(multimedia) The five suborbital sounding rockets were fired off over the course of five minutes, starting just before 5 a.m. ET, to track what’s happening in the upper atmosphere. ATREX was designed to help...
(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...
(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...
UK scientists have detected a huge dome of freshwater that is developing in the western Arctic Ocean. The bulge is some 8,000 cubic km in size and has risen by about 15cm since 2002....
STORMS pelted Victorians with hailstones as big as billiard balls during a wild Christmas Day barrage. The damage bill could run into tens of millions of dollars after hundreds of cars were bombarded, windows...
BRITAIN was told to brace itself for the worst weather in 30 years – with forecasts of gale-force winds, snow, sleet and torrential rain. The Met Office issued a weather warning of gales as...
Police have told people in Scotland not to travel, as winds of up to 165mph (264km/h) affect the country, leaving more than 30,000 people without power. As the Met Office issued its highest warning, a...
Transport Scotland has said there is a risk of major travel disruption in light of a Met Office red warning of wind in parts of the country. The weather alert covers Central, Tayside, Fife,...
Monday’s storm in Yukon broke a variety of weather records around the territory. High winds and rain sent temperatures up to 14 degrees in Burwash Landing. It was the warmest December day ever for...
