WEATHER REPORT

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At least 131 killed in Guatemala landslide, hundreds missing
Oct 05, 2015 (AFP)
At least 131 people were killed in mudslides that smashed into a village outside Guatemala City, officials said Sunday, three days after the disaster struck the...
Raytheon completes rollout for national weather service
Oct 01, 2015 (UPI)
Raytheon has distributed its next-generation weather system across the United States, aiming to help the U.S. National Weather Service in making more accurate p...
Thousands homeless in flooded Sierra Leone capital
Sep 23, 2015 (AFP)
Thousands of people were going into a second week in makeshift camps after being made homeless by severe flooding as Sierra Leone was buffeted by torrential rai...
Predicting tornadoes months or even seasons in advance
Sep 15, 2015 (SPX)
What if tornado activity could be forecasted months, even seasons in advance? Thanks to a new model developed at the University of Toronto Scarborough, that abi...
Seven killed in Guinea landslide: government
Sep 08, 2015 (AFP)
Seven villagers have been killed and five are missing after days of torrential rain triggered a landslide that buried homes on Guinea's west coast, witnesses an...
Two dead, hundreds treated as sandstorm engulfs Middle East
Sep 08, 2015 (AFP)
A dense sandstorm engulfing parts of the Middle East left at least two people dead in Lebanon and hundreds suffering from respiratory problems on Tuesday, as of...
The second China-US high-level meeting on satellite matters was held
Sep 02, 2015 (XNA)
On the morning of August 31, the second China-US high-level meeting on satellite matters was held in Maryland, America. Dr. Zheng Guoguang, Administrator of Chi...
How wind sculpted Earth's largest dust deposit
Sep 02, 2015 (SPX)
China's Loess Plateau was formed by wind alternately depositing dust or removing dust over the last 2.6 million years, according to a new report from University...
Eight feared dead in Indonesian landslide
Aug 25, 2015 (AFP)
Eight people are missing and feared dead after a major landslide hit a road in remote eastern Indonesia, an official said Tuesday. Heavy downpours in an isolate...
NOAA Signs First US Government Deal With SES for O3b High Throughput Solution
Aug 18, 2015 (SPX)
Global satellite solutions provider SES Government Solutions (SES GS) has agreed to a one year contract with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) ...
Hong Kong swelters on hottest day in history
Aug 08, 2015 (AFP)
Hong Kong on Saturday recorded its hottest day since authorities began taking temperature readings 130 years ago, due to the influence of a nearby typhoon. The ...
Lightning reshapes rocks at the atomic level
Aug 07, 2015 (SPX)
At a rock outcropping in southern France, a jagged fracture runs along the granite. The surface in and around the crevice is discolored black, as if wet or cove...
MSG-4, Europe's latest weather satellite, delivers first image
Aug 05, 2015 (ESA)
The Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) instrument on MSG-4 captured its first image of Earth. This demonstrates that Europe's latest geostat...
ESA hands over control of the MSG-4 weather satellite
Jul 29, 2015 (ESA)
On 26 July at 09:30 GMT (11:30 CEST), ESA handed control of Europe's last Meteosat Second Generation weather satellite, MSG-4, to EUMETSAT. This follows the lau...
Making Europe sweat
Jul 22, 2015 (SPX)
In 2003, Europe experienced a record-breaking summer, and many people feel that this summer is headed the same way. In the midst of this heatwave, the scientifi...
ESA teams ready for Europe's next weather satellite
Jul 10, 2015 (ESA)
Ground control teams are ready to shepherd Europe's next weather satellite through its critical first days in orbit, ensuring it is working and healthy in the h...
Geneva temperatures hit all-time high
Jul 07, 2015 (AFP)
A heatwave scorching western Europe sent temperatures soaring to record highs in a number of Swiss towns and cities Tuesday, including international hub Geneva,...
Countries must deal with health risks of more frequent heatwaves: UN
Jul 01, 2015 (AFP)
The UN urged countries Wednesday to create preparedness systems to counter the health risks of heatwaves, as they become ever more frequent and intense, and dan...
Ice cream for primates, blackouts for humans as Europe feels the heat
Jul 01, 2015 (AFP)
A blistering heatwave sweeping through Europe on Wednesday brought blackouts to France and fears of heat stroke for Wimbledon tennis fans, but meant a range of ...
Tennis players and pilgrims swelter as heatwave hits Europe
Jun 30, 2015 (AFP)
Tennis players at Wimbledon, fasting Muslims and ailing religious pilgrims in Lourdes were among those at risk from the blast of a major heatwave spreading up t...
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