States of emergency were in force Tuesday in four Louisiana parishes after torrential rain left homes and roads under several feet of water. Hundreds fled their homes and dozens of motorists had to be...
Hail falls somewhere in Hawaii between five and 10 times in the average year. Almost always it is quite small – one-fourth inch or less in diameter – but on several occasions hail the...
The sun is continuing its active streak this week, firing off another solar flare late Thursday (March 8) from the same region that produced this week’s strong solar storm. An M6.3-class solar flare —...
Seven Lives, Seven Fates: The residents of Japan’s northeastern coast are still coping with the aftermath of the triple catastrophe. One year after, the disaster still defines daily life. Journalists Anne Backhaus and Roman...
Figures compiled by the ABC reveal that since the massive earthquake in Japan a year ago the country has been rattled by more than five times as many tremors as usual. That includes 10...
Fearing that climate change could wipe out their entire Pacific archipelago, the leaders of Kiribati are considering an unusual backup plan: moving the populace to Fiji. Kiribati President Anote Tong told The Associated Press...
(multimedia) State police shut down portions of Interstate 25 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Thursday because a wind storm kicked up dust, obscuring visibility in both directions. Msnbc.com’s Al Stirrett reports that the blowing...
Britain could be facing another 18 months of potentially disrupted power grids, satellites and flights during a “few rough years of space weather”, according to a leading expert. Space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock said there...
(multimedia) In March 2012 (between March 14 and April 3), NASA will launch five sounding rockets in approximately five minutes to measure 200-300 mile-per-hour winds at the edge of space. This mission, known as...
(multimedia) Massive storm may disrupt power, GPS and radio systems.
