New Report Shows Drought Rapidly Intensifying
The sun rises over grain silos in Ashland, Ill. (AP) ST. LOUIS (AP) - The widest drought to grip the United States in decades is getting worse with no signs of abating, a new report warned Thursday,...
View ArticleStorm Hits and New Yorkers Storm Twitter
@isardasorensen via Twitter 1 of 3 A powerful storm hit the Northeast Thursday. When the billowing clouds rolled into Manhattan in the evening, New Yorkers began snapping photos. Some were pretty...
View ArticleClouds That Look Like Animals
Tobie2/flickr 1 of 26 Gaze at clouds long enough and you just might see creatures in them. While sometimes your eyes are playing tricks on you, occasionally clouds really do look like the neighbor's...
View Article2 Killed After Powerful Storms Rip Through Northeast
A man walks through the aftermath of a tornado that struck in Elmira, N.Y. on Thursday. (AP) ELMIRA, N.Y. - Communities around the Northeast are cleaning up after strong thunderstorms swept from Ohio...
View ArticleSevere Storm Threat Continues Today in Northeast
Pedestrians walk through Times Square during heavy rains in New York City on Thursday. (AP) The Eastern US will see more showers and thunderstorms on Friday, as a frontal boundary lingers over the...
View Article2 U.S. Climbers Missing in Peru
Gil Weiss, left, and Ben Horne pose for a photo as they climb the Palcaraju Peak in Peru. (AP) LIMA, Peru (AP) - A search team has reached the base camp and spotted the apparent tracks of two U.S....
View ArticleDry Weather for Olympics Opening Ceremony?
Ryan Musgrave of Chicago holds a U.S. flag prior to the Opening Ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 27 in London. (AP) Those in London for the Games will be getting a more authentic...
View ArticleFirst Sunrise of Season Blazes into Antarctic View
Sunlight captured by webcam at Princess Elisabeth station on July 23 ((C) 2012 International Polar Foundation) A lonely webcam at an Antarctic station recently captured images of the first sunrise to...
View ArticleApollo Moon Landing Flags Still Standing
(NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University) An enduring question ever since the manned moon landings of the 1960s has been: Are the flags planted by the astronauts still standing? Now, lunar scientists say...
View Article2 American Climbers Found Dead in Peru
Gil Weiss, left, and Ben Horne posed for a photo as they climbed the Palcaraju Peak in Peru. (AP) LIMA, Peru (AP) - Searchers on Saturday found the bodies of two U.S. mountaineers who apparently...
View ArticleLondon's Tempestuous Weather Makes its Olympic Debut
A woman covers herself from rain at the Olympic Park Sunday. (AP) LONDON (AP) - Heavy rain drenched the women's road cycling race Sunday and strong winds rattled through tennis courts and the...
View Article10 Items to Keep in Your Car for Emergencies
Thinkstock 1 of 11 Roadside emergencies happen to all of us at one time or another. Your car breaks down. You find yourself in the midst of a storm and have to pull off the road. Whatever the cause,...
View Article88 Killed in North Korea as Heavy Rains Pummels Nation
Residents wait on the roof of a flooded building in Anju City, North Korea on Monday. (AP) ANJU, North Korea - Heavy rain pounded North Korea for a second day Monday, submerging buildings, cutting off...
View ArticleHeavy Storms to Slam Southwest Today
Rain is expected to roll through the Southwest, including Western Arizona today. (AP) Expect little change in weather activity on Monday as monsoonal moisture streams across the Southwest, high...
View ArticleAugust Will Be a Blue Moon Month
This image of the full moon was taken by Alamelu Sundaramoorthy from Portland, Ore. on July 3, 2012. (Alamelu Sundaramoorthy) The month of August brings us not one, but two full moons. The first will...
View ArticleDramatic Photos of America's Drought
AP Photo/Seth Perlman 1 of 18 The United States is suffering through the worst drought since the 1950s. Two-thirds of the continental U.S. is experiencing drought, and 20 percent of the nation is in...
View ArticleNew Study Blames Humans for Arctic Sea Ice Loss
Ice floes float in Baffin Bay above the arctic circle. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward) At least 70 percent, and as much as 95 percent, of sea ice loss in the Arctic is the result of...
View ArticleScenic California Road Trips with the Click of a Mouse
A rainbow stretches across rainy skies over State Highway 178 between Death Valley National Park and the town of Shoshone, Calif. (AP) FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Imagine being the only driver on a two-lane...
View ArticleSolar Storm Expected to Hit Earth Tuesday
An M6-class solar flare erupted from the sun on July 28, 2012. (NASA) A medium-size solar flare erupted from the sun this weekend, hurling a cloud of plasma and charged particles toward Earth on a...
View ArticleWaterspout over Outer Banks Spins onto Twitter
@GaughanSurfing via Twitter 1 of 7 At least one waterspout appeared over North Carolina's Outer Banks Monday. Naturally, witnesses began photographing and tweeting. Click through to see some of our...
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