WEATHER REPORT

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Rio heatwave sets off sprinklers
Jan 03, 2014 (AFP)
Soaring temperatures in Rio de Janeiro set off the fire sprinklers Friday in a downtown shopping mall as the thermometer topped 40 degrees Celsius (102 degrees ...
Lightning kills eight church goers in Malawi
Dec 28, 2013 (AFP)
A lightning strike killed eight worshippers including a child at a church in Malawi's capital Lilongwe on Saturday, a health ministry official said. "The worshi...
Storms batter Britain, France, disrupting travel, power
Dec 24, 2013 (AFP)
Gale-force winds and pounding rain Tuesday lashed Britain and France, killing at least five people, disrupting Christmas travel and leaving tens of thousands wi...
High winds, rain lash Europe leaving two dead, one missing at sea
Dec 23, 2013 (AFP)
High winds and heavy rain battered parts of Europe on Monday, leaving at least two people dead and one man lost at sea off France, and disrupting travel two day...
First Solar Ultraviolet Imager For GOES-R Satellite Series Completed
Dec 20, 2013 (SPX)
A Lockheed Martin team has completed the Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) instrument that will make crucial solar measurements when it flies on the National Ocea...
Exelis delivers advanced weather satellite payload to commercial customer in Japan
Dec 20, 2013 (SPX)
Exelis is supporting Japan's forecasting capabilities with the delivery of its first advanced weather satellite payload to Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, base...
Six die in Brazil landslides: firefighters
Dec 17, 2013 (AFP)
Three children were among six people killed Tuesday in landslides triggered by torrential rain in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, firefighters...
ATK Demonstrates Network-Centric USAF Weather Satellite Follow-On Architecture
Dec 13, 2013 (SPX)
ATK has completed the last major technical milestone in its contract from the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center Defense Weather Systems Directorat...
Europe winter storm claims 10 lives
Dec 06, 2013 (AFP)
Icy winter storms with hurricane-force winds Friday lashed northern Europe, where the death toll rose to 10 while hundreds of thousands suffered power blackouts...
More droughts, heavier rains in warmer Europe, study
Dec 02, 2013 (AFP)
Europe will likely be a much warmer place by century's end, plagued by frequent downpours over its entire landmass and heatwaves and droughts in the south, new ...
Nine killed in Indonesian landslide
Dec 01, 2013 (AFP)
Nine people were killed after flooding and a landslide hit Indonesia's Sumatra island, an official said on Sunday. "Heavy rains from Saturday evening till night...
Latest GOES-R instrument Cleared for Installation onto Spacecraft
Nov 29, 2013 (SPX)
The latest advanced instrument that will fly on NOAA's next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - R known as GOES-R spacecraft is compl...
Report predicts wild weather for U.S. Southeast in coming decades
Nov 19, 2013 (UPI)
Residents of the southeastern United States should begin to prepare for more drastically changing weather conditions due to climate change, researchers say. The...
Violent tornadoes kill 7 in US Midwest, dozens injured
Nov 18, 2013 (AFP)
Residents sifted through piles of rubble Monday as they recovered from violent tornadoes that ripped through four midwestern US states, killing at least seven p...
Dangerous weather, tornadoes tear up US Midwest
Nov 17, 2013 (AFP)
The US midwest was being battered by severe storms and tornadoes Sunday, with one powerful twister laying waste to Peoria, Illinois and others wreaking damage e...
China urged to send warships amid Philippine aid anger
Nov 15, 2013 (AFP)
China should send warships to aid the typhoon-hit Philippines and counter US and Japanese influence, state-run media said Friday, as Beijing comes in for critic...
Storm-hit Air France plane turns back to Rio
Nov 13, 2013 (AFP)
A violent hailstorm forced a Paris-bound Air France Boeing 747 to turn back to Rio shortly after take off, officials said Wednesday. "We had the impression the ...
100 feared dead in Somalia storm
Nov 11, 2013 (AFP)
At least 100 people are feared dead in a ferocious storm battering Somalia's northeastern Puntland region, the local government said Monday, warning that hundre...
Nine killed in PNG landslide: reports
Nov 04, 2013 (AFP)
Nine people were feared dead Monday after a landslide tore through a village in Papua New Guinea's rugged Highlands region burying homes, reports said. Villager...
Satellite instrument set to provide weather forecasters with better data
Oct 31, 2013 (UPI)
An instrument that will give forecasters better data about world weather systems is ready to go into the satellite that will take it into orbit, NASA says. The ...
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