Third Strong Storm in a Week Batters California
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The third powerful storm in a week drenched an already saturated Northern California, but concerns of serious flooding eased as the system moved through faster than expected. The...
View ArticleCarbon Pollution Up by 2 Million Pounds a Second
Smoke rises from a coal power station in Germany. (AP) WASHINGTON (AP) - The amount of heat-trapping pollution the world spewed rose again last year by 3 percent. So scientists say it's now unlikely...
View ArticleWatch: Five Hours of Airplane Landings in 30 Seconds
This incredible timelapse video edited by Cy Kuckenbaker shows all the landings at San Diego International Airport on Black Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, between 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. RELATED ON SKYE:...
View ArticleAdventurer to Re-Create Shackleton's Antarctic Voyage
Irish explorer Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, in the southern party on board the vessel Nimrod, on their return voyage, after reaching a point 97 miles from the South Pole - a record at the time. (Photo...
View ArticleMore Heavy Rain to Hit Drenched California
Dec. 3, 2012, 8:29 p.m. ET A vehicle transits a flooded underpass in San Rafael, Calif., on Sunday as utility workers repair a downed power line. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Northern...
View ArticleSuper Typhoon Bopha Slams Southern Philippines
Dec. 3, 2012, 8:49 p.m. ET Typhoon Bopha moves toward the Philippines on December 3. (NASA) A potential disaster is unfolding as Super Typhoon Bopha is making landfall on the southern Philippines...
View ArticleThe Daily Buzz: Mountain Biking the Tetons
HERO3 Test- around JH from Andrew Whiteford on Vimeo. Andrew Whiteford attached a GoPro Hero3 to his helmet and hit the trail in the Grand Tetons. Great perspective. Permalink | Email this | Linking...
View Article33 Killed as Typhoon Blasts into Philippines
This photo provided by NASA on Dec. 2 shows Typhoon Bopha moving toward the Philippines. (AP Photo/NASA) MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A Philippine governor says at least 33 villagers and soldiers have...
View ArticleDrenched Northern California to Get More Rain
A car navigates a flooded street in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/The Sacramento Bee, Randy Pench) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Just as Northern California residents recovered from a series of wet, windy...
View ArticleAfter Sandy, NYC Pins Housing Hopes on Repairs
Clean up continues on the site of a demolished home on the Rockaway Peninsula in New York. (AP) NEW YORK (AP) - Facing Superstorm Sandy's daunting toll of wreckage and displacement in America's...
View ArticleFlu Season Starting Early, Could Be Severe
NEW YORK (AP) - Flu season in the U.S. is off to its earliest start in nearly a decade -and it could be a bad one. Health officials on Monday said suspected flu cases have jumped in five Southern...
View ArticleThousands of Drivers Trapped in Three-Day Traffic Jam
Thousands of cars and trucks were stuck in a massive, 125-mile-long traffic jam caused by heavy snow northwest of Moscow. Some of the trucks have been there for three days, prompting officials to...
View ArticlePhotos: Typhoon Bopha Slams into Philippines
NASA 1 of 11 A powerful typhoon slammed into the Philippines on Tuesday. It was one of the strongest to hit the Philippines this year, leaving at least 74 people dead after barreling across the...
View ArticleAnderson Cooper Says He Suffered Sun Blindness
Anderson Cooper tweeted this picture and wrote, "Temporarily blinded last week while on assignment. UV light bouncing off water. Much better now. Details t http://instagr.am/p/S0j-HekkEn/ "...
View ArticleThe Daily Rush: Surfing Lake Michigan
Early this November, Superstorm Sandy's wrath was felt far beyond the East Coast. The storm churned unusually big waves in the Great Lakes, prompting at least one surfer to take to the water. Check...
View ArticleUN Chief Blames Rich for Global Warming
DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Rich countries are to blame for climate change and should take the lead in forging a global climate pact by 2015, a deadline that "must be met," the head of the United Nations said...
View ArticleDeath Toll from Philippine Typhoon Reaches 280
Residents cross a river using suspended ropes at Andap in southern Philippines on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) NEW BATAAN, Philippines (AP) - Stunned parents searching for missing children...
View ArticleMagnitude 5.8 Quake Shakes Anchorage, Alaska
Downtown Anchorage, Alaska. (AP/Anchorage Daily News, Marc Lester) ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A strong earthquake Monday was felt over a 175-mile swath of Alaska, including the state's largest city, but...
View ArticleNew Sensors to Monitor Torrential Storms
A storm darkens the sky at the mouth of the Russian River, north of Bodega Bay, Calif. (Credit: NOAA) SAN FRANCISCO - Nature generally doesn't time its storms so well. A "Pineapple Express" weather...
View ArticleStudy: Tsunami Waves Amplified by Buildings
SAN FRANCISCO - Scientists have re-created an entire city in miniature to model the way a tsunami crashes onshore, and have found that buildings can exacerbate the oncoming rush of water. The...
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