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Tornadoes kill six in TexasWashington (AFP) May 16, 2013 Ten tornadoes tore through the US state of Texas overnight, killing at least six people and injuring dozens as they leveled homes and downed power lines, local authorities said Thursday. As day broke, first responders were still searching for survivors in the north of the state, in particular in the small town of Granbury in Hood County, Sergeant Nathan Stringer, a North Texas public information officer, told AFP. "There were an estimated 10 tornadoes which occurred over North Texas last night," ... read more |
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 World's melting glaciers making large contribution to sea rise H1N1 discovered in marine mammals TD Alvin Marks Starts Of US Hurricane Season Sea level: One-third of its rise comes from melting mountain glaciers Corals turn to algae for stored food when times get tough Tropical air circulation drives fall warming on Antarctic Peninsula | .. |
 'Freak tornado' leaves 12 dead in Philippines Twelve people died when a mini-tornado caused an overloaded boat to capsize in remote southern Philippine marshes, a local official said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Bangladesh tornado kills 20, injures 100: officials A powerful tornado ripped through more than a dozen rural villages in eastern Bangladesh late Friday, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 100, officials said. ... more | .. |
 24 dead as tornado, hailstorms lash south China At least 24 people died and scores were injured after a tornado carrying huge hailstones lashed southern China, causing widespread devastation and a ferry to capsize, domestic media reported Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Cherry blossom season officially begins in Tokyo Japan's weather agency announced the official beginning of cherry blossom season in Tokyo on Saturday, equalling the record for the earliest ever start. ... more |
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 Britain urged to gird for extreme weather Britain's Environment Agency says the country must take urgent action to "prepare and adapt" for climate extremes liked floods and droughts. ... more | .. |
 NOAA and NASA's Next Generation Weather Satellite May Provide Earlier Warnings A new satellite that will detect the lightning inside storm clouds may lead to valuable improvements in tornado detection. The GOES-R satellite is currently being built with new technology that may ... more | .. |
 Giant waves of atmospheric energy driving extreme weather The world has suffered from severe regional weather extremes in recent years, such as the heat wave in the United States in 2011 or the one in Russia 2010 coinciding with the unprecedented Pakistan ... more | .. |
New study links extreme weather to climate change Scientists said Monday they have identified a physical mechanism behind the extreme weather that has plagued many parts of the world in recent years - and that it is tied to climate change. ... more |
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 Is there gigantic jet event in middle latitude region in mainland China? When talking about lightning, appearances of different lightning which occur along with thunderstorms will emerge in the minds of the people and these lightning occur in the troposphere. Howev ... more | .. |
US tornadoes strike southern states, 60 injured Several powerful tornadoes ripped through the southern US states of Mississippi and Alabama injuring at least 60 people and destroying hundreds of homes at the weekend, emergency officials said Monday. ... more | .. |
 ISS to Scan the Globe for Weather Data with ISS-RapidScat Regular measurements of wind speed and direction at the ocean surface alert forecasters to threatening tropical storm conditions, while informing scientists of interactions between the atmosphere an ... more | .. |
 Satellite Image Shows Eastern US Severe Weather System A powerful cold front moving from the central United States to the East Coast is wiping out spring-like temperatures and replacing them with winter-time temperatures with powerful storms in between. ... more |
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 January hottest month on record in Australia Australia experienced its hottest month on record in January, despite floods and storms that devastated parts of the country's east, officials said. ... more | .. |
 SSTL to supply satellites for FORMOSAT-7's global weather program SSTL has been awarded the contract by the National Space Organization (NSPO) in Taiwan for the design and manufacture of up to twelve satellite platforms for the FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 constellation. T ... more | .. |
 Prediction of monsoon rainfall activity close at hand The amount of rainfall and number of tropical storms during the summer monsoon season greatly impact the agriculture, economy, and people in Asia. Though meteorologists and climate scientists have w ... more | .. |
 The storm that never was: Why the weatherman is often wrong Have you ever woken up to a sunny forecast only to get soaked on your way to the office? On days like that it's easy to blame the weatherman. But BYU mechanical engineering professor Julie Cro ... more |
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 Nine-Year-Old Mars Rover Passes 40-Year-Old Record NASA Completes First Part of Webb Telescope's 'Eye Surgery' Operation NASA Probe Counts Space Rock Impacts on Mars Ariane Flight VA214's launch vehicle marks a preparation milestone Eutelsat 3D launch a success Stanford professor and former NASA official explains how NASA might revive the Kepler space telescope | .. |
 Wild winds hit Australian coast amid flood warnings Destructive "tornadoes" hit Australia's northeast coast on Saturday, as officials warned parts of Queensland state to prepare for flooding, with torrential rains lashing the state set to intensify. ... more | .. |
 Cities affect weather thousands of kilometres away Heat from large cities alters local streams of high-altitude winds, potentially affecting weather in locations thousands of kilometres (miles) away, researchers said on Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Temperature hits all-time record in Sydney Temperatures in Sydney on Friday hit their highest levels since records began 150 years ago, after an Australian government agency warned of more frequent and intense heatwaves in the future. ... more | .. |
 An early sign of spring, earlier than ever Record warm temperatures in 2010 and 2012 resulted in the earliest spring flowering in the eastern United States in more than 150 years, researchers at Harvard University, Boston University and the ... more |
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 US experts see more warming after hot 2012 Global temperatures were above average for the 36th straight year in 2012 and the planet is likely to chalk up more record warm highs over the coming decade, US scientists said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Global warming has increased monthly heat records by a factor of five Monthly temperature extremes have become much more frequent, as measurements from around the world indicate. On average, there are now five times as many record-breaking hot months worldwide than co ... more | .. |
 Australia heatwave part of global trend: IPCC chief Australia's extreme summer heatwave, which caused devastating bushfires and saw temperature forecasts go off the scale, is part of a global warming trend, the UN's climate panel chief said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Climate: Monthly heat records have increased fivefold Global warming has caused monthly records for heat to increase fivefold in frequency, according to a study by scientists in Germany and Spain, published on Monday. ... more |
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