NASA | Arctic Cyclone Breaks Up Sea Ice
Watch how the winds of a large Arctic cyclone broke up the thinning sea ice cover of the Arctic Ocean in early August 2012. The storm likely contributed to the ice cap’s shrinking to...
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Flood insurance pays off many repeat victims
1% of flood insurance policyholders file more than a quarter of all claims against the National Flood Insurance Program. Since 1997, repetitive flooding claims involving the same properties increased by 73% More facts, www.FaceTheFactsUSA.org...
‘Super typhoon’ with 170 mph winds heading for Okinawa and South Korea
A storm packing 170 mph winds was bearing down on the southern end of Japan’s Okinawa Island, where locals and U.S. military personnel stationed at several bases were quickly stocking up and battening down....
Isaac breaks rainfall records in New Orleans
Tropical Storm Isaac has broken all-time rainfall records in New Orleans, and is now blamed for at least four deaths in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Isaac’s Surge Tops Levee, More Rain Than Katrina
Isaac raked the Gulf Coast with punishing winds and relentless rain, causing flooding that overtopped a levee south of New Orleans on Wednesday, the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Plaquemines Parish spokesman Caitlin Campbell...
Typhoon Bolaven reaches Korean Peninsula
Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Five Chinese fishermen died and 10 were missing in stormy waters off South Korea’s Jeju Island on Tuesday as Typhoon Bolaven brought howling winds and torrential rain to the Korean...
Huricane Isaac Following Track of Katrina?
KEY WEST, Fla. – Tropical Storm Isaac targeted a broad swath of the Gulf Coast on Monday and had New Orleans in its crosshairs, bearing down just ahead of the seventh anniversary of Hurricane...
Record-breaking fire season: Thousands fight California blaze
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Hurricanes Get Supercharged by River Mouths
Hurricanes can get supercharged when they hit river mouths, researchers now find. Hurricanes keep alive by converting the warmth of tropical waters into motion. The strong winds they kick up in turn cause surface water heated...
Signs of divine intervention for Republicans?
Has God forsaken the Republican Party? Well, sit in judgment of what’s happened in the past few days: ●A report comes out that a couple dozen House Republicans engaged in an alcohol-induced frolic, in one...
