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New Year’s 2006 Cams: Check out EarthCam’s live streaming webcams tonight. Also be sure to visit other NYC webcams. Happy New Year everyone!

Storm After Storm In California: Wet winter storms continue to slam N. California; mudslide injures 1 | ‘Major’ flooding hits parts of the North Bay | Pacific storms to ring in 2006: Tournament of Roses officials say Monday’s parade will go on — rain or shine. The chance of rain is at 80 percent, according to the NWS.

From Oregon: Rain triggers slide, closes part of I-5

More Year-End Lists: Katrina tops AP’s 2005 year in review | 5 funniest weather videos from CapitalWeather.com | Here’s our list of the Top 40 weather days

Katrina Update: Storm victims mostly older, analyses show: Data suggests some widely reported assumptions about storm’s victims were incorrect | Government prepares for next Katrina | Katrina evacuees in apparent double murder-suicide

Other Weather News: Second snowstorm slams Europe

Number of Arkansas tornadoes doubled in 2005

Slick beginning to the New Year for N.D.

Quake Wire: Snow may stand in the way of relief for Pakistan

Space News: Slowing Earth gives us extra second

Auroras Through The Years: Aurora galleries are at SpaceWeather.com

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Friday: 1. Minneapolis/St. Paul 2. San Francsico 3. Sacramento 4. Reno 5. Chicago … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Soakings, Drought At 2005′s End: Flood warnings for much of the West | More rain heads for West | Resources: National radar and radar loop | Meanwhile, Texas, Oklahoma officials concerned about forecasts amid drought, wildfires … Dallas/Fort Worth forecast: 80 degrees, wind gusts to 30 mph on New Year’s Day | Weather and live webcams by city

New Tropical Storm Forms In Atlantic: 27th tropical storm of 2005, Zeta, forms in Atlantic Ocean one month after season ended | Details from National Hurricane Center

Other Weather News: Winter conditions in Colorado cause I-70 traffic to crawl: Front Range, Plains hit with high wind gusts

Snow, slush for SE Michigan

Snow moving through Minnesota and North Dakota

Drivers trapped in snow drifts as UK cold snap persists | London-area weather and webcams

Mount St. Helens still oozing lava

C I Host to host major New Year’s Eve webcam of UNICEF fundraisers

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Thursday: 1. Reno 2. New York City 3. Minneapolis/St. Paul 4. San Francsico 5. Denver … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Stormy California: New storm appraoches already swollen California rivers | Storms swell NorCal rivers to highest levels in 7 years | Rain in Rose Parade’s forecast: Last time it rained on their parade, 1955. | Weather and webcams for: San Francisco | L.A.

Tornadoes In Georgia: Trailers damaged in midstate tornado

Texas, Oklahoma Wildfires: 2 dead, 70 houses destroyed, 7,600 acres scorched | Residents, officials begin surveying damage | Houston area sees spike in fires | Weather/webcams by city

Heavy Snow Slams Europe: Travel dangerous as bitter cold snap hits UK | London-area weather and live webcam images

Freezing rain, ice forecast follows 39 inches of snow in Northern Maine | Maine weather and webcams

Katrina Update: Reporters predicted hurricane disaster in New Orleans three years before Katrina | Aid workers steal $200,000 from Katrina victims’ fund

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Wednesday: 1. Reno 2. Los Angeles 3. Atlanta 4. Sacramento 5. San Francsico … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Tornado Watches, Warnings For Georgia, Alabama: Radar loop | for US | Weather/live webcams for N. Ga. | SE Ga. | N. Ala. | S. Ala.

Brush Fires Kill 4, Force Texas, Oklahoma Escapes: Gov. declares disaster as fires rage on | Resources: Calmer winds in D/FW forecast | Weather and live webcam images for: North Texas | Central Texas | Oklahoma | All cities

Wave After Wave: Storms head for soggy Bay Area | Weather and webcam images

Big Snow For Idaho: Rain, snow, winter storms in cards for southern, central Idaho: Up to 18 inches of snow possible by Thursday | Weather and webcam images

Other Weather News: Travel alert as Britain gets back to work after winter storm | London-area weather and webcam images

Study: Southwest summers will heat up by the end of the century

Longtime weathercaster Roland Galvan dies

Best Of 2005 Lists: CapitalWeather.com’s 10 most, biggest and funniest of 2005 | EarthCam’s 25 most interesting webcams of 2005 | Internet Broadcasting’s year in news stories | Of course, there’s our own list: WXnation’s Top 40 weather days of 2005

Scientists: Coral reefs spared in tsunami

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Tuesday: 1. London, UK 2. Reno 3. Sacramento 4. Vancouver 5. Toronto … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Weather News: Snow storm buries N. Maine | Radar loop | Watches/warnings map

Winter storm cuts power to 70,000 in Quebec

Storm dumps up to 2 feet of snow in Sierra | Wet week of storms brings risk of floods to N. Calif.

