Can New Orleans Afford Levee Upkeep Bills?
A flood wall and floodgate along Lakeshore Drive and Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans. (AP) NEW ORLEANS (AP) - In the busy and under-staffed offices of New Orleans' flood-control leaders, there's an...
View ArticleCuomo: Sandy Cost NY, NYC $32 Billion in Damages, Loss
An aerial view of the Breezy Point neighborhood, in New York on Oct. 31, where more than 50 homes were burned to the ground as a result of Superstorm Sandy. (AP) ALBANY, New York (AP) - Top political...
View ArticleWatch: Hawaiian Volcano's Lava Pours into Ocean
A lava flow from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano reached the ocean for the first time in eleven months recently. Experts say the new activity along the volcano's east rim is proof that pressure within the...
View ArticleDecember to Open with Mild Temperatures
(AccuWeather) Recent waves of Canadian air will take a break during the first weekend of December over much of the United States. Warmer weather will soon surge northward. The core of the warmth will...
View ArticleRich, Poor Spar at U.N. Climate Talks
Nov. 27, 2012 A general view shows the opening ceremony of the 18th United Nations climate change conference in Doha on Nov. 26, 2012. (Karim Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images) DOHA, Qatar (AP) - The first signs...
View ArticleWatch: Four-Legged Visitor Interrupts Weather Report
A Univision weatherman was giving the Florida weather report when an unexpected visitor crashed the broadcast. According to Univision's YouTube post, a few cats that live in the studio's parking lot...
View Article10 Stunning Images of Saturn
NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute 1 of 10 Saturn eclipses the sun in this image taken by the Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 15, 2006. share Share on Tumblr Pin It Email to a friend The Planetary Data...
View ArticleU.N. Climate Scientist: Sandy No Coincidence
This aerial photo taken Oct. 31 shows a collapsed house along the central Jersey Shore coast. (AP) DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Though it's tricky to link a single weather event to climate change, Hurricane...
View ArticleSlew of Storms to Slam West Coast
Nov. 27, 2012 By Dan Depodwin, Meteorologist The reprieve from the stormy weather along the West Coast will come to an abrupt end tomorrow, leading to yet another stretch of rainy conditions. It has...
View ArticleSoaking Rains, Winds to Strike Northwest Today
The main weather story for the nation Wednesday will switch to the West Coast as a Pacific storm system brings moderate to heavy precipitation and high winds to the West Coast. The first batch of the...
View ArticleU.N.: 2012 on Track to be Among 10 Hottest Years on Record
A man uses his antique '57 Ford tractor to mow vegetation around his drying pond in Ashland, Neb. (AP) DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Despite early cooling from La Niña, 2012 is on track to become one of the top...
View ArticleCuomo: $9B Plan Could Safeguard NYC from Next Superstorm
A flooded escalator in the South Ferry station of the No. 1 subway line, in lower Manhattan, after Superstorm Sandy. (AP) ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants huge electrical transformers in...
View ArticleNYC to Atlanta Could Face Snowy Winter
By Meghan Evans, Meteorologist Sandy is a sign of what is to come for the East during winter of 2012-2013 with an active coastal storm track expected, AccuWeather meteorologists agree. In reviewing...
View ArticleWatch: Monster Tornado Tears Through Italian Town
A massive tornado ripped through the southern Italian town of Taranto on Wednesday morning, injuring 20 workers at the ILVA steel plant. One worker was also reported missing. The tornado also moved...
View ArticleThe Daily Rush: The First Woman to Surf in Iran
Easkey Britton surf en Iran- http://marionpoizeau.com from marion poizeau on Vimeo. The quest to find better waves has taken surfers all over the world, but there are still plenty of firsts waiting to...
View ArticleStorms Bring Flooding, Damage Risk to California
By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist A series of drenching, powerful storms is lining up from the Pacific Ocean and will roll onshore in the West Coast through the weekend. The storms bring...
View ArticleResidents Battle High Water in South Dakota Town
A sheep grazing in a yard in Waubay, S.D. (AP Photo/Amber Hunt) WAUBAY, S.D. (AP) - Standing along a South Dakota waterfront shored up with boulders, Kevin Jens peered at the placid lake and...
View ArticleWhat We Know About Sandy One Month Later
Burned-out homes in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough New York after a fire. (AP) Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on parts of the U.S. East Coast a month ago Thursday after tearing through...
View ArticleDoes 'Born-Again' Nebula Foreshadow Death of Our Sun?
Credit: Main image: X-ray: ESA/XMM-Newton; optical: NSF/NOAO/KPNO; inset: NASA/CXC/IAA-CSIC/M. Guerrero et al; optical: NASA/STScI New images of a "born-again" planetary nebula give a glimpse of what...
View ArticleMoscow Blanketed by Major Early Snowfall
A bulldozer removes snow in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, early Thursday. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) MOSCOW (AP) - A large, early snowstorm raging in Moscow disrupted flights and created...
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