Antarctic researchers stranded after icebreaker vessel runs aground
Sydney (dpa) – More than 30 researchers were stranded in the Antarctic on Thursday after an Australian ship scheduled to pick them up ran aground in a blizzard. The Aurora Australis icebreaker ran...
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NOAA to develop new global weather model
The primary model created by the United States for weather forecasting has been long overdue for some significant upgrades. NOAA has recently been making great strides in improving the system and has...
View ArticleTyphoon Lionrock Predicted To Hit Japan
Typhoon Lionrock is expected to make landfall in Japan early in the week, according to reports. AccuWeather reported the storm will hit the coast of Japan as early as Monday night or Tuesday morning...
View ArticleNorth Korea Floods Kill 133, Displace 107,000: U.N.
More than 130 people have died and 107,000 have been forced to flee their homes in North Korea after flooding near the border with China and Russia, according to the United Nations. Flooding of the...
View Article2016 ‘Likely’ Hottest Year Ever: WMO
2016 will “very likely” be the hottest year on record, according to the United Nations World Meteorological Organization. According to a news release from the WMO, 2016 will likely eclipse the...
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NOAA releases first images from new GOES satellite
GOES-16 captured this view of the moon as it looked across the surface of the Earth on January 15. Like earlier GOES satellites, GOES-16 will use the moon for calibration. (NOAA/NASA) NOAA released the...
View ArticleMore Than 24 Million Affected by South Asia Flood Disasters
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies reports more than 700 people have died and more than 24 million people in Nepal, Bangladesh and India have been affected by the...
View ArticleWatch Beautiful Snow Tornado Blow Through a Picturesque Austrian Village
This video of a snow tornado – also known as a “gustnado” – blowing through an Austrian village is going viral after it was published on Tuesday. Adventurer Peter Maier was driving past the small town...
View ArticleSnow falls in Rome as Europe hit by icy weather
Rome woke to its first snowfall in six years on Monday as chilling winds from Siberia swept across Europe, bringing freezing temperatures that have claimed at least four lives, closed schools …...
View ArticleDeadly blizzards lash Europe, poor hardest hit
Heavy snowfall and deadly blizzards lashed Europe Thursday, forcing Geneva’s busy airport to close, as the region shivered in a deep freeze that has gripped countries from the far north to...
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