WEATHER REPORT

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Eastern China set for record-hot summers: study
Oct 12, 2014 (AFP)
By 2024, more than half of summers in eastern China will be as hot as in 2013, when the region was hit by a record-busting heatwave and devastating drought, a s...
Japan puts new weather satellite into space
Oct 07, 2014 (AFP)
Japan put a new weather satellite into space Tuesday in the hope it can improve the forecasting of typhoons and detect volcanic gas plumes. The successful launc...
For Colombia's Wiwa, revered lightning takes deadly toll
Oct 07, 2014 (AFP)
Deep in northern Colombia's mountains, an isolated community of indigenous Wiwa people struggled Tuesday to comprehend why 11 of their own were struck dead by a...
Lightning kills 11 indigenous in remote Colombia
Oct 06, 2014 (AFP)
Lightning struck dead 11 Colombians and injured 15 others during a meeting of indigenous Wiwa spiritual leaders in a remote mountainous area in the country's no...
Human-caused climate change blamed for some heat waves
Sep 29, 2014 (AFP)
Heat waves last year in Asia, Europe and Australia were influenced by human-caused climate change, but not all extreme weather events could be linked to global ...
Storms damage Phoenix airport
Sep 28, 2014 (AFP)
Severe storms hit Phoenix's international airport on Saturday, briefly grounding flights, the airport announced on Twitter. Phoenix Sky Harbor airport's sustain...
Woman dies in flood as storms lash southern France
Sep 17, 2014 (AFP)
A woman died after falling into a swollen river in France on Wednesday, the interior minister said, as heavy storms battered the south. The victim's body was fo...
Winter is coming: British weather set to become more unsettled
Sep 15, 2014 (SPX)
British winters are becoming increasingly volatile due to extreme variations in pressure over the North Atlantic according to scientists from the University of ...
Death toll from Hiroshima landslides reaches 50: police
Aug 24, 2014 (AFP)
The death toll from devastating midweek landslides in Hiroshima rose to 50 with 38 others missing on Sunday as fresh rain stoked fears of more disasters and ham...
UM Research Improves Temperature Modeling Across Mountainous Landscapes
Aug 21, 2014 (SPX)
New research by University of Montana doctoral student Jared Oyler provides improved computer models for estimating temperature across mountainous landscapes. T...
Four dead, several missing in Japan landslides
Aug 20, 2014 (AFP)
At least four people have been killed and several more are missing as heavy rain triggered landslides in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima, rescuers said W...
Rescuers comb through devastation of Japan landslide
Aug 20, 2014 (AFP)
Thousands of rescuers combed through the wreckage of homes engulfed by landslides in western Japan on Thursday in the slim hope of finding survivors, a day afte...
Beer shortage and heatwave spells misery for Cubans
Aug 15, 2014 (AFP)
Cuba has been hit by a severe beer shortage during one of its hottest summers on record, sparking hoarding and driving thirsty drinkers to pay greatly inflated ...
New research links tornado strength, frequency to climate change
Aug 07, 2014 (SPX)
New research by a Florida State University geography professor shows that climate change may be playing a key role in the strength and frequency of tornadoes hi...
India searches for 600 missing fishermen after storm
Aug 04, 2014 (AFP)
India's coast guard was on Monday launching a search for some 600 fishermen who have not made contact after a storm overnight in the Bay of Bengal, an official ...
More than 150 feared dead in India monsoon landslide
Jul 30, 2014 (AFP)
The death toll from a major landslide Wednesday in western India was expected to exceed 150, a health official said, after heavy monsoon rains sent mud and rock...
Japan heatwave kills 15, thousands hospitalised
Jul 29, 2014 (AFP)
Sweltering summer heat in Japan has left at least 15 people dead over the past week, while more than 8,000 others were rushed to hospital with heatstroke sympto...
One killed, several hurt as lightning strikes Venice Beach
Jul 28, 2014 (AFP)
At least one person was killed and up to eight others injured Sunday when freak lightning struck the bustling Venice Beach of southern California, officials sai...
K computer runs largest ever ensemble simulation of global weather
Jul 24, 2014 (SPX)
Ensemble forecasting is a key part of weather forecasting today. Computers typically run multiple simulations, called ensembles, using slightly different initia...
Heatstroke kills three in Japan, thousands hospitalised
Jul 23, 2014 (AFP)
Sweltering temperatures across Japan have left at least three people dead and 3,000 others taken to hospital with heatstroke in the course of a week, officials ...
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