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Apr 5, 2008 8:58 AM CDT

Savage Storms Lash the South

2-year-old dies in Kentucky; Mississippi and Arkansas battered

(Newser) - Severe storms tore through Southern states yesterday, the AP reports. Homes were damaged and tens of thousands of people had their power knocked out. A 2-year-old Kentucky girl died in surging floodwater and 22 injuries were reported in Mississippi as storms packing possible tornadoes toppled trees, ripped roofs off homes...

Fall Out Boy Misses Historic Gig

Mar 27, 2008 6:04 PM CDT

Fall Out Boy Misses Historic Gig

Bad weather in Antarctica snarls plan to play on all the continents

(Newser) - MTV faves Fall Out Boy won’t be taking its place alongside champion hand-walkers and fingernail-growers in the Guinness Book of World Records, NME reports: Nasty weather has kept the band from traveling to Antarctica, where it was to become the first group to have played on all seven continents....

Season Springs Forward as Climate Warms Up

Mar 20, 2008 6:58 AM CDT

Season Springs Forward as Climate Warms Up

Bees are buzzing, trees are flowering, and biologists are worrying

(Newser) - Today is officially the first day of spring, but spring has been gradually shifting into winter, the AP reports. Signs of spring—trees flowering, animals coming out of hibernation—are coming earlier every year. The shifting season has biologists seriously worried. "The alarm clock that all the plants and...

Snowstorm Wallops Greece

Feb 18, 2008 9:02 AM CST

Snowstorm Wallops Greece

Villages stranded, schools closed, flights canceled

(Newser) - A freak snowstorm stranded as many as 200 Greek villages and halted hundreds of flights yesterday and today in Athens, reports Bloomberg. Power and water supply problems were reported across the country and civil defense authorities were on alert. Up to six inches of snow buried the Greek capital, a...

Solar Lull May Trigger Ice Age

Feb 14, 2008 2:56 PM CST

Solar Lull May Trigger Ice Age

Global warming still dire despite sluggish sun, study says

(Newser) - Solar activity, which usually runs in 11-year cycles, has been so sluggish of late that space weathermen are worried we might be entering a mini-ice age. They expected to see sunspot activity pick up about last March, to peak in 2012; if the sun stays this sluggish for another year...

Phil Predicts a Longer Winter

Feb 2, 2008 10:45 AM CST

Phil Predicts a Longer Winter

Pennsylvania's famed groundhog sees his shadow

(Newser) - Bundle up. Punxsutawney Phil, America's most famous groundhog, saw his shadow this morning and predicted six more weeks of winter, the AP reports. About 30,000 people descended on the Pennsylvania town to see Phil pulled from his tree stump by members of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club Inner Circle, clad...

New York Enjoys First Snow-Free Jan. in 75 Years

Jan 31, 2008 3:02 AM CST

New York Enjoys First Snow-Free Jan. in 75 Years

February also sizing up to be warmer than usual

(Newser) - Barring a freak blizzard later today, this month will go down in history as New York City's first January without snow since 1933, reports LiveScience. Only a tiny dusting of snow, "not enough to measure," has fallen so far. An expert from the state's climate office says...

China Snow Crisis Turns Deadly

Jan 29, 2008 7:46 AM CST

China Snow Crisis Turns Deadly

Wild weather continues to strand thousands, cripple power supply

(Newser) - China’s record snowstorm has killed at least 25 people when the bus they were riding in careened off a slick mountain road in the southwestern province of Guizhou, reports Reuters. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao today visited hordes of stranded train passengers in Hunan province, and the government urged migrant...

SC Expects Record Turnout

Jan 26, 2008 11:44 AM CST

SC Expects Record Turnout

Intense race may make Dems more competitive in general election here

(Newser) - Democratic officials are expecting record voter turnout for today’s South Carolina primary because of sunny skies and appealing candidates, the State says. But make no mistake: Dems don’t expect to win the Palmetto State come November. No Democrat has won a Southern state since Bill Clinton in 1996,...

Talk About 'Blue Monday'

Jan 21, 2008 12:25 PM CST

Talk About 'Blue Monday'

Tracking Google searches shows low point before, not after, holidays

(Newser) - Unless you're a Giants fan, it's likely you woke up this morning feeling a bit more than the usual Monday blahs. The third Monday in January is the most depressing day of the year, says a Cardiff University researcher. He bases his annual predictions on weather, holiday debt, and broken...

