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December 2005 Posts

New Year's Eve webcams; Wet winter storms continue to slam N. Calif; Pacific storms to ring in 2006; Rain triggers slide, closes part of Ore. highway; Katrina tops AP's 2005 year in review; 5 funniest weather videos; Storm victims mostly older, analyses show; Gov. prepares for next Katrina; Katrina evacuees in apparent double murder-suicide; 2nd snowstorm slams Europe; Ark. tornadoes double in '05; Slick in N.D.; Snow may hamper relief for Pakistan; Slowing Earth gives us extra second; Auroras through the years (12-31)
Flood warnings for much of West; Texas, Okla. officials concerned about forecasts amid drought, wildfires; 27th tropical storm of 2005, Zeta, forms in Atlantic one month after season ended; Winter conditions in Colo.; Snow, slush for SE Mich.; Snow moving through Minn., N.D..; Drivers trapped in snow drifts as UK cold snap persists; Mount St. Helens still oozing lava; C I Host to host major New Year's Eve webcam of UNICEF fundraisers (12-30)
New storm approaches as NorCal rivers at highest levels in 7 years; Rain in Rose Parade's forecast; Ga. tornadoes; 2 dead, 70 houses destroyed, 7,600 acres scorched in Texas, Okla. wildfires; Houston area sees spike in fires; Heavy snow slams Europe; Cold snap hits UK; Freezing rain, ice forecast follows 39 inches of snow in N. Me.; Reporters predicted hurricane disaster in New Orleans 3 years before Katrina; Aid workers steal $200,000 from Katrina victims' fund (12-29)
Ga., Ala. tornado warnings; Brush fires kill 4, force evacuations in Texas, Okla.; Gov. declares disaster amid fires; Storms head for soggy Bay Area; Storms for S., C. Idaho, Up to 18 inches of snow possible by Thurs.; Travel alert as Britain gets back to work after winter storm; Study: SW summers will heat up by end of century; Longtime weathercaster Roland Galvan dies; CapitalWeather.com's 10 most, biggest and funniest of 2005; EarthCam's 25 most interesting webcams of 2005; Scientists: Tsunami spares coral reefs (12-28)
Snow storm buries N. Maine; 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.; Record 81 degrees in North Texas Monday, Warm, windy day ahead; Tornado victims get help from community; Greetings from outer space; Astronomers get first look at new stars; Europe's space race with US begins (12-27)
Mourners return to mark anniversary of Indian Ocean tsunami; Late Christmas snow, rain on both coasts; 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 (12-26)
Not white, but wet Christmas for East; Freezing drizzle expected in NE Minn., NW Wisc.; Dense fog advisory for Mich., Ind.; More Seattle-area rain; Bush: Remember hurricane victims, US servicemen over holiday; Pope: Be peacemakers (12-24)
Flood watch for Seattle area; 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; $29 million approved for Gulf Coast storm relief; Hurricane evacuees clear out of last shelter; Governor seeks federal disaster after snow storm hits Kansas; Fort Worth images; Hydrogen and dust in Rosette Nebula pic; More rings are found around planet Uranus (12-23)
Dog survives freezing weather after car crash that killed owner; Warm weather thaws fundraiser ice sculptures; Ice clogs up dam in Miss. River; Huge waves crash onto Calif. Coast; Another drippy day in N. Nev.; Storms, news drive record 12.9 million online visitors to Internet Broadcasting in Nov.; Record snowfall disrupts traffic, causes blackouts across Japan; NASA's top space exploration stories of the year; Christmas supplies head to space station; Great aurora image; Seattle scientists expand tsunami research (12-22)
Top 40 weather days of 2005; Media: Hurricane Katrina top story of 2005; Katrina hit Gulf Coast as a Category 3, not Cat. 4; Hurricane recovery package stuck in U.S. Senate; Category 5: The yardstick; NYC transit strike: Watch commuters via NYC webcams; Nev. flash flood warning; New round of storms hits Bay Area; Feds again deny tornado aid to Wisc.; Woman, 21, killed by snow truck; La. flurries; Cheney sees Pakistani quake devastation; Winter Solstice tonight; Sunrise by season image; Scientist thinks he's found Mars wreckage (12-21)
