Piece of Missing Cosmic Matter Found
Last Updated: 6:19 AM 05/13/08 -
Astronomers have found a piece of the universe's puzzle that's been missing for awhile: a type of extremely hot, dense matter that is all but invisible to us. (Full Story) |
U.S. Examining Satellite Images of China Quake Area
Last Updated: 6:06 AM 05/13/08 -
U.S. intelligence analysts are examining spy satellite images of China's Sichuan province, where a powerful earthquake is believed to have killed 3,000 to 5,000 people, a defense official said on Monday. (Full Story) |
Mid-Atlantic Storm Cuts Power, Prompts Evacuations
Last Updated: 6:05 AM 05/13/08 -
A wet, gusty storm that lashed the mid-Atlantic states Monday forced evacuations, flooded roads, fanned the flames of a deadly New Jersey fire and wrecked a research vessel off the Delaware coast, killing a crew member. (Full Story) |
FEMA, EPA Visit Tornado-Ravaged Oklahoma Town
Last Updated: 5:54 AM 05/13/08 -
The reason most residents of Picher won't be able to rebuild their homes following a massive tornado is plainly visible from most parts of town. (Full Story) |
Dozens Die in Bangladesh Ferry Sinking During Storm
Last Updated: 5:52 AM 05/13/08 -
A crowded ferry sank during a tropical storm in northern Bangladesh, killing at least 42 people and leaving more than 40 missing, officials said Tuesday. (Full Story) |
Wind Energy Gets A Lift In New Report
Last Updated: 5:50 AM 05/13/08 -
Government Report Says Turbines Could Be On Par With Nuclear As Energy Source By 2030 (Full Story) |
McCain Breaks With Bush On Climate Change
Last Updated: 5:49 AM 05/13/08 -
Urges Free-Market Principles And "Effective Diplomacy" To Reduce Global Warming (Full Story) |
2008's Tornado Toll Deadliest In A Decade
Last Updated: 5:47 AM 05/13/08 -
So Far This Year, About 100 People Have Been Killed By Twisters In The U.S. (Full Story) |
China Quake: 11,921 Dead, 10,000 Buried
Last Updated: 5:46 AM 05/13/08 -
Troops Reach Epicenter, Find Devastation; Aftershocks, Destroyed Infrastructure Hamper Rescuers (Full Story) |
Myanmar Lets In More U.S. Aid, No Experts
Last Updated: 5:45 AM 05/13/08 -
U.N. Chief Lambastes Junta For Refusing Foreigners Entry; U.S. Shipments Continue (Full Story) |
Florida Wildfires Claim More Than 50 Homes
Last Updated: 5:44 AM 05/13/08 -
Hundreds Evacuated, Gov. Declares State Of Emergency, Arson Suspected (Full Story) |
Tuesday Weatherschool Question
Last Updated: 5:17 AM 05/13/08 -
TRUE or FALSE? Satellites are the best source for PREDICTING hurricane movement. (Full Story) |
Home Video from Chetopa, KS, captures weekend tornado
Last Updated: 9:50 PM 05/12/08 -
An amateur videographer captured the largest of the tornadoes on home video near Chetopa, Kansas. (Full Story) |
Tornado deaths underscore risks of taking shelter in cars
Last Updated: 9:02 PM 05/12/08 -
Tornado deaths underscore risks of taking shelter in cars (Full Story) |
FEMA, EPA visit tornado-ravaged Oklahoma town
Last Updated: 9:01 PM 05/12/08 -
FEMA, EPA visit tornado-ravaged Oklahoma town (Full Story) |
McCain urges free-market solution on warming
Last Updated: 8:59 PM 05/12/08 -
McCain urges free-market solution on warming (Full Story) |
Use of wind energy expected to grow dramatically
Last Updated: 8:58 PM 05/12/08 -
Use of wind energy expected to grow dramatically (Full Story) |
US Drought Monitor
Last Updated: 7:38 PM 05/12/08 -
US Drought Monitor (Full Story) |
Twister Hits Okla. Town, EPA Testing Air
Last Updated: 2:04 PM 05/12/08 -
Tornadoes over the weekend kill 22 people, raising the toll for the year to a decade-worst 100 people dead nation-wide. One hits one of the country's most polluted Superfund sites. (Full Story) |
US Airlifts Aid to Myanmar, UN Presses Junta
Last Updated: 1:56 PM 05/12/08 -
The first American relief supplies reach Myanmar as the the death toll rises to over 30,000, with another 30,000 still missing. UN Sec-General calls the military rulers' response "unacceptably slow" (Full Story) |