Meanwhile, it was a record 81 degrees in North Texas Monday | N. Texas labeled tinderbox | High in the low 80s and 40 mph wind gusts in today’s D/FW forecast … See the temp rise on the WXnation weather station in far north Fort Worth (Weather/cams)

Tornado victims get help from community

Space News: Greetings from outer space

Astronomers get first look at new stars

Europe’s space race with US begins

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Monday: 1. Reno 2. Los Angeles 3. Toronto 4. New York City 5. San Francisco … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

One Year Ago: Mourners return to mark anniversary of Indian Ocean tsunami

Late Christmas snow, rain on both coasts: Thousands without power after NW storm

Katrina Update: Starting over in Plaquemines, St. Bernard | More hurricane scams surface

Kansas leads nation in tornadoes this year

Unseasonably warm weather sets Denver record

Heavy snow forecast for Britain

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Christmas Day: 1. Toronto 2. New York City 3. Reno 4. San Francisco 5. St. Louis … … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Not white, but wet Christmas for East | Radar loop | Snow cover | Track Santa

Freezing drizzle expected in NE Minn., NW Wisc. tonight | Weather/webcams | Dense fog advisory for much of Michigan, Indiana | More Seattle-area rain

For Christmas: Bush: Remember hurricane victims, US servicemen | Pope: Be peacemakers

To all visiting, Merry Christmas and Season’s Greetings! | Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree live video

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Saturday: 1. New York City 2. New Orleans 3. Vancouver 4. Kansas City 5. Los Angeles … and on Friday: 1. Toronto 2. New York City 3. New Orleans 4. Vancouver 5. Los Angeles … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Flood watch for Seattle area | Resources: Radar loop | NWS watches/warnings map | Seattle weather and webcam images

Christmas clipper for parts of the Great Lakes

Hundreds now without power in Carolinas after ice storm

Forecast calls for Bay Area rains to pause until Christmas: Downpour causes traffic problems, minor flooding

Katrina Update: $29 million approved for Gulf Coast storm relief: Funds to rebuild levees, aid schools included | Hurricane evacuees clear out of last shelter | Katrina making landfall on Aug. 29 was the biggest weather day of 2005. See the Top 40 weather days here

Governor seeks federal disaster after snow storm hits Kansas

Fort Worth Images: These were taken on Dec. 12 and Dec. 14, the first two of a satellite and towers at KXAS-TV studios in east FW, and the last two of Fort Worth’s skyline taken from east FW. As always, each picture links to a large version in a new window

More images are in our WXphotos gallery

Space News: Another great computer background candidate from Astronomy Picture of the Day: Hydrogen and dust in the Rosette Nebula …

More rings are found around planet Uranus

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Thursday: 1. New York City 2. Reno 3. San Francisco 4. Toronto 5. Vancouver … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Dog survives freezing weather after car crash that killed owner

NOOOO!: Warm weather thaws fundraiser ice sculptures | Ice clogs up dam, causes problems in Mississippi River

Out West: Huge waves crash onto California Coast | Another drippy day on tap for northern Nevada

Storms, news drive record 12.9 million online visitors to Internet Broadcasting in November (Let it be known that I am an employee of Internet Broadcasting)

Record Snowfall In Japan: Record snowfall disrupts traffic, causes blackouts across Japan

Space News: NASA’s top space exploration stories of the year | Christmas supplies headed to International Space Station | Great aurora image posted at SpaceWeather.com

Seattle scientists expand tsunami research

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Wednesday: 1. New York City 2. Reno 3. Buffalo 4. San Francisco 5. Boise … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

WXnation.com’s Top 40 Weather Days Of 2005:

Here’s No. 6-10: See the full list, with each day’s major events and links to the original WXnation Wire entries. The Top 40 city pages visited this year are at the bottom of the page, and there are links to the top weather days for 2003 and 2004.