At least 7 S.C. deaths blamed on ice storm; 157,500 still without power; Sierra Nevada range gets 3 feet of snow; Wyoming launches cloud-seeding project; Chances of a white Christmas; U.S. House approves $29 billion Katrina aid plan; House approves hurricane relief for Texas; Debit cards for Hurricane Wilma victims arrive late, or not at all; Magnitude 3.0 quake near New Orleans; N. Idaho residents report mysterious boom; Star trails above Mauna Kea image (12-20)
Storm dumps 18 inches of snow in Sierra; Surprise storm in Ore., Wash.; Windy storm hits Bay Area; Power remains out for 212,000 in Carolinas; DFW rain; Woman injured in Ind. tornado dies; Kan. snow; Most survived Hurricane Katrina but died in chaos, flooding; Woman guilty of hurricane fraud; Hurricanes, lack of bell ringers sour Salvation Army donations; Report: R.I. unprepared for major hurricane; Tex. dry weather; Austria avalanche; Lightning kills 11 in church; Webcams reunite soldiers with families, rivalry (12-19)
WXnation Wire podcast No. 10; 2005 has been the year for extreme weather events; 4 to 6 inches of snow possible in Kansas City; Snow forecast for Reno; Wintry mix for Portland, OR; Wintry mix possible Mon. night into Tues. in Dallas-Fort Worth; Snow in OKC forecast; Lake snow puzzles Buffalo forecasters; Heavy snow warning for Sea of Japan coast; Hurricane-displaced dog heads back home to New Orleans; The Northeast is moving south: Effects of glaciers still being felt; Apollo 17 picture (12-17)
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?; Storm kills 3; Snow, rain in Oklahoma's weekend forecast; 12,000 pennies for hurricane victims; In New Orleans, fears grow over slow rebuilding; Texans push for hurricane funds; Survey shows storms worry travelers (12-16)
One dead, 450,000 in dark as ice storm freezes South, heads NE; Snow, freezing rain forecast for New England; Penn., Ohio wintry mix; Ice in N.C., Ga.; Detroit all-day snow; Twin Cities snow lingers; Snow hits Wisc., N.D.; Snowplow hits manhole, creates gas leak; Houston tornadoes, 7.28 inches of rain; Mo. reservoir breach; Snow in Japan kills 5; Spar over Katrina response; NFL to give Saints $40,000 in bonuses; Snow day mistakes; Ala. volcano; N.M. plans space tourism launchpad; Possible planets seen; Moon halos (12-15)
Ice, snow may cause problems today in Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic; Wintry mix possible for W. Triangle; Forecasters are calling for snow, sleet and freezing rain in NJ Thurs.; Ice changing to rain Thurs. in D.C.; Twin Cities is expecting 7 to 9 inches of snow; Chicago snow this month already 9 times last December's; N.D. snow; D/FW weekend snow?; Toronto declares cold weather alert; Tornado victims' fund tops $400,000; Katrina victims: 'Living in barns'; Katrina evacuees decry Mardi Gras plans (12-14)
Biggest snowfall of the season possible for Minneapolis/St. Paul; New technology to measure snow; Pittsburgh crews caught off guard by latest snow; Snow, freezing rain possible later in week for Columbus, Ohio; Heavy rain hits parts of N.S. a day after snowstorm caused power outages; Bush says appalled by response to Hurricane Katrina; Powerful quake strikes under sea near Fiji; Quake rocks Afghan-Pakistani border region; Hawaii first state to be storm, tsunami ready; Stardust space probe to land in Utah (12-13)
Cold weather keeps oil climbing; Lake-effect snow for Cleveland area; More cold, more snow for D.C.?; Katrina deaths lead to real-life 'CSI'; Nigerian jet crashes in storm, killing 103; Thousands in the dark after Nova Scotia storm; TV forecasters battle own blizzards; Explosion at fuel depot near London; North Texas winter storm images; Geminid meteor shower's bad timing (12-12)
First big winter storm dumps more than a foot of snow on parts of New England; Snowstorm with thunder surprises Boston; More NJ snow; Weather warnings for Atlantic Canada as storm approaches; Record hurricane season over?: Tropical Storm Epsilon exits Thur.; Bodies still emerging in Katrina's wake; India braces for cyclone 'Fanoos'; Rumblings can point to future quakes; Earth's magnetic pole drifting quickly; MIT studies Mars at North Pole; Scientists: Greenland glaciers retreating, fissure could become new ocean (12-10)
