Chinese state media outlet the People’s Daily released a report this week claiming that artificial island construction and the usurpation of international waters in the South China Sea would improve “marine meteorological monitoring, warning, forecasting, prediction and scientific research,” and benefit all neighboring countries with claims in the region.
(AP) — Authorities have recovered the body of a boy from the Blanco River in rural Hays County.
The National Climate Prediction Center has raised the probability of an El Niño in the Northern Hemisphere lasting through this summer to 90 percent, and added that there is a a greater than 80 percent probability it will last through all of 2015.
The highly respected Colorado State University forecast for the coming season looks for only 7 named tropical storms and only 3 hurricanes, about 40% less than average. Coupled with the expectations of global cooler weather and more precipitation from El Niño, climate change “scientific experts” may need to develop more new models.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Emergency responders searched through splintered wreckage Monday after a line of tornadoes battered several small communities in Texas and Arkansas, killing at least five people, including a young couple who died trying to shield their daughter from the storm.
An outbreak of tornadoes that skimmed across areas of the Great Plains caused extensive damage and caused work and school closures on Wednesday.
Two towns some 80 miles west of Chicago are struggling to recover from a series of deadly tornados that careened through the area killing two, injuring 20, and leaving dozens of families homeless.
After Wednesday’s assault on areas in Oklahoma and Arkansas by tornadoes and storms, a high school student in Moore, Oklahoma, snapped a picture that quickly went viral: a broken power pole suspended on power lines that formed a cross.
A swath of snow reaching from Texas to Maryland has once again buried states in ice and snow, shutting down highways in Kentucky and causing authorities in Washington D.C. to ban sledding for insurance reasons.
The Midwest and East Coast seem to be locked in perpetual winter, even in March.
After cold and snow that set February records, southern New England is entering March with another round that could push Boston over its 20-year-old snowfall record.
The winter that won’t fade is still punishing areas of the Midwest and east cost with temperatures that continue to break record lows, and nothing is changing for the better any time soon, forecasters say.
Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has already sent her fleet of 200 snow removal trucks throughout the city in preparation for a snowstorm that could snarl the Thursday morning commute.
All week, 911 operators in middle Tennessee have fielded calls from worried residents frightened by mysterious cracks and booms that some have mistaken for gunshots, or fireworks, or even exploding gas lines.
More snow is headed for the East Coast after Saturday’s dousing of the Midwest with fresh ice and snow. The storm will also send Boston and other eastern cities into yet another deep freeze. The National Weather Service reports that
Twenty-six Americans have died from winter-related issues—18 in Tennessee alone—as the country remains mired in a brutally cold weather pattern that won’t be ending until early next week.
On February 20, NBC News reported that in addition to snow, cold winds, and terrible driving conditions, the freezing temperatures have brought with them one other thing—a reprieve from crime in Memphis, Boston, and New York, among other places.
The nation is still in the midst a winter grip that seems to be getting tighter instead of looser with many parts of the country experiencing life-threatening cold.
Flurries continue to blanket the east coast while sunny southern California continues to thirst for rain–and the forecast for the drought-stricken state isn’t too promising.
The winter that seemingly won’t quit is set to pack another wallop to the Midwest and eastern potions of the U.S. with blizzard conditions, plummeting temperatures, and a newly named winter storm: Winter Storm Neptune.
The winter storm that swept from Kansas eastward, starting on Sunday morning, has become one for the record books, ranking among the top five worst storms in some cities.
Breitbart News is providing live coverage of Winter Storm Juno, which is expected to bring blizzard conditions to much of the northeastern United States.
NEW YORK (AP) — A “potentially historic” storm could dump 2 to 3 feet of snow from northern New Jersey to Connecticut starting Monday, crippling a region that has largely been spared so far this winter, the National Weather Service said.
On Friday, Interstate 94 between Kalamzoo and Galesburg, Michigan erupted in a massive 200-car pileup that resulted in one death, scores of injuries, fires and ruined vehicles. One day later, the highway is still closed down as authorities try to clean up the mess.
A large portion of the U.S. is still in the grip of an Arctic blast that has wreaked havoc on school schedules and travel plans. The deep freeze and snowy roads are also the cause of a 200-car pileup in
The record-breaking cold blanketing the United States has been so harsh that the penguins in the National Aviary in Pittsburgh ended up being ushered indoors to escape the numbing cold.
The Midwest is being hit with the first arctic blast of the new year with subzero temperatures expected to last well into the week, meteorologists say.
A cold air storm is projected to hit much of California over New Year’s Day, bringing rain, snow, and a possible frost to large portions of the Golden State.
After a quiet Christmas, dipping temperatures and snow surprised many parts of the Midwest with sections of Oklahoma, Idaho, Minnesota and north into Wisconsin and Michigan experiencing one to three inches of snow Saturday. The wintry mix swept across the