China Quake Death Toll Nears 9,000
Last Updated: 1:50 PM 05/12/08 -
The Chinese government news agency, Xinhua, reports over 8,500 dead in Sichuan province and hundreds elsewhere in China after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake shakes central China. (Full Story) |
Mid-Atlantic Storm Cuts Power, Prompts Evacuations
Last Updated: 12:17 PM 05/12/08 -
Heavy rain drenched the mid-Atlantic region Monday, knocking out power to up to 70,000 customers, flooding roads and chasing people out of their homes. (Full Story) |
Pollen Count
Last Updated: 12:13 PM 05/12/08 -
Oak and Mulberry are heavy. (Full Story) |
Tornado Season Deadliest in a Decade
Last Updated: 10:21 AM 05/12/08 -
The USA has been ravaged through mid-May by a near-record number of tornadoes that has pushed the death toll — including 47 killer twisters over the weekend — to a 10-year high. (Full Story) |
Intimidating Radar this Morning
Last Updated: 7:49 AM 05/12/08 -
"Could you tell me what the radar is showing at 1:19am May 12th? It is rather intimidating." (Full Story) |
UN Food Agency: Rice Prices Surging in Myanmar
Last Updated: 5:59 AM 05/12/08 -
A U.N. food agency says rice prices in the capital of Myanmar have surged 50 percent since a devastating cyclone. (Full Story) |
Behind the Food Riots: A Debate on How Best to Farm
Last Updated: 5:53 AM 05/12/08 -
Around the world, governments are trying every play in their books to stave off food riots — sending troops to hand out food in slums, ordering sweeping wage increases, banning grain exports and suspending futures trading. The United States is promising millions in emergency food aid. (Full Story) |
High Demand, Price of Rice Good News to US Farmers
Last Updated: 5:51 AM 05/12/08 -
It's aerial seeding season for rice farmers in California, which produces about 20 percent of the crop grown in the U.S. With the price of rice surging internationally, much of the medium-grain rice being planted between the Sutter Butte mountains and California's Coastal Range has already being sold, even though harvest still is months away. (Full Story) |
Florida Wildfires Close Interstate, Force Evacuation
Last Updated: 5:48 AM 05/12/08 -
Uncertain whether I-95 and U.S. Highway 1 will reopen for Monday commuters. About 400 homes near LPGA Boulevard are evacuated. In Brevard County, three brush fires were threatening homes. (Full Story) |
Deadly 7.8 Quake Rocks Central China
Last Updated: 5:45 AM 05/12/08 -
At Least 5 Killed, Buildings Damaged By Sichuan Province Temblor Felt 1,000 Miles Away (Full Story) |
Twister May Be Last Straw For Okla. Town
Last Updated: 5:44 AM 05/12/08 -
Some Residents Of Pollution-Riddled, Tornado-Ravaged Town Won't Even Try To Rebuild (Full Story) |
First U.S. Relief Flight Reaches Myanmar
Last Updated: 5:43 AM 05/12/08 -
Reports Mount Of Junta Mishandling Cyclone Disaster; 1.5 Million Believed At Risk (Full Story) |
Indy 500 qualifying canceled due to rain
Last Updated: 8:33 PM 05/11/08 -
Indy 500 qualifying canceled due to rain (Full Story) |
Disaster Awareness Week
Last Updated: 1:12 PM 02/08/08 -
Disaster Awareness Week (Full Story) |
Disaster Week - Food Safety
Last Updated: 1:12 PM 02/08/08 -
Disaster Week - Food Safety (Full Story) |
Disaster Week - Home Emergency
Last Updated: 11:25 AM 02/14/08 -
Disaster Week - Home Emergency (Full Story) |
Disaster Week - Pet Safety
Last Updated: 11:15 AM 02/15/08 -
Disaster Week - Pet Safety (Full Story) |
Bad Weather Delaying Satellite Shootdown
Last Updated: 11:48 AM 02/20/08 -
Bad Weather May Delay Satellite Shootdown Attempt Until At Least Thursday (Full Story) |
Disaster Week - Generator Safety
Last Updated: 8:59 PM 02/10/08 -
Disaster Week - Generator Safety (Full Story) |
Midwest Beset By Flooding, Snowstorm
Last Updated: 11:06 AM 02/08/08 -
Parts Of Midwest Beset By Flooding, While Others Dig Out From Major Snowstorm (Full Story) |
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