-3DR
Sep 12, 2016 (SPX)
In its tenth flight (GSLV-F05) conducted September 08, 2016, India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, equipped with the indigenous Cryogenic Upper Stage...
Guatemala landslide kills nine
Sep 07, 2016 (AFP)
A landslide triggered by torrential rain killed at least nine people in a poor shantytown on the outskirts of the Guatemalan capital, authorities said Wednesday...
Climate change spells worse typhoons for China, Japan: study
Sep 05, 2016 (AFP)
China, Taiwan, Japan and the Koreas will experience more violent typhoons under climate change, said researchers Monday, presenting evidence for a recent rise i...
More than 300 reindeer killed by lightning in Norway
Aug 29, 2016 (AFP)
More than 300 wild reindeer have been killed by lightning in southern Norway, Norwegian officials said Monday, in the largest such incident known to date. The 3...
Lockheed Martin delivers NOAA's GOES-R weather satellite to launch site
Aug 26, 2016 (SPX)
NOAA's newest weather satellite, GOES-R, left its Colorado home where it was built and is now in Florida where it will undergo preparations for a Nov. 4 launch....
Seismometers detect 'weather bomb' on other side of the Earth
Aug 26, 2016 (UPI)
In a new study, scientists report a series of tremors picked up by seismometers in Japan were produced by a "weather bomb" on the other side of the globe, just ...
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