June 29, 2008
This summer may see first ice-free North Pole; Severe storms forecast to strike Eastern U.S.; Midwest floodwaters falling, costs rising; 2008 a record for wet weather in Iowa; Tropical Storm Cristina forms in Pacific; Firefighters in stalemate against Calif. blazes; Seattle’s high tops 91-degrees, ties 1995 record
Comment » | Permalink | | Entry by: Bill Young Jr. (WXnation.com Founder) @ 5:08 pm
Tags:California, costs, East Coast, fires, flooding, high, ice, ice free, Iowa, Midwest, North Pole, Seattle, severe, storms, summer, Tropical Storm Cristina
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June 26, 2008
More rains hit flooded US Midwest, corn at record; Farm Bureau: Crop damage pushing $8 billion; Storms increase flood threat; Weekend weather threatens to spread California wildfires; Storms knock out power for more than 50,000 Metro Detroit customers; Photoshopping the weather;
Comment » | Permalink | | Entry by: Bill Young Jr. (WXnation.com Founder) @ 10:52 pm
Tags:California, corn, crop, damage, Detroit, flooded, Midwest, Photoshop, Photoshopping, power, record, storms, weather, wildfires
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June 24, 2008
Slammed by tornadoes, 2 Kansas towns form bond; Dallas man who received Katrina money ordered to pay it back; Hurricane Center director talks forecasting in interview; 800 missing after Philippines typhoon; New Zealand tornadoes are next, forecasters predict; NASA estimates 3,000 to 4,000 shuttle job losses; NASA warming scientist: ‘This is the last chance’
Comment » | Permalink | | Entry by: Bill Young Jr. (WXnation.com Founder) @ 11:34 pm
Tags:job, Kansas, Katrina, NASA, New Zealand, Philippines, tornadoes, towns, typhoon
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June 21, 2008
Mississippi floodwaters cresting, costs mount; SoCal copes with torrid heat; Lightning sparks 75 North Calif. wildfires; Report on climate predicts extremes; Typhoon Fengshen batters Philippines, 20 people reported dead; China tornado wrecks 650 homes, kills just one person; NASA launches satellite to track ocean levels, monitor warming; Scientists ponder whether ice on Mars ever melted
Comment » | Permalink | | Entry by: Bill Young Jr. (WXnation.com Founder) @ 11:49 pm
Tags:California, China, climate, extremes, flooding, floodwaters, heat, heat wave, lightning, Mississippi, NASA, ocean, Philippines, satellite, tornado, typhoon, wildfires
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June 16, 2008
Millions of acres washed away; 36,000 Iowans homeless as floodwaters recede; Iowa: After the flooding, the waiting; Airlines issue ticket waivers for Midwest flood areas
Comment » | Permalink | | Entry by: Bill Young Jr. (WXnation.com Founder) @ 11:26 pm
Tags:airlines, flooding, floodwaters, homeless, Iowa, Midwest, waivers
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June 15, 2008
Hundreds ordered to flee homes in Iowa City; New prediction of lower flood crest at Iowa City; Mich. utility may face scrutiny over response to outages
Comment » | Permalink | | Entry by: Bill Young Jr. (WXnation.com Founder) @ 11:16 pm
Tags:evacuation, flooding, homes, Iowa, Iowa City, Michigan, outages, power outages, response, utility
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June 13, 2008
Des Moines officials announce immediate evacuations; NBC heartbroken by loss of Tim Russert; Network now in exclusive negotiations to buy Weather Channel, acquisition may be completed soon
Comment » | Permalink | | Entry by: Bill Young Jr. (WXnation.com Founder) @ 10:53 pm
Tags:acquisition, Des Moines, evacuations, flooding, Iowa, NBC, Tim Russert, Weather Channel
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Cedar Rapids hard-hit, thousands lack power, water supply critical; Severe storms head for Chicago; Weather service says 7 tornadoes hit eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa Wednesday evening; Boy Scouts recount tornado’s rampage; More than 60,000 still without power in Metro Detroit after last weekend’s storm
Comment » | Permalink | | Entry by: Bill Young Jr. (WXnation.com Founder) @ 1:10 am
Tags:Boy Scouts, Cedar Rapids, Chicago, Detroit, flooding, floods, Iowa, Nebraska, power, severe, storm, tornadoes, water, weather
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June 11, 2008
4 deaths reported as tornado hits western Iowa Scout camp; Winds blow trucks over, send cows flying in N.D., Minn., I-94 reopens; Mars lander fills test oven with pinch of soil
Comment » | Permalink | | Entry by: Bill Young Jr. (WXnation.com Founder) @ 10:37 pm
Tags:Boy Scouts, camp, cows flying, deaths, Iowa, Mars lander, Minnesota, North Dakota, soil, tornado, trucks, wind
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June 10, 2008
Midwest faces new flooding; Cleanup continues in 3 southeastern Minnesota counties; Weather Service confirms 11 tornadoes; Rhode Islanders face another record-breaking day of heat; Weather Service issues late season heavy snow advisory; Unusual light patch under Phoenix lander on Mars may be ice
Comment » | Permalink | | Entry by: Bill Young Jr. (WXnation.com Founder) @ 11:00 pm
Tags:advisory, flooding, heat, lander, Mars, Midwest, Minnesota, Phoenix, record, Rhode Island, snow, tornadoes
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June 9, 2008
Stormy night forecast from Oklahoma City to Chicago; DFW may experience severe storms on Monday; Temps could reach 100 degrees in Philly
Weather Update: Stormy night forecast from Oklahoma City [weather | webcams] to Chicago [weather | webcams], while Dallas-Fort Worth [weather | webcams] may experience severe storms on Monday … U.S. watches/warnings map | radar
Temps could reach 100 degrees in Philly: [weather | webcams]
Comment » | Permalink | | Entry by: Bill Young Jr. (WXnation.com Founder) @ 12:35 am
Tags:100 degrees, Chicago, Dallas, DFW, Fort Worth, heat, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Philly, severe, storms, weather
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June 8, 2008
Tornado rips through Chicago area; Heavy rain floods homes, roads in southern Indiana
Comment » | Permalink | | Entry by: Bill Young Jr. (WXnation.com Founder) @ 12:06 am
Tags:Chicago, floods, homes, Indiana, suburbs, tornado
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June 6, 2008
Severe storms with possible tornadoes across Plains tonight; Scared of storms, circus elephants flee in Kansas
Comment » | Permalink | | Entry by: Bill Young Jr. (WXnation.com Founder) @ 12:21 am
Tags:elephants, flee, Kansas, Plains, severe, storms
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June 3, 2008
Week of dangerous storms; Weather Channel to NBC Universal?; News of winner as soon as next week; Draft plan: FEMA may use trailers in new disaster; Shuttle Discovery docks at space station with lab; NASA robot scoops Martian soil for first time
Comment » | Permalink | | Entry by: Bill Young Jr. (WXnation.com Founder) @ 1:14 am
Tags:Discovery, FEMA, hurricane, NASA, NBC, robot, shuttle, storms, trailers, Weather Channel
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