4 Things You Need to Know About Tornado Season
A large tornado touches down near Dallas on April 3, 2012. (Credit: Brandon Sullivan - StormChasingVideo.com/TornadoTitans) The start of spring brings blooming flowers, balmier temperatures and...
View ArticleDazzling Northern Lights Anticipated Saturday Night
April 12, 2013 Aurora borealis on Iceland. (Getty Images) A solar flare that occurred around 2 a.m. Thursday may create a spectacular display of northern lights Saturday evening. The midlevel flare had...
View ArticleGreenhouse Gases Make High Temps Hotter in China
Smoke is emitted from chimneys of a cement plant in Binzhou city, in eastern China's Shandong province on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. (AP Photo) WASHINGTON (AP) - China, the world's largest producer of...
View ArticleToday's 10 Must-See Photos: 4-12-2013
979 Xfm/Twitter 1 of 10 979Xfm tweeted this photo on April 11 of lightning hitting the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Mo. They wrote, "A St. Louis TV station grabbed this incredible image of lightning...
View ArticleDrought Eases in Farm Belt But Not Over Yet
(AP Photo) DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A cool, rainy spring is easing dry conditions in parts of the nation's farm belt that saw the worst of last year's drought. But optimism is being tempered, as that...
View ArticleWhat Weather Event Scares You the Most?
The author stands before an EF2 tornado in Faith, S.D., May 24, 2010. What weather event scares you the most? Meteorologists often argue about what's worse: tornadoes, hurricanes or lightning. Some...
View ArticleStrong Quake In Japan Injures 23 People
Men look at fallen gravestones at a stone shop following an earthquake in Awaji, Hyogo prefecture, western Japan, Saturday. TOKYO (AP) - A strong earthquake shook Japan on Saturday near the...
View ArticleToday's 10 Must-See Photos: 4-13-2013
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images 1 of 10 A two-month-old Sumatran tiger cub plays with its mother in their enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo on April 12 in San Francisco, Calif. The San Francisco Zoo...
View ArticleReporter's Journal: A New Yorker's View of the Southern Sky
One of the most arresting sights in the Southern Hemisphere sky is the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way that appears as a bright cloudy smudge on the sky. Clara...
View ArticleNorthern Lights a Dud in U.S., Dazzle in Canada
Jessica Lee tweeted this photo of a dark sky in New York, writing, "No #northernlights over the Statue of Liberty at this point. Photo: pic.twitter.com/iahVTtdlsY" jessicalee27/Twitter United States...
View ArticleIran Building Tents for Earthquake Survivors
Iran says rescue operations are finished following a 6.1-magnitude earthquake that killed at least 37 people on Tuesday, and is now focusing on building tents and providing food and water to the...
View ArticleToday's 10 Must-See Photos: 4-14-2013
AP Photo/Ariel Schalit 1 of 10 Rachel Falah the widow of Abraham Falah, who was killed in the 1967 Mideast War reads from a holy book as she sits with their son next to his grave at the Kiryat Shaul...
View Article1 Dead, 1 Missing in Avalanches East of Seattle
A man with King County Search and Rescue runs toward scene of avalanche at exit 47 along I-90 near Snoqualmie Pass, Sat., April 13, 2013. (Photo by Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times) SNOQUALMIE PASS,...
View ArticleGood Weather After 2012 Heat at Boston Marathon
In this April 16, 2012, file photo, runners approach the finish line of the 116th Boston Marathon in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) BOSTON (AP) - The heat was unprecedented and so was the...
View ArticleClimbers Recover Body of Boy from Alaska Glacier
(AP Photo) ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The body of a 9-year-old boy who disappeared while snowmobiling with his father has been recovered from a crevasse in an Alaska glacier. Alaska State Troopers...
View ArticleDisruptive Snowstorm Heading for Denver, Plains
The second major storm in many weeks will begin on Monday, bringing another round of heavy snow to the Rockies and Plains through at least the middle of the week. Major cities along the Front Range,...
View ArticleIcebergs Still a Menace 101 Years After Titanic
In this 1912 file photo, the Titanic leaves on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England. (AP Photo/Frank O. Braynard Collection, FILE) The threat of icebergs still exists 101 years after the RMS...
View ArticleCan Ants Predict Earthquakes?
Red wood ant mounds on an earthquake fault in Germany. (Credit: Gabriele Berberich) Ants with the world's worst taste in real estate seem to sense earthquakes before they strike, according to research...
View ArticleToday's 10 Must-See Photos: 4-15-2013
Cmdr_Hadfield/Twitter 1 of 10 Astronaut Chris Hadfield tweeted this photo of rivers from the International Space Station on April 14. He wrote, "I'm used to rivers that know what they're doing....
View Article10 Amazing Underwater Surfing Photos
LUCIA GRIGGI / CATERS NEWS 1 of 10 Photographer Lucia Griggi captured these stunning underwater photos at Cloudbreak, a renown surf spot off the Fijian island of Tavarua. Above: Surfer Stu Johnson...
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