Meteor Explodes Over Russia, About 1,100 Injured
Feb. 15, 2013 A meteorite contrail is seen over Chelyabinsk on Friday. A meteor streaked across the sky of RussiaÂ’s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring...
View ArticleWatch: Crashing Meteor Explodes Over Russia
Feb. 15, 2013 A meteor streaked across the sky over Russia's Ural Mountains Friday morning. Its powerful sonic blasts shattered countless windows, causing nearly 1,000 injuries. Numerous "dash cams" -...
View ArticlePhotos: Jaw-Dropping Meteor Explosion
AP Photo/AP Video 1 of 12 A meteor that scientists estimate weighed 10 tons streaked at supersonic speed over Russia's Ural Mountains on Friday, setting off blasts that injured about 1,100 people and...
View ArticleToday's 10 Must-See Photos: 2-15-2013
AP Photo/Chelyabinsk.ru 1 of 10 A meteorite contrail is seen over Chelyabinsk, Russia, on Friday. share Share on Tumblr Pin It Email to a friend AP Photo/Nasha gazeta, www.ng.kz 2 of 10 A meteor...
View ArticleAsteroid Buzzes Earth in Record-Breaking Flyby
Asteroid 2012 DA14 is seen by Gingin Observatory, West Gingin, Australia, as the space rock made its closest approach to Earth on Feb. 15, 2013. The asteroid appears as a streak because of its high...
View ArticleFireball Lights Up Northern California Skies
A motorist captured this video driving south on Interstate 280 in the Bay Area and posted it to YouTube. It's really starting to look like the sky is falling. According to media reports, a fireball...
View ArticleWatch: Heavy Snow Expected Sunday in New England
New York City is expected to get an inch or less of snow Saturday night, with Boston getting an inch or two. The snowstorm will intensify on Sunday and New England can expect heavy snow. RELATED ON...
View ArticleWatch: Sunday Will Be Snowy and Windy in New England
BOSTON (AP) - Up to 10 inches of snow and strong winds were forecast Sunday for parts of the Northeast that were blanketed by up to 3 feet of snow during last week's mammoth storm. A winter storm...
View ArticleHow New Weather Radar System Likely Saved Lives
Hellen Chmiel, 57, sits in front of the remains of her home in Hattiesburg, Miss., Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, following a Sunday afternoon tornado that caused much damage throughout the South Mississippi...
View ArticleIndonesia Landslides, Floods Kill 10, Damage Homes
Rescuers search for the victims of a landslide in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. (AP Photo) JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Landslides and floods triggered by torrential rain in...
View ArticleFormer Astronaut: 'Universe is a Crowded Place'
Eleven infrasound stations around the world recorded the meteor blast above Russian on Friday. (Credit: Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization) Referring to the Russia meteor explosion,...
View ArticleUnited Nations Reviewing Asteroid Impact Threat
This video screenshot shows the fireball from a meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, on Feb. 15, 2013. (Credit: Russia Today) The Russian fireball and the close flyby of the asteroid 2012...
View ArticleMore Snow Headed to Great Lakes, Northeast
A storm quickly following on the heels of the weekend's New England snowstorm is set to return snow to the Great Lakes and Northeast Monday through Tuesday. The upcoming storm for these two regions...
View ArticlePlains Blizzard, Severe Storms to Close Out Week
A storm system set to emerge from the Rockies on Thursday will wreak havoc across the central part of the nation through the end of the week. While the storm will affect a vast area from Texas to the...
View ArticleWas January 2013 as Cold as It Felt?
January was both warmer and wetter than average for the contiguous United States this year, according to a report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The January average...
View ArticleClimate Contradiction: Less Snow, More Blizzards
In this Jan. 5, 2012, file photo, man-made snow coats a ski run next to barren ground under a chairlift at Shawnee Peak ski area in Bridgton, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) WASHINGTON (AP) - With...
View ArticleRussian Scientists Recover Meteor Fragments
In this photo distributed by the Urals Federal University Press Service, pieces of a meteorite are seen in a laboratory in Yekaterinburg on Monday, Feb.18, 2013. (AP Photo/ The Urals Federal...
View ArticleN.J. Halts Competition on Top 10 Beaches After Storm
Bathers play in the surf in Seaside Park, N.J. on June 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) - A popular contest to name New Jersey's best beach is taking a timeout this summer....
View ArticleFuel Leak to Blame for Cruise Ship Fire
Feb. 19, 2013 The cruise ship Carnival Triumph is moored at a dock in Mobile, Ala., Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Dave Martin) ATLANTA (AP) - Investigators say a fuel oil leak caused the engine-room...
View ArticleSnow, Ice Aim for Northeast Tuesday
Feb. 19, 2013 A storm quickly following on the heels of the weekend's New England snowstorm is set to bring more flakes to the Great Lakes and Northeast through Tuesday. The upcoming storm for these...
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