10. Sept. 21: Hurricane Rita now 3rd most intense hurricane recorded in Atlantic Basin; Category 5 approaches Texas; Gov. calls for voluntary evacuations of Texas Coast; Galveston issues mandatory evacuation order Details

9. Dec. 8: Storms bring heavy snow, cold to U.S. heartland Details

8. Oct. 24: Hurricane Wilma makes landfall near Cape Romano, Fla., as major Cat. 3 with 125 mph sustained winds Details

7. Aug. 31: Hurricane Katrina, 3rd day since landfall: Mayor says thousands may be dead in New Orleans, Gov. orders mostly-flooded city abandoned as crisis deepens Details

6. Sept. 24: Hurricane Rita makes landfall as Cat. 3 just east of TX-LA border; Major damage around Lake Charles Details

Full list here

Katrina Update: Media: Hurricane Katrina top story of 2005 | Hurricane Katrina hit Gulf Coast as a Category 3, not Cat. 4 | Hurricane recovery package stuck in U.S. Senate | “Category Five”: How a hurricane yardstick came to be: An in-depth article from National Geographic News

Commuters On Camera: NYC transit strike … See commuters walking via EarthCam’s streaming Times Square cam (with audio); Cam 4, Cam 9, riotmanhattan.com cam, and the Rockefeller Christmas Tree stream. Many more are in the New York City page

Other Weather News: Reno-area under flash flood warning | Resources: Radar loop | Watches/warnings map | Live weather and webcam images

New round of storms hitting Bay Area

Feds again deny tornado aid to Wisconsin: Officials say tornado damages total $43M

From Montreal, Canada: Woman, 21, killed by snow truck

Snow flurries precede holiday in Shreveport, La.

Quake Wire: Cheney sees Pakistani quake devastation

Space News: The Winter Solstice is tonight (Winter begins at 1:35 a.m. Thursday): Astronomy Pic of the Day: Sunrise by season image

Scientist thinks he’s found Mars wreckage

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Tuesday: 1. New York City 2. Dallas/Fort Worth 3. Syracuse 4. Toronto 5. Buffalo … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Weather News: At least 7 South Carolina deaths blamed on ice storm; 157,500 still without power

Sierra Nevada range gets 3 feet of snow

Wyoming launches cloud-seeding project

White Christmas?: Historic chances of a white Christmas, and current snow cover … As I was typing this, XM Radio began playing “Green Christmas” by BNL. Very interesting (to me)!

Hurricanes ’05 Update: U.S. House approves $29 billion Katrina aid plan | House approves hurricane relief for Texas, other states

Debit cards for Hurricane Wilma victims arrive late – or not at all

Quake Wire: Magnitude 3.0 earthquake near New Orleans | Get the latest quake data in the left column of this page, and quake map and more in our National/International page

Mysterious Boom: From frequent visitor Geoff Scott … N. Idaho residents in the Hayden/Coure D’Alene area reported hearing and feeling a mysterious “boom” at about 3 p.m. Monday. There were no reports of explosions, quakes or damage, but calls came in from people 12 miles apart.

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Star trails above Mauna Kea

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Monday: 1. Portland, OR 2. Reno 3. Oklahoma City 4. Vancouver 5. Denver … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Storm dumps up to 18 inches of snow in Sierra | Radar loop | Watches/warnings map | Weather and webcam images

Surprise storm in NW Oregon, SW Washington: Ice will make travel tricky today, and forecasters say more bad weather is coming | Radar loop | Watches/warnings map | Portland area weather and webcam images

Windy storm snarls Bay Area traffic and power lines

Power remains out for 212,000 in Carolinas following ice storm

Forecast for wintry mix in Dallas-Fort Worth changes to rain

Woman injured in S. Indiana tornado dies

Kansas snow brings dozens of wrecks

Katrina Update: Most survived Hurricane Katrina but died in chaos, flooding: Sampling shows many elderly in New Orleans were offered rides or could have driven | New Orleans Mardi Gras plan offensive to some | Michigan woman guilty of hurricane fraud

Hurricanes, lack of bell ringers sour donations at Salvation Army

Report: Rhode Island is unprepared for major hurricane

Rest of Texas gets a taste of dry weather: Dry year comes on the heels of one of wettest ever for the entire state

Heavy snow in Austria triggers avalanche

Lightning kills 11 in church

World Of Webcams: Webcams bring Kentucky soldiers together with families, rivalry

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Sunday: 1. Reno 2. Portland 3. San Francisco 4. New York City 5. Chicago … and on Saturday: 1. Kansas City 2. Buffalo 3. Wichita 4. Oklahoma City 5. Toronto … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

