Saharan Dust Storm Sails to Texas Gulf Coast
Ahh, the first week of summer — a time for a backyard football or Wiffle ball game. Hold that thought if you live in the Southeast. Saharan sands are swirling in on their yearly sojourn.
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Two-Thirds of Americans Want More Action on Climate Change
(CN) — As the U.S. weathers a rolling pandemic, most Americans are expressing unabated concern about the looming effects of
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US Honeybees Doing Better After a Bad Year
U.S. honeybee colonies have bounced back after a bad year, the annual beekeeping survey finds.
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Cristobal Expected to Merge Into Giant Storm
Tropical Storm Cristobal could soon renew its strength by uniting with another storm system coming from the west to form one giant cyclone, forecasters say.
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Cristobal Weakens to Tropical Depression in South
Cristobal weakened to a tropical depression Monday morning, after crashing ashore as a lopsided tropical storm Sunday in Louisiana and ginning up dangerous weather farther east, sending waves crashing over Mississippi beaches, swamping parts of an Alabama island town and spawning a tornado in Florida.
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Cyclone Spares Mumbai From Major Damage
The first cyclone in more than a century to hit India’s financial capital Mumbai appeared to have largely spared the metropolis on Wednesday.
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Tropical Storm Cristobal Threatens Mexican Coast
Tropical Storm Cristobal formed in the southern Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, flooding Mexico’s southern Gulf coast and threatening more deadly inundations farther inland.
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100,000 Evacuated as Cyclone Swamps Mumbai
A cyclone made landfall Wednesday south of India’s financial capital Mumbai, with storm surge threatening to flood beaches and low-lying slums as city authorities struggled to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
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Tropical Storm Amanda Kills 17 in El Salvador and Guatemala
Rains from Tropical Storm Amanda left at least 17 dead and seven missing, causing extensive damage across El Salvador and Guatemala that pushed thousands of people into shelters amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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India Suffers a Perfect Storm of Agonies
As if the coronavirus pandemic were not enough, India grappled with scorching temperatures and the worst locust invasion in decades as it prepared for the end of a monthslong lockdown despite recording thousands of new infections every day.
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‘Bummed Out’: SpaceX Launch Scrubbed Because of Bad Weather
The launch of a SpaceX rocket ship with two NASA astronauts on a history-making flight into orbit was called off with less than 17 minutes to go in the countdown Wednesday because of thunderclouds and the risk of lightning.
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Forecasters Predict Busy Atlantic Hurricane Season
Forecasters are predicting another intense Atlantic hurricane season, with as many as 13 to 19 named storms, and disaster preparedness experts say it’s critically important for people in evacuation zones to plan to stay with friends or family, rather than end up in shelters during the coronavirus pandemic.
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In a Breeze, 6 Feet of Social Distancing May Not Be Enough
New research indicates droplets released by a cough can travel 18 feet in five seconds in a breeze of under 2 ½ miles per hour.
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First Tropical Storm of the Season Forms off Florida
Tropical Storm Arthur formed off the coast of Florida on Saturday, making it the sixth straight year for a named storm to develop before the official June 1 start of the Atlantic hurricane season.
Read moreGroup Seeks to Remove Dam and Restore California’s Third-Largest River
The Eel River is dynamic, shifting slyly from season to season depending on external factors like weather or more fundamental features like geology.
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Cold War Nuclear Tests Linked to Rainfall Changes
The findings could help scientists of the future geoengineer clouds to influence rain, alleviate drought or prevent floods without the use of chemicals.
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Hurricane Season to Bring Nested Natural Disaster Amid Pandemic
The encroaching hurricane season brings with it new complications as Americans are still reeling from the coronavirus.
Read moreCombination of Heat and Humidity Becoming Too Much for Humans
Numerous studies have predicted that by 2100, heat and humidity in many areas across the globe will exceed what humans
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Death Toll From Twisters Rises to 7
Severe weather blew through the South again Thursday, raising the death toll to at least seven people in Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana, including a man whose car was blown off the road and a man who went outside to grab a trash can and was swept away in a flood.
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Some Storm: Atmosphere on Venus Spins Faster Than Surface
It takes 243 Earth days for Venus to rotate, meaning a Venusian day is two-thirds of an Earth year long. But its atmosphere spins around the planet in just four Earth days.
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