(TheWeatherSpace.com) - An upswing in California earthquakes has some people questioning the health of the faultlines. Long Valley Caldera to Mammoth Mountain are swarming at the same time. Earthquakes are the normal in California, however within the last week an upswing in activity has been noted. The Long Valley Caldera is showing signs that magma is indeed moving down there. The Long… Read more →
Freezing temperatures and wintry showers are set to hit Britain today as hundreds of people are forced to stay in temporary shelter after days of flooding. Northerly winds coupled with below-zero temperatures tonight will cause misery in flood-hit towns and villages across the country. In Yorkshire, where floods have caused widespread destruction and travel chaos, wiintry showers could develop in… Read more →
Scientists have unlocked key parts of the complex genetic code of wheat, one of the world’s most important crops, which could help improve food security. The team hopes the data will accelerate the development of varieties more resilient to stresses, such as disease and drought, that cause crops to fail. The 2012 wheat harvest was hit by extreme weather events… Read more →
Torrential rain has caused disruption to road and rail networks across the country, with floods continuing to leave a trail of destruction as they spread north. Across the country, the bad weather has caused transport chaos. Closures and delays were affecting many A-roads as well as rail services and even ferries. By 1pm today, the AA had attended more than 7,000 breakdowns,… Read more →
President Barack Obama’s administration rejected a request from the governors of eight U.S. states to waive requirements for blending corn-based ethanol into gasoline, said a person familiar with the decision. Market conditions don’t justify such a move, said the person, who declined to be identified because he isn’t authorized to speak for the Environmental Protection Agency. Gasoline refiners will be required… Read more →
Volunteers and disaster victims have taken rescue, recovery and security into their own hands on New York’s storm-ravaged borough of Staten Island, where they say FEMA has forgotten them. Already without power for more than a week in the wake of superstorm Sandy, hard-hit residents of the borough’s South Shore braved a nor’easter Wednesday night, many — perhaps hundreds —… Read more →
Residents across the Northeast woke up Thursday to more than 100,000 new power outages and record early snow from a nor’easter that struck just 10 days after Superstorm Sandy battered the region. “We’re right back to the same situation,” Kirk Walker of Hackensack, N.J., told NBCNewYork.comafter power went out for the third time at his home since Sandy struck. “They said it… Read more →
CNN’s Rob Marciano breaks down the ins and outs of a nor’easter.
A magnitude-7.5 earthquake has struck off the Pacific Coast of Guatemala, the USGS reports, shaking buildings in nearby cities including Mexico City, Guatemala City and San Salvador. The U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was a possibility of a local tsunami, but issued no warning for a larger region. The earthquake was about 20 miles deep and was centered… Read more →
Just as the beleaguered Northeast struggles to get off the canvas after superstorm Sandy, a nor’easter is brewing that will sweep through the region beginning Wednesday, bringing freezing temperatures, high winds, more flooding and possibly snow. As the nation prepared to choose a president, many flood-ravaged residents of the New Jersey and New York coasts are still without power and… Read more →