Major winter storm slams Northeast; Storm closes Boston's Logan Airport; Thousands lose power after snow storm; Near-blizzard conditions in E. New England; Southwest jet skids off Chicago runway amid heavy snow, hits 2 cars, boy killed; Snow-clearing machine kills woman at Toronto mall; Detroit digs out of 6 inches of snow (12-09)
Storms bring heavy snow, cold to U.S. heartland; Denver sets two frigid records in one day; Icy grip felt across North, West Texas; Record cold hits Rockies, Midwest; Even false alarm about weather can be TV gold (12-08)
Ice/sleet/snow mix in Dallas/Fort Worth causes traffic snarls; White stuff blankets Okla.; Mercury will drop into the -3 to -7 degree range around Denver; Near-record cold for Billings; Cold weather, snow expected in Kansas; Big snow in Northeast by Friday?; Hurricane-force winds hit Colo.; Snow, sleet hit central Va.; Storm brushes Cape; 12 to 14 inches of snow in Mich.; World weather disaster losses hit record in 2005; Hurricane outlook brightens some; Katrina victims blame racism for slow aid (12-07)
Coastal storm less bothersome than feared for NJ, NYC; Snow heads for Boston; Okla. braces for Arctic cold, up to 8-10 inches of snow Wed.; OKC lows, highs in the teens; Central Texas hard freeze, snow?; Storm hits western S.D.; Synopsis of S.D.'s ice, snowstorm and its aftermath: 5,000 still without power Mon. from Nov. 27 storm; Bone-chilling temps recorded across Minn., much of C. U.S.; Hurricane Epsilon refuses to die in N. Atlantic; Hurricanes rain on risk insurance industry; Deadly 6.8M quake hits East Africa; Dinosaur and moon pic (12-06)
Snow storm for NYC, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, Philadelphia, S. New England; NYC may get 5 inches of snow; S. Jersey may see 7 inches; 3 die in NJ's first snow storm of the season; D.C. area may see 4 inches of snow; 4 inches possible in Philly area; Wintry N. Texas forecast Wed.: Sleet, snow, mix, low in teens; Tornado damages 50 Fla. homes; S. Ga. tornadoes; Dry weather worries C. Texas farmers; Hail, possible tornado in SC; Atlanta storms; Hurricane rate hike fury; Skype makes deal for webcam sales (12-05)
Midwest to Northeast storm brings taste of winter; Wintry mix heads for MD; East Coast snow early in the week; SD storm damage to be assessed after blizzard, week-long power outages; Storms bring snow, floods to Italy; Hurricane Epsilon strengthens despite cool waters; Katrina documents released; Ind. tornado damage worse than first thought; Dry spell in N. Texas means winter may be wildfire season; 40 hours of snow; Expert: Taiwan skyscraper may cause quakes; The ghosts of quakes past (12-04)
Chicago snow: Up to 4 inches possible tonight; Heavy snow warning for Milwaukee, more than 7 inches possible; Wash. snowstorms spawn rash of accidents, 1 fatality; Suttons Bay, Mich., reports 18 inches of snow; Snow slams parts of NY State; Snow, rain mix in S. New England weekend forecast; More than 100 dogs abandoned by Katrina saved by Ala. woman; LA rent reductions given to Gulf Coast hurricane evacuees; Deadly storms wreak havoc in Australia; 44 acres of coastline collapse in Hi. (12-03)
Epsilon's a December hurricane now; Wind, rain, outages usher in first San Francisco Bay Area storm of season; Less snow than forecast in Seattle, Portland; Snow hits Cascades hard; Sierra resorts start opening as snow starts piling up; Snow moves in to C. Ind.; Neb. boy to hand out Katrina toys in Houston; Katrina-themed Christmas display sparks controversy; New Orleans mayor urges evacuees to come home; Tropical Storm Epsilon heads away from Bermuda; Rockefeller Center tree set aglow in midtown Manhattan (12-02)
Seattle may see 2 inches of snow today; Storms could drop 3-5 inches of snow on Portland; Climatologists to study hurricane surge; Alarm over dramatic weakening of Gulf Stream; N. Texas drought continues: NWS testing new analysis model; Mount St. Helens' quiet eruption; Aurora alert; Happy 10th anniversary SOHO; Saturn's largest moon has dramatic weather (12-01)

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