Severe Storms to Hit From Dallas to Minneapolis
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 (Getty Images) Severe weather, including the risk of a small number of tornadoes, will return to the Plains this week with the bulk of the activity on Thursday. Spotty, strong...
View ArticleUS Report: Warming Disrupting Americans' Lives
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) WASHINGTON (AP) - Global warming is rapidly turning America into a stormy and dangerous place, with rising seas and disasters costing citizens...
View ArticleWatch: Brilliant Daytime Fireball Streaks Over Canada, New York
A brilliant fireball surprised some skywatchers Sunday (May 4) when it streaked across the daytime sky over Toronto in a celestial fireworks display caught on camera by lucky motorists. A well-placed...
View ArticleTreasure Hunt: Shipwreck Yields Bonanza of Gold Bars and Coins
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 The gold bars recovered in April 2014 during Odyssey Marine Exploration's first reconnaissance dive to the SS Central America shipwreck were stamped with various assayer's marks....
View ArticleMosquito Swarms a Threat With Standing Floodwaters in Florida
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 Chelsea Owens navigates a kayak down a flooded street near her home in the Whisper Oaks subdivision, Thursday, May 1, 2014, in Gulf Breeze, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) United...
View ArticleFlooding Rain May Deluge Gulf Coast to East This Weekend
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 (Shutterstock) After a storm brings severe weather to the Plains and part of the Upper Midwest, the system will transform to a heavy rain producer this weekend with the risk of...
View ArticleMenacing Storm Outbreak to Begin Across Central US Wednesday
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 (Getty Images) Portions of the Plains will be at risk of severe weather on Wednesday, the first of a two-day severe weather event across the region. Following a dry start to the...
View ArticleLOOK: Moon Glows with Earthshine Over Italian Citadel
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 Giuseppe Petricca sent Space.com this image of the moon over a citadel near the Arno River, in Pisa, Italy, on March 3, 2014. (Credit: Giuseppe Petricca) The moon rises with the...
View ArticleReport: Climate Change Already Affecting US
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 In this May 1, 2014, file photo, Marine unit police officer Robert Jonah walks through flood waters from the Schuylkill River on Main Street, Thursday, May 1, 2014, in the...
View ArticlePHOTO: Sudden, Swirling Firenado Rises out of Farm Fire
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 A firenado is spawned on a field in Chillicothe, Mo., the week of April 7, 2014. (Photo/Janae Copelin) Stunned by the "coolest, scariest thing" she had ever seen, photographer...
View ArticleSevere Storms to Bombard Dallas to Minneapolis Thursday
Thursday, May 8, 2014 (Getty Images) Violent thunderstorms will rumble across a wide, highly populated corridor of the Midwest and Plains from Minnesota to Texas on Thursday and Thursday night. Nearly...
View Article'Epic' Four-Year Texas Drought Prompts Record Beef Prices in US
Thursday, May 8, 2014 In this March 17, 2014, photo, a cow walks with her newborn calf on Chuck O'Connor's Ranch near Philip, S.D. The highest beef prices in decades have some consumers spending extra...
View ArticleMagnitude-3.3 Earthquake Shakes Los Angeles Area
Thursday, May 8, 2014 (Getty Images) An earthquake was felt across a wide swath of the Los Angeles area late Wednesday night. No significant damage was reported, the Los Angeles Fire Department said on...
View ArticleWatch: Amazing Time-Lapse Video Shows Evolution of Universe Like Never Before
Thursday, May 8, 2014 Scientists have cooked up a new time-lapse simulation of the universe's evolution, a computerized view that shows how the cosmos may have looked over the course of billions of...
View ArticleLOOK: Deadly Tornado's Track Seen from Space
A new satellite image reveals the damage wrought by an EF4 tornado as it tore through Arkansas on April 27. The tornado track runs from the upper right to the lower left of the image, traveling...
View ArticleIsrael Evacuates US Tourists Stranded by Rains
Thursday, May 8, 2014 A Lebanese woman takes shelter under her umbrella as she walks on the Corniche, or waterfront promenade, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday May 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)...
View ArticleEl Niño-Induced Droughts May Hike Coffee Prices Further
Friday, May 9, 2014 Photo courtesy of Thinkstock. The upcoming El Niño threatens to drive coffee prices up further, which are already high due to drought in Brazil and as a fungus plagues coffee crops...
View ArticleTexas to New York at Risk for Flooding Downpours, Disruptions to Events
Friday, May 9, 2014 (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) A risk of flash flooding will reach from the Gulf Coast to the Tennessee Valley on Friday, while enough downpours farther to the north and east can foil...
View ArticleMother's Day Storm to Blast Rockies, Plains With Snow and Rain
Friday, May 9, 2014 (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Soon after a storm leaves the Central states, a new and potent storm will swing from the northern Rockies to the Plains starting on Mother's Day. The...
View ArticleRecord-Challenging Heat to Build in West
Friday, May 9, 2014 (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Temperatures will be on the rise across the West early next week, challenging records from California to Washington. The heat is forecast to peak around...
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