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  • British weather service to publish 150 years of data

    AFP – Sat Dec 5, 1:49 pm ET  
    A sculpture of an iceberg featuring a stranded polar bear is... AFP/File

    LONDON (AFP) - Britain's Met Office national weather service said Saturday it would publish data from weather stations worldwide and had "every confidence" it would show temperatures had risen in the last 150 years. Full Story »

  • The nation's weather

    AP – Sat Dec 5, 5:06 am ET  

    Early season snow was expected across the Appalachians on Saturday as an intense, low-pressure system developed off the Eastern Seaboard. Full Story »

  • Brazil: 20 deaths, thousands homeless in rains

    AP – Fri Dec 4, 1:14 pm ET  

    SAO PAULO - At least 20 people have died in mudslides triggered by heavy rains across southern Brazil as rivers rose to rooftops and thousands were left homeless Friday. Full Story »

  • Rain, winds, record heat hit Northeast on same day

    AP – Fri Dec 4, 2:06 am ET  
    Brandon Jenko of Gloucester, Mass. frames a photo on a windy,... AP

    PORTLAND, Maine - A storm packing blustery winds and driving rain knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses in the Northeast on Thursday before giving way to sunny skies and record high temperatures — all in the same morning. Full Story »

  • Samoan Tsunami wave was 46 feet high

    AP – Fri Dec 4, 1:23 am ET  

    WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The tsunami that killed more than 200 people in the Samoan islands and Tonga earlier this year towered up to 46 feet (14 meters) high — more then twice as tall as most of the buildings it slammed into, scientists said Friday. Full Story »

  • Warmest December 3 in U.S. Northeast in a decade

    Reuters – Thu Dec 3, 4:01 pm ET  

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Northeast, the world's biggest heating oil market, is experiencing its warmest December 3 in more than a decade, according to weather forecasters. Full Story »

  • Storms to hit Philippine growth, raise poverty: World Bank

    Reuters – Wed Dec 2, 5:39 am ET  

    MANILA (Reuters) - Two typhoons which struck the Philippines' main island of Luzon in recent months will probably dampen growth in the near term, stretch state finances and push 480,000 people into poverty, a post-disaster report showed on Wednesday. Full Story »

  • Knox defense urges: Give Amanda back her life

    AP – Wed Dec 2, 1:27 pm ET  
    U.S. murder suspect Amanda Knox looks on prior to defense hearing... AP

    PERUGIA, Italy - A defense lawyer for an American student accused of killing her British roommate broke down after urging the court to give his client back her life. But a prosecutor called the accused a compressed spring who exploded the night of the murder. Full Story »

  • Hurricane season ends with barely a whimper

    AP – Mon Nov 30, 4:51 pm ET  

    SAVANNAH, Ga. - The Atlantic hurricane season ended Monday with barely a whimper: Not a single hurricane came ashore in the United States. Full Story »

  • Snow dusts the South from Louisiana to Georgia

    AP – Sat Dec 5, 4:42 pm ET  
    Snow is seen falling at the White House in Washington, Saturday,... AP

    NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana got its earliest snowflakes ever as people across the South awakened to a dusting of powder. Full Story »

  • Britain feels the chill as temperatures plummet

    AFP – Mon Nov 30, 5:36 am ET  
    A man shelters from the rain as flood damaged shops are cleared... AFP/File

    LONDON (AFP) - Temperatures are set to plummet to well below zero in parts of northern England and Scotland over the coming two days with freezing weather following a weekend of flooding and storms. Full Story »

  • Death toll from floods in Saudi reaches 106

    AP – Sat Nov 28, 7:25 am ET  

    RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - A Saudi official says the death toll from the unusually heavy rains that hit western Saudi Arabia has reached 106. Full Story »

  • Saudi floods death toll rises to 98

    Reuters – Sat Nov 28, 7:22 am ET  
    Men push their cars through flooded streets after a storm produced... Reuters

    JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - The death toll from the heaviest rainfall to hit Saudi Arabia in years rose to 98 on Saturday as more bodies were recovered, with dozens more expected to be found, a rescue services spokesman said. Full Story »

  • Iran pilgrims stage protest as hajj peaks

    AFP – Thu Nov 26, 1:29 pm ET  
    Muslim pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat, southeast of the Saudi... AFP

    ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (AFP) - Iranians chanted death to America and Israel on Thursday as some 2.5 million Muslims, drying out after a day of torrential rains, continue their hajj pilgrimage and mass at the site of the prophet Mohammed's last sermon. Full Story »

  • Saudi floods kill 77 while Muslims perform hajj

    AP – Thu Nov 26, 10:54 am ET  
    Muslim pilgrims pray on a rocky hill called the Mountain of Mercy,... AP

    MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia - Muslim pilgrims holding white umbrellas against the blazing sun clambered up a rocky desert hill for prayers Thursday during the annual hajj, a day after torrential rains that killed at least 77 people. Full Story »

  • S. America floods kill 12; thousands evacuate

    AP – Wed Nov 25, 2:48 pm ET  

    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Officials say flooding from heavy rains has killed 12 people in three South American nations and forced more than 20,000 to flee their homes. Full Story »

  • Solar Tsunamis Are Real, NASA Says

    SPACE.com – Wed Nov 25, 11:30 am ET  

    Incredibly powerful waves of plasma rippling across the surface of the sun and dubbed "solar tsunamis" were first observed years ago, but were thought to be an optical illusion. Scientists have now confirmed, though, that they are really real. Full Story »

  • Magnitude 6.8 quake recorded near Tonga

    Reuters – Tue Nov 24, 8:48 am ET  

    SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck northeast of the South Pacific island nation of Tonga on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey said, but a destructive tsunami was not expected. Full Story »

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