WXnation Dec. 17, 2005 Wirecast (#10): Download/ show notes. Direct download (Time: 7:00; Size 3.3 MB) Right click/ ‘Save Target As’ or ‘Save Link As’

Weather News: 2005 has been the year for extreme weather events: Records set for hurricanes, storms, wildfires

4 to 6 inches of snow possible in Kansas City | Resources: Radar loop | KC weather and live webcams

Snow forecast for Reno; Wintry mix for Portland, OR | Resources: Weather and webcams for Reno and Portland

Wintry mix possible Monday night into Tuesday in Dallas/Fort Worth … DFW forecasts, weather and webcam images | Chance of snow for Oklahoma City … OKC forecasts, weather and webcam images

Lake snow puzzles Buffalo forecasters … More on the storm from Toronto in yesterday’s entry below.

Heavy snow warning issued for Sea of Japan coast

Hurricane-displaced dog heading back home to New Orleans

The Northeast is moving south: Effects of glaciers still being felt, a millimeter at a time

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Apollo 17

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Friday: 1. Syracuse 2. Buffalo 3. Toronto 4. Burlington 5. Baltimore … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

U.K. scientists say 2005 hottest ever

Southern Ice Storm Leaves 700,000 Without Power Early Friday

Snow Storm Shuts Down Toronto … Or Does It?: The big snowstorm that wasn’t | Stay at home, commuters told | Storm kills 3 | Storm pounds Toronto, shutting city down | Resources: Toronto weather and live webcam images; traffic, closings and more | More resources on the ice and snow storm this week are in yesterday’s entry.

Snow, rain in Oklahoma’s weekend forecast

Katrina, Rita Updates: 12,000 pennies for hurricane victims | In New Orleans, fears grow over slow rebuilding | Texans push for hurricane funds

Survey: Storms worry travelers

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Thursday: 1. Toronto 2. Baltimore 3. Detroit 4. Charlotte 5. Washington, D.C. … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Ice Storms, Wintry Mix From South To New England: One dead, 450,000 in dark after icy storm in Georgia, the Carolinas | Ice storm freezes South, aims for Northeast | Snow, freezing rain for Hartford and Providence; in Friday forecast for Boston and Portland | NYC forecast of wintry mix changed to rain for Friday | Wintry rain, snow disrupts D.C.-area school day | Great maps, analysis | Coverage, streaming radar from WRC-TV 4, D.C. | Icy conditions reported on Philly roads | Freezing rain, snow in C. Ohio | Icy weather in Atlanta overnight | Icy patches possible in N.C.’s Triangle area | Mid-Atlantic radar loop | Weather, live webcams, traffic, closings for your city

Resources: Radar loop | Current watches/warnings map | Streaming Video from: D.C. | Philly | Baltimore | Raleigh | Cleveland | NYC | Existing snow depth | WXnation city pages: Weather images, live webcams, traffic, closings by city

Big Snow In Great Lakes: Slow go after all-day snowfall in Detroit: Up to 8 inches of snow possible in Metro Detroit and 9 inches in Port Huron, where my parents are (Sorry Mom and Dad!) | S. Ontario braces for ‘major’ storm: Toronto may receive a foot of snow | Snow, freezing rain heads for NE Ohio | Radar loop | Snow forecast loop from NWS (Choose “Snow Amount” in pull-down menu) | WXnation city pages

Minn., Wisc., ND, IA Snow: Snow lingers in Twin Cities | Snowstorm blankets North Dakota; I-29 slick | Snow hits parts of Wisconsin, forcing early school dismissals

Other News: Snowplow hits manhole, creates gas leak

Severe Weather, including tornadoes, moves out of Houston area: The storm dropped 7.28 inches of rain in downtown Houston | Houston weather and webcams

Missouri reservoir breached; 3 children injured

Heavy snow hits northwestern Japan, killing 5, disrupting traffic

Katrina Update: Louisiana governor, Republicans spar over Katrina response | NFL giving Saints $40,000 in Katrina bonuses: Players rewarded for ‘performing under unusual, unanticipated conditions’

Boston snow day mistakes

Alaskan volcano showing signs of erupting

Space News: N.M. plans launchpad for space tourism: Construction set to start in 2007 on $250 million port | Astronomers see star, possible planets

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Autumn Moon encore | Sightings of moon halos

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Wednesday: 1. Houston 2. Minneapolis/St. Paul 3. Chicago 4. Green Bay 5. Toronto … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.