WEATHER REPORT

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New York, Washington bask in warm winter weather records
Dec 14, 2015 (AFP)
Shorts instead of scarves: New York City and the Washington area shattered or matched warm weather records Sunday for December 13, less than two weeks before th...
Pilot study reveals storm response of offshore lighthouses
Dec 14, 2015 (SPX)
The unseen responses of remote offshore lighthouse in the face of severe storms are revealed in a new study by Plymouth University. A team from the School of Ma...
New York warm winter weather sets record
Dec 13, 2015 (AFP)
New York set a record Sunday for the warmest December 13, with some residents heading out in shorts and sandals just 12 days before the usually frigid Christmas...
Russia-Ukraine carrier rocket with weather satellite launched from Baikonur
Dec 12, 2015 (Sputnik)
The Russian-Ukrainian Zenit-2SB carrier rocket with a Russian-made meteorological satellite Elektro-L2 and an upper-stage rocket Fregat-SB was launched from the...
Joplin tornado study leads to code changes
Dec 10, 2015 (SPX)
Protecting schools and their associated high-occupancy buildings from the most violent tornadoes is the goal of the first approved building code changes based o...
PlanetiQ signs weather satellite launch contract
Dec 07, 2015 (SPX)
PlanetiQ has signed a contract with Antrix Corporation Limited, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), for the launch of PlanetiQ'...
Indonesian landslide buries 18 villagers
Dec 03, 2015 (AFP)
A landslide triggered by torrential rains Thursday engulfed a village in western Indonesia, burying 18 people, an official said. Three have been found dead and ...
U.N.: 2015 will be warmest year on record
Nov 25, 2015 (UPI)
There are still a few days left in November, but scientists with the United Nations are already willing to declare 2015 the hottest year on record. The statemen...
UN study: Vast majority of world disasters caused by weather
Nov 23, 2015 (UPI)
A new United Nations report aims to shine the light on the human and economic costs of weather-related disasters. Of the thousands of disasters nations have suf...
Largest ensemble simulation of global weather using real-world data
Nov 17, 2015 (SPX)
When performing numerical weather predictions, it is important that the simulation itself be accurate, but it is also key for real-world data, based on observat...
Temperature record at famous Alpine peak
Nov 10, 2015 (AFP)
The towering Jungfrau mountain in the Swiss Alps on Tuesday saw the mercury hit an all-time high for the month of November of 7.2 degrees Celsius (45 degrees Fa...
US finds wreckage believed to be missing freighter El Faro
Nov 01, 2015 (AFP)
The US navy has found wreckage it believes to be from the doomed freighter El Faro which sank during Hurricane Joaquin a month ago, the National Transportation ...
Toddler dies as downpour wreaks havoc in Iraq
Oct 29, 2015 (AFP)
Torrential rain caused chaos across several parts of Iraq Thursday, with flood waters sweeping a toddler to her death and damaging camps for displaced people. T...
IBM leverages cloud power in deal for Weather Company
Oct 28, 2015 (AFP)
IBM is bringing its "cloud" computing power to a deal with The Weather Company. Under the agreement announced Wednesday, IBM will acquire the product and techno...
Cars strike pedestrians in heavy rains as hurricane moves to Canada
Oct 28, 2015 (AFP)
The remnants of record-breaking Hurricane Patricia reached Canada Wednesday, dumping heavy rain and blinding drivers at times to pedestrians and other vehicles....
First nine months of 2015 shatter heat records: US
Oct 21, 2015 (AFP)
The first nine months of this year were the hottest on record worldwide, US government scientists said Wednesday, in another sign of the impact of dangerous glo...
Guatemala ends search for landslide missing with toll at 280
Oct 13, 2015 (AFP)
Guatemala called off a search Tuesday for dozens of people still missing in a landslide that killed at least 280 people, authorities said. Around 70 people are ...
Guatemala mudslide toll rises to 253 dead
Oct 09, 2015 (AFP)
The mounting toll from a mudslide that buried a Guatemalan community on October 1 has risen to 253 confirmed dead, authorities said Friday, with several hundred...
Death toll in Guatemala landslide rises to 161
Oct 06, 2015 (AFP)
The death toll from a landslide that devastated a Guatemalan village has risen to 161 as emergency workers continue pulling bodies from the mud and debris, offi...
More rain threatens Guatemala mudslide victims search
Oct 05, 2015 (AFP)
With 300 people still missing, Guatemala rescue crews resumed the grim search for victims Monday in rubble left by a mudslide that officials say has claimed at ...
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