Citrus and Lettuce Damaged as Bitter Cold Grips West
Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 This photo from Jan. 12 shows frost on a tree with oranges in an orchard near Sanger, Calif., after a night of freezing temperatures. (AP Photo/The Fresno Bee, Craig Kohlruss)...
View ArticlePhotos: First Snowfall of Winter Blankets Tokyo
AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi 1 of 10 Tokyo got its first snowfall of the winter Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. The storm coincided with Coming-of-Age Day, when Japanese youths who have turned 20 celebrate...
View ArticleThe Daily Rush: Kayaking Over the Falls in 'Cascada'
CASCADA from NRS Films on Vimeo. We've seen some stunning footage of kayakers in southern Mexico, but this video takes the cake. Erik Boomer, Tyler Bradt, Galen Volckhausen, Tim Kemple, Anson Fogel,...
View ArticleWatch: The New SKYE Mobile App
We've launched a new SKYE iPhone app, and we hope you'll check it out. SKYE Weather + Photo offers elegant weather reports and forecasts. What we love most, though, is the photo-sharing feature. You...
View ArticleIllinois Man, Sons Die in Freezing Rain on Missouri Trail
Jan. 15, 2012 Children's bicycles are parked near the entrance to a section of the Ozark Trail at the Taum Sauk Mountain State Park entrance in Missouri. (AP Photo/James A. Finley) ST. LOUIS (AP) - On...
View ArticleSnow Returns From Pennsylvania to NYC, Boston
This week at least two storm systems will ride northeastward into the mid-Atlantic and New England with a wintry mix in some areas. The first system brought relatively few problems across the region...
View ArticleWatch: Snow Causes Havoc in Tokyo
Road and air traffic networks in Tokyo slowed significantly on Tuesday after record snow a day earlier surprised the city. About 71 domestic flights to and from Haneda airport were cancelled due to...
View ArticleNever-Ending Rain: Baton Rouge to Roanoke
Early Tuesday morning, flood warnings blanketed states from Louisiana to Tennessee. Flooded fields, drenched farmland and closed roads marked the edge of rising water along creeks and rivers...
View Article170 Fires Rage Across Australia's New South Wales State
Jan. 15, 2012 A photo of the Wambelong Fire smoke plume in Australia, taken by a commercial airline pilot and posted by Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons, Commissioner of the New South Wales Rural Fire...
View ArticleCold Still Threatens Calif. Crops, but It's Easing
Credit: Alamy FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - A cold snap that has California farmers struggling to protect the $1.5 billion citrus crop has slowly started to ease. For a fifth night, temperatures in the San...
View Article25 Gorgeous Photos from the New SKYE Mobile App
raphyf/SKYE Weather + Photo 1 of 25 We've launched a new SKYE iPhone app that offers weather reports and forecasts and has a powerful photo-sharing feature. Users can share their own photos of the...
View ArticleSouthern Storms Bring Hazardous Ice and Threat of Snow
University of Memphis junior Doug Hall scrapes ice from his windshield while a cold rain falls on the Memphis area Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Mike Brown) JACKSON, Miss....
View ArticleThe World's Most Incredible Lighthouses
kaddisudhi via Flickr 1 of 21 It's hard to resist the allure of lighthouses. They stand sentry on rock-strewn, wave-battered coasts, often for for centuries, guiding mariners toward safer shores. And...
View ArticleHouse Approves $50.7 Billion in Superstorm Aid
Jan. 15, 2012 A beachfront home that was severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy rests in the sand in Bay Head, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 10 weeks after Superstorm Sandy...
View ArticleWarm Temps, Low Snow Complicate Iditarod Training
Aliy Zirkle leaves the White Mountain, Alaska, checkpoint during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on March 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Marc Lester) ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Unseasonably...
View ArticleFog May Be Factor in Deadly London Helicopter Crash
Smoke and flames are visible at the site of a helicopter crash in central London, as people gather to view the scene early Jan. 16, 2013. (AP Photo / Victor Jimenez, PA) LONDON (AP) - A helicopter...
View ArticleSnow, Sleet Strikes From Pennsylvania to NYC, Boston
The second of two quick-moving waves of ice and snow began racing through the mid-Atlantic and New England Tuesday night. The first system brought relatively few problems across the region on Monday...
View ArticleArctic Chill to Bring Frigid Weather This Week and Next
While a large part of the West got a taste of cold weather this past weekend, one blast of arctic air will roll quickly from the southern Canada Prairies to New England later this week. Another more...
View ArticleWorld Warm Last Year, But Not Like Record US Heat
A man sips water near Rome's Colosseum during a heat wave on Aug. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) WASHINGTON (AP) - While the U.S. was smashing heat marks last year, the world as a whole barely...
View ArticleAntarctica Glacier's Retreat 'Unprecedented'
In mid-October 2011, NASA scientists working in Antarctica discovered a massive crack across the Pine Island Glacier, a major ice stream that drains the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. (NASA) By: Becky...
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