Deep Freeze Settles in South

Jan 19, 2008 7:55 PM CST

Deep Freeze Settles in South

Hundreds of flights canceled as drivers navigate icy roads

(Newser) - Snow and rain fell on surprised Southerners today, slickening roads and forcing airlines to cancel hundreds of flights, the AP reports. Some Mississippians saw snow for the first time in 6 years as 5 inches fell in Alabama and experts warned drivers in Georgia to watch for icy roads. Freezing...

Western US Storms Kill 3

Jan 6, 2008 12:20 PM CST

Western US Storms Kill 3

Some areas get up to 9 feet of snow; Nevada levee bursts, causes floods

(Newser) - Weather conditions have yet to clear up on the West Coast, where storms have deposited 5 or more feet of snow on mountain ranges, caused severe flooding and blackouts, and killed at least three people. Higher Sierra Nevada peaks have gotten up to 9 feet of snow, the AP reports,...

23 Dead in Big Freeze

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Dec 11, 2007 6:03 AM CST

23 Dead in Big Freeze

600,000 without power as ice paralyzes central states

(Newser) - A deep freeze continued to wreak havoc in the central US today, causing at least 23 deaths, canceling flights, and leaving more than a half-million without power, reports AP. Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri declared emergencies, while parts of Nebraska, Iowa, and Illinois were under ice and storm warnings. More freezing...

600K Lose Power in Icy Storm

Dec 10, 2007 6:55 PM CST

600K Lose Power in Icy Storm

15 fatalities reported; weather service warns of more storms tomorrow

(Newser) - An icy storm plunged more than 600,000 Midwesterners into freezing darkness today, crippling power and causing about 15 fatalities on slippery roads, the AP reports. Oklahoma fared worst, declaring a state of emergency as schools shut down and hospitals ran on backup generators. More is on the way, according...

6 Die in Heartland Ice Storm

Dec 10, 2007 4:12 AM CST

6 Die in Heartland Ice Storm

Missouri declares state of emergency

(Newser) - Six people died on slick roadways yesterday as a killer ice storm gripped heartland America, turning sidewalks and highways into ice rinks, grounding flights and downing power lines. The storm turned a swath of the nation frigid from the Southern Plains to the Great Lakes, and even colder weather threatened...

Winter Storm Pounds Northeast

Dec 3, 2007 3:15 AM CST

Winter Storm Pounds Northeast

Hundreds of flights cancelled in New York

(Newser) - The storm that blanketed the Midwest in snow and ice is now battering the Northeast. Wind and ice have delayed hundreds of flights at New York City airports. The National Weather Service said a foot of snow was possible in the mountains of northern New England, with the potential for...

Ocean Mapping Key to Survival

Nov 26, 2007 2:01 PM CST

Ocean Mapping Key to Survival

Technology at hand for $3B program, scientists say

(Newser) - A $3 billion monitoring system for the world's oceans is vital to their survival—and to that of mankind, scientists say. A group of experts is proposing an elaborate system using satellites, stations on the sea floor, drifting robots, and electronic tags on marine life, reports the Telegraph. One benefit,...

Tropical Storm Noel Kills 20

Oct 29, 2007 6:37 PM CDT

Tropical Storm Noel Kills 20

After slamming Haiti and Dominican Republic, heads for Cuba, Bahamas

(Newser) - Tropical Storm Noel slammed into the Dominican Republic today with torrential rain and mudslides, leaving 20 people dead and another 20 missing. Noel was expected to drop as much as 20 inches of rain on Hispaniola, the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, before heading northwest toward the...

Wildfire Winds to Drop Tonight

Oct 24, 2007 9:48 AM CDT

Wildfire Winds to Drop Tonight

(Newser) - The latest forecasts show the gale-force winds whipping flames across Southern California for the fourth day slackening by early evening, giving aircraft an opening to fight fires that have forced almost a million to evacuate, the AP reports. The news prompted one emergency official to declare: "The worst is...

'I Knew We Were Going to Crash'

Sep 17, 2007 3:39 AM CDT

'I Knew We Were Going to Crash'

Survivors tell of aborted landing as investigators probe for clues

(Newser) - Investigators have begun sifting through the smoldering wreckage of a Thai airliner which broke in two as it landed in a severe rainstorm on the popular resort island of Phuket. "I saw the grass and knew we were going to crash," recalled one of 42 survivors of the...