WEATHER REPORT

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Summer storm weakening leads to more persistent heat extremes
Mar 20, 2015 (SPX)
This is shown in a study to be published in the renowned journal Science by a team of researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. They l...
Angola storm death toll rises to 69, half children
Mar 14, 2015 (AFP)
The death toll from torrential rains that pounded the Angolan town of Lobito has risen to 69, including 36 children, officials said Saturday as search efforts f...
Storm kills 62 in Angola: report
Mar 12, 2015 (AFP)
Torrential rains have killed 62 people, more than half of them children, in the Angolan town of Lobito, official news agency Angop said Thursday, citing firefig...
ASC Signal secures NOAA contract for satellite antennas
Feb 27, 2015 (SPX)
ASC Signal Corporation has been awarded a contract by Harris Corporation to deliver a network of earth station antennas supporting the US Commerce Department's ...
Lightning kills five in Tanzania school
Feb 23, 2015 (AFP)
A lightning strike in Tanzania killed four school children and their teacher on Monday as they sheltered in their classroom, a teacher said. "Lightning struck a...
Urbanization may affect the initiation of thunderstorms
Feb 20, 2015 (SPX)
A study that assessed the impact of urban land use on the initiation of thunderstorms from 1997 to 2013 in the humid subtropical region of the southeast United ...
African nations to invest in meteorology to 'save lives'
Feb 14, 2015 (AFP)
African countries agreed Saturday to strengthen their meteorological services to reduce the impact of extreme weather events at a meeting of ministers in Cape V...
Sandstorm lashes Middle East, halting Suez traffic
Feb 11, 2015 (AFP)
A fierce sandstorm lashed Egypt, Israel and Lebanon on Wednesday, forcing the closure of the Suez Canal and grounding domestic flights in Israel, officials said...
Lightning bolt kills seven in Zimbabwe: report
Feb 04, 2015 (AFP)
Six children and a woman were killed by a single bolt of lightning as they sheltered in their thatched homestead in rural Zimbabwe, state media reported Wednesd...
Long winter in US? Groundhogs disagree
Feb 02, 2015 (AFP)
American meteorologists were in the hot seat last week for erroneously forecasting blizzards that shut down New York, but on Monday, it was groundhogs that clas...
Urban heatwaves getting worse, study confirms
Jan 30, 2015 (AFP)
Urban heatwaves have become more frequent over the last 40 years, scientists reported on Friday. A weather database of cities around the world reveals "signific...
New York, meteorologists defend storm shutdown
Jan 28, 2015 (AFP)
New York authorities and meteorologists on Tuesday defended a decision to shut down America's biggest city for a storm that skirted the Big Apple, dumping the w...
Partly wrong with a chance of being right
Jan 28, 2015 (SPX)
The night before the Israel Defense Forces' 1976 mission rescuing over 200 hostages from hijackers in Entebbe, Uganda, Tel Aviv University's Prof. Pinhas Alpert...
Madagascar storm death toll climbs to 68
Jan 27, 2015 (AFP)
Sixty eight people were killed in the tropical storm that battered Madagascar over a week ago, according to new figures released Tuesday ahead of a national day...
2014 smashes temperature records in Europe
Jan 05, 2015 (AFP)
The year 2014 broke a series of heat records in France, Britain, Germany and Belgium, weather agencies reported Monday. In France, "2014 was the hottest year si...
Lightning strike kills four on Brazil beach
Dec 29, 2014 (AFP)
A lightning strike during a sudden downpour killed four Brazilian beachgoers Monday, media reports said. The victims -- a pregnant woman and three men -- had be...
Tornado hits Mississippi, four dead, emergency declared
Dec 24, 2014 (AFP)
At least four people were killed in the southeastern US state of Mississippi on Tuesday after a tornado tore through the region, officials said. Mississippi Gov...
Temperature rising faster in Finland than anywhere else: meteorologists
Dec 22, 2014 (AFP)
Temperatures in Finland rose almost twice as fast as in the rest the world over the past 166 years, meteorologists said Monday, supporting claims global warming...
Birds can sense a coming storm and flee: study
Dec 18, 2014 (AFP)
Birds appear to be able to sense a coming storm and fly away before it hits, according to research out Thursday on golden-winged warblers in the United States. ...
November global temps dip, Earth still nears heat record
Dec 15, 2014 (AFP)
The Earth is still on track for a record-breaking year for heat even though the average global temperature last month dipped to the seventh warmest since 1880, ...
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