WEATHER REPORT

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Attribution of extreme weather events in the context of climate change
Mar 14, 2016 (SPX)
It is now possible to estimate the influence of climate change on some types of extreme events, such as heat waves, drought, and heavy precipitation, says a new...
Downpour shuts UAE schools, disrupts flights
Mar 09, 2016 (AFP)
Schools were ordered shut, flights suspended and the stock market was closed down in the United Arab Emirates as rare heavy rain hit the desert Gulf state on We...
New findings suggest severe tornado outbreaks are increasingly common
Mar 08, 2016 (SPX)
One tornado alone can cause intense destruction, but the largest impact on both death rates and economic losses stems from "outbreaks," in which six or more tor...
Extreme tornado outbreaks have become more common, says study
Mar 04, 2016 (SPX)
Most death and destruction inflicted by tornadoes in North America occurs during outbreaks - large-scale weather events that can last one to three days and span...
For weather forecasting, precise observations matter more than butterflies
Feb 25, 2016 (SPX)
In the 1970s, scientist Edward Lorenz famously asked whether the flapping of a butterfly's wings in Brazil could lead to a tornado in Texas. During the decades ...
At least 3 killed in southern US storms
Feb 24, 2016 (AFP)
Severe storms and tornadoes along the US Gulf Coast killed at least three people and injured 30 on Tuesday, destroying buildings and other structures across sev...
French woman left in coma as northwest Europe battered by high winds
Feb 08, 2016 (AFP)
High winds buffeted northwestern Europe on Monday, leaving one woman in France in a coma after she was hit by an advertising hoarding. In Britain, a search was ...
U.S. Navy begins testing on mobile meteorological system
Feb 03, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy began acceptance testing of the next-generation Meteorological Mobile Facility. The metrological system, also referred to as METMR(R) NEXGEN, is d...
Colombia landslide kills six
Jan 26, 2016 (AFP)
A landslide in a remote and violence-torn area of Colombia killed six people and left four missing, authorities said Tuesday. A wall of mud smashed into a small...
Planet shatters warming records, 2015 hottest 'by far'
Jan 20, 2016 (AFP)
Blistering heat blanketed the Earth last year like never before, making 2015 by far the hottest year in modern times and raising new concerns about the accelera...
Lockheed Martin Team Delivers Second Lightning Tracker for NOAA Weather Satellite
Jan 13, 2016 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin has delivered the second Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instrument that will provide earlier alerts of severe storms and contribute to mor...
Weird weather brings warm welcome to 2016
Dec 31, 2015 (AFP)
With temperatures above freezing at the North Pole, deadly tornadoes in Texas, extreme heat in Australia and floods in Britain and Missouri, the world is beset ...
Wild weather tears across US after deadly weekend storms
Dec 29, 2015 (AFP)
Wild weather that saw tornadoes and flooding kill dozens of people continued to advance across the United States Monday, now bringing deep snow and freezing rai...
Wild storms tear across US, killing 43
Dec 28, 2015 (AFP)
Floods and tornadoes killed at least 43 people in the southern and midwestern United States during the Christmas holiday, with forecasters warning that blizzard...
Death toll rises as tornados, storms strike southern US
Dec 27, 2015 (AFP)
Tornados knocked cars off a highway and flattened homes in Texas, raising the death toll to 25 as a string of powerful storms wreaked havoc across much of the s...
Christmas Day cleanup after storms kill 14 in US
Dec 25, 2015 (AFP)
Rescue workers and heartbroken residents on Friday sifted through what was left of homes wiped out by several ferocious storms and tornadoes that killed at leas...
T-shirt weather and tornadoes for Christmas in US
Dec 25, 2015 (AFP)
East coast Americans shed their Christmas sweaters on Thursday to enjoy soaring temperatures ahead of the holiday, as further south deadly tornadoes cut a swath...
Tornadoes, storms kill at least six in US
Dec 24, 2015 (AFP)
Storms and tornadoes killed at least six people and left dozens injured when they ripped through large swathes of the eastern United States on Wednesday, report...
Persistent weather extremes associated with decreased storm activity
Dec 17, 2015 (SPX)
"Less or less severe storms in the mid-latitudes, this at first sight seems to be good news - but unfortunately it isn't," says lead-author Jascha Lehmann. "The...
Another heat record means 2015 likely to be hottest ever
Dec 17, 2015 (AFP)
The globe shattered yet another heat record in November, continuing a warming trend that is all but certain to make 2015 the hottest in modern history, US gover...
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