Woman prays while tornado approaches
(multimedia) Kentucky can be heard praying as she watches a tornado approach.
Category: Temperature
State of the Climate
The globe experienced its 19th warmest January since record keeping began in 1880. Arctic sea ice extent was the fourth smallest extent on record for January at 7.5 percent below average. Additionally, La Niña...
Earth Spun Faster in 2009 Due to Ocean Current?
Did it feel like time flew in November 2009? It turns out the days were actually going a wee bit faster for part of that month, according to a team of NASA and European...
Battling Weather in Afghanistan
There is a new battle going on in Afghanistan these days, one that has everything to do with weather. U.S. soldiers and Afghans alike are battling brutal conditions after the capital city of Kabul...
Europe’s Danube freezes over, cold snap toll at 460
Thick ice closed vast swathes of the Danube on Thursday, crippling shipping on Europe’s busiest waterway, as the death toll from bitter cold across the continent rose to at least 460. As it has...
Of orbits and ice ages, Axis Tilt
Though it was first suggested well over a century ago, the hypothesis that changes in Earth’s orientation relative to its orbit influence the growth and decline of ice sheets was only recently tested. As...
Deadly floods follow in iced-over Europe
SOFIA, Bulgaria — Much of Europe is still covered in snow and ice, but some areas are already seeing deadly flooding amid concerns that it will get worse before it gets better. Swollen rivers...
Thousands trapped by record snowfall
(multimedia) Bosnia used helicopters on Sunday to evacuate the sick and deliver food to thousands left stranded by its heaviest snowfall on record. Across Europe, millions of people continued digging out in a cold...
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...
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...
