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Weather Extremes Will Be the Norm As World Warms – Truthdig

November 27, 2014

Weather Extremes Will Be the Norm As World Warms – Truthdig. As the planet continues to warm, heat waves and other weather extremes that happen perhaps once in hundreds of years—if ever—would become the “new climate normal”, a World Bank report says. The consequences for development would be severe: failing harvests, shifting water resources, rising […]

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Deadly snowstorm hits parts of New York state – Weather – Al Jazeera English

November 20, 2014

Deadly snowstorm hits parts of New York state – Weather – Al Jazeera English. Heavy snow has choked parts of New York state, stranding motorists in their cars, forcing people to remain indoors and leaving at least seven people dead. The snow has been very localised: Buffalo Airport reported just 9cm of snow, whereas the suburb […]

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All 50 U.S. states feel freezing temperatures, four dead in New York | Reuters

November 19, 2014

All 50 U.S. states feel freezing temperatures, four dead in New York | Reuters. (Reuters) – Temperatures in all 50 U.S. states dipped to freezing or below on Tuesday as an unseasonably cold blast of weather moved across the country while heavy snow prompted a state of emergency in western New York and contributed to […]

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Dust Storms Again in the High Plains

November 18, 2014

Dust Storms Again in the High Plains. A cold Arctic air mass swept southward across the high plains last Tuesday, its 50 mph winds dropping temperatures by 50 degrees overnight. Blowing over drought-parched farm soil, the wind created a huge dust storm in eastern Colorado, visible in striking photographs from aircraft and from space. The same region had seven dust […]

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Arctic Ice Melt Seen Doubling Risk of Harsh Winter in EU – Bloomberg

October 26, 2014

Arctic Ice Melt Seen Doubling Risk of Harsh Winter in EU – Bloomberg. The decline in Arctic sea ice has doubled the chance of severe winters in Europe andAsia in the past decade, according to researchers in Japan. Sea-ice melt in the Arctic, Barents and Kara seas since 2004 has made more than twice as likely atmospheric […]

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Video of the Day – Stunning Scenes from California’s Central Valley Drought | Liberty Blitzkrieg

October 18, 2014

Video of the Day – Stunning Scenes from California’s Central Valley Drought | Liberty Blitzkrieg. Michael Krieger | Posted Friday Oct 17, 2014 at 11:26 am No matter what you have read or seen so far on California’s historic Central Valley drought, you probably haven’t been touched by it as much as you will be by the following video from […]

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Power out for thousands in Bermuda as hurricane moves away | Reuters

October 18, 2014

Power out for thousands in Bermuda as hurricane moves away | Reuters. People stand on the island’s south shore to feel the winds from approaching Hurricane Gonzalo, in Astwood Park, October 17, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/NICOLA MUIRHEAD  (Reuters) – Power was out for tens of thousands in Bermuda on Saturday morning after Hurricane Gonzalo pummeled the […]

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