Europe cold snap death toll rises
More deaths have been reported from the cold snap across Europe, which has already claimed more than 200 lives. Ukraine continues to be hardest hit, with another nine deaths overnight. Officials say 131 have...
Category: Geophysical
Food Crisis as Drought and Cold Hit Mexico
MEXICO CITY — A drought that a government official called the most severe Mexico had ever faced has left two million people without access to water and, coupled with a cold snap, has devastated...
Records set for Florida’s lack of rain
We know that wildfires in Florida have been in the news recently. It’s one of the main factors in Sunday’s deadly and tragic I-75 pileup in northern Florida south of Gainesville. Very little rain...
Blizzard to Target Colorado, Nebraska, Northwest Kansas
A modest snowfall over the northern Rockies will turn into a raging snowstorm and even a blizzard for part of the central High Plains to the eastern slopes of the Colorado Rockies to end...
Raw Video: Mountains of snow in Japan
(multimedia) Snowstorms have battled the northern Japan Coast. The area has received more than twice as much snow as average.
Serbia: 11,000 trapped in remote villages by snow
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — At least 11,000 villagers have been trapped by heavy snow and blizzards in Serbia’s mountains, authorities said Thursday, as the death toll from Eastern Europe’s weeklong deep freeze rose to...
Mega volcanoes ‘may be predicted’
The eruption of some of the largest volcanoes on the planet could be predicted several decades before the event, according to researchers. Analysis of rock crystals from the Greek island of Santorini suggests eruptions...
Alaska volcano lava dome forms, alert level raised
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The warning level for a remote Alaska volcano has been raised after a new lava dome began forming, indicating the mountain could explode and send up an ash cloud that could...
Drought forces Texas town to truck in water
(AP) SPICEWOOD – Tanker trucks loaded with water have become the lifeline for a Texas lakefront village that came precariously close to becoming the state’s first community to run out of drinking water during...
Basic Water Well Knowledge for Homeowner
When the ground shakes wells can break. In the wake of the August 23, 2011 Virginia Earthquake central Virginia well owners are urged to inspect water wells for damage and contamination. If damage is...
