News About Weather On Earth 20-NOV-09 en-us Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 28, 2009 - Every year, scientists learn something new about the inner workings of lightning. With satellites, they have discovered that more than 1.2 billion lightning flashes occur around the world every year. (Rwanda has the most flashes per square kilometer, while flashes are rare in polar regions.)]]> Sydney (AFP) Sept 23, 2009 - The worst dust storm in decades swept across eastern Australia on Wednesday, blanketing Sydney and snarling transport as freak conditions also brought earthquakes, giant hailstones and even a tornado.]]> Kinshasa (AFP) Sept 22, 2009 - Separate lightning strikes killed three women in the same region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, after torrential rains began, a local chief said Tuesday.]]> Sydney (AFP) Sept 23, 2009 - Australia's biggest city was shrouded in an eerie blanket of red dust on Wednesday as bushfires, earthquakes, wild winds and massive hail stones caused havoc in the country.]]> Yaounde (AFP) Sept 16, 2009 - Lightning killed five schoolchildren when it ripped through a classroom in northwestern Cameroon and caused around 50 others to be treated in hospital for trauma, authorities said Wednesday.]]> West Lafayette IN (SPX) Sep 15, 2009 - Previously rare big city storms - like a tornado Aug. 19 that downed trees and ripped off roofs in downtown Minneapolis and the powerful thunderstorms in New York City a day earlier - may not be so unusual anymore.]]> Sao Paulo (AFP) Sept 9, 2009 - The bodies of three children were recovered Wednesday from under a house hit by a mudslide in Brazil, lifting the country's toll from the violent storm to 10, officials said.]]> Buenos Aires (AFP) Sept 8, 2009 - A violent storm described as a freak "tornado" shredded hundreds of houses and killed at least 16 people in the southern part of South America on Tuesday, officials said.]]> Paris, France (SPX) Sep 02, 2009 - As temperatures soar, scientists have been collecting data amid the ancient ruins that symbolise the birthplace of western culture. These data, combined with measurements from aircraft and satellites, promise to improve 'urban heat island' forecasts to make life in modern-day Athens easier during heat waves.]]> Beijing (AFP) Aug 30, 2009 - Six farmers were killed in eastern China Sunday when the hut they were sheltering in during a storm was struck by lightning, state media reported.]]>