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January 2006 Posts

Torino, Italy weather forecasts, webcams; Snow delays schools, slows traffic in N.H.; Big snow misses NE; Storms in SE, NW; Coastal storm will bring rain, mix to R.I. Tuesday; N.D. gets hit with snow after 'very slow' winter; Indy's warmest Jan.; Toronto's mild weather just a blip; New snowstorm scale gives 5 different ways to refer to snow; Study shows why hurricane rapidly weakened; NASA assesses strategies to 'turn off the heat' in NYC; Heavy snow, avalanche threat close two major B.C. highways; I-90 reopens, weather still a problem in Wash.; New Detroit shows off, ready for Super Bowl spotlight; Warm weather keeps Lake Erie clear; Freezing weather reaps grim toll in Poland: Death toll to 199 (01-31)
NE snow storm brewing?; Unusual twister drops in on Wichita area; Snow wanted in Detroit for Super Bowl; Re-mapping the Gulf: Hurricanes shape new natural order; Incoming storms again raise flooding fears in NW; Man killed by snow removal machine identified; D/FW gets record rain, but drought drags on; Alaska volcano erupting again; Help was almost with them, but one by one, 66 died in cold; Canada has warmest Jan. in over a century; Bryan Adams to raise money for quake victims; M2.8 quake in Portland, Ore.; Volcano and aurora in Iceland pic (01-30)
Challenger disaster 20 year anniversary; Star bright pic; Storms in S. Plains, NW; Tropical Storm Cindy upgraded to hurricane 7 months later; NOAA updates list of U.S. billion-dollar weather, climate disasters; Springtime in Duluth; 51-degree high breaks record in Green Bay; 101 days without rain and counting for Phoenix; Arctic Ocean ice surges onto Alaskan Shore; In retirement, man can turn off The Weather Channel; Dozen die, 50 hurt, as snow brings down roof; Deadly cold weather grips Ukraine, Georgia; Heavy snow collapses roof in Austria; M7.7 quake rocks eastern Indonesia (01-28)
Texas drought losses reach $1.5 billion; Calif. warns about hurricane-damaged cars for sale; Winter Warmth: When will the lake freeze?; Lincoln, Nebraska rides record heat wave; Above normal warmth in Montana; First snow this year brings relief to Turin; Solar lights are done in by gloom; NASA remembers fallen astronauts; Tragedies influence future space vision; Astronomers find small, distant planet; North Texas dawn pictures (01-27)
Storms in D/FW's forecast; Forecasters: Great Falls could break Jan. record; Was it snow or hail in Hawaii?; You call that rain? Foggy technicality extends streak; Rainy streak ends at 37; Hurricane-displaced dogs head home after Mich. stay; Winter storms, NY transit strike drive record numbers for Internet Broadcasting; Predictions of big quakes may be within reach; Unusual two-toned rock on Mars pic (01-26)
Data: 2005 warmest year on record; Up to 300 dead across Europe in big freeze; Wild weather in NZ; Strong winds, some snow cause big problems in NW Minn.; High winds close bridge, snap power lines in Iowa; Snow falls on two Hawaii summits; Parts of WV could see 10 inches of snow; Thunder-snow, 50 mph winds Tuesday night in Philly; White House declines to provide storm papers; Local leaders update Hurricane Rita recovery, plan for new season; Sand muddies clarity of quake predictions in New Madrid Seismic Zone; Black hole puts dent in space-time (01-25)
New England snowstorm causes accidents, closes schools; Documents: White House got early warning on Katrina; Larger Mardi Gras crowds may descend on Mobile because of Katrina; Hospitals learn from hurricane; High winds fuel SoCal wildfires, topple trees; Rain helps in SE Okla.; Wash. town's rainfall streak at 37 days; Bitter cold hits E. Europe, Turkey; Collapsed TV tower kills 3 in Indonesia; Bon Jovi plane skids off runway in severe weather; Canadians: Global's weather best; N.J. flooding; Warmer weather hurting Mich.'s winter-linked businesses; Wind advisory for Bay Area; Depressed day; Quake in Colombia; NASA official to seek ETs; New Horizons launches to Pluto pic; Storms' welcome return pics (01-24)
Storm to bring rain, sleet, snow to NE; No drought-buster in Texas, but rain helps; Texas rain doesn't wash away burn bans; Rain brings relief for Ark., ends in Olympia, Wash.; El Paso on Day 100 of no rain; Mild weather pushes Vt. lake to record level; Nashville has warmest Jan. in years; State officials compare damage and relief aid with Miss.; E. Africa drought; Quake center receives $1.2 million; Tsunami could hit N. Japan in quake scenario; F5 tornado in Dallas 'could happen'; Art Bell returns to airwaves; Site redesigns for CapitalWeather, us! (01-23)
More rejoicing than usual as NWS says chance of rain in N. Texas Sunday at 100-percent; Heavy snow falls in Chicago area; Wintry mix hits Detroit; Balloons to help scientists clear cloudy picture; Photos of 1906 earthquake, fire deliver new perspectives, fresh aftershocks; NASA satellite ends 6-year mission; NASA postpones mission to visit asteroids; Apollo 12: Self portait (01-21)
Heavy snow forecast for Chicago, Mid-Michigan, north of Toronto; An inch of snow last covered Windy City's ground on Dec. 24; Snow for Mid-, SE Mich.; Mother Nature's roller coaster in Toronto; Winter weather in KC; Wash. state capital's rainy string reaches record 34 days; W. Texas bishop requests day of prayer for rain; Texas fires remain threat, but rain in forecast; 2nd death from NE wind storm; What happened to people missing after Katrina?; Storm blankets China (01-20)
Deadly NE storm cuts power to 440,000; 60 mph wind gusts in New England; Vt. power outages, flooding; More than 3,200 still listed as missing after Hurricane Katrina; Texas firefighters staying in place for future grass fires; Statewide burn ban sparks confusion; Fires scorch more Oklahoma land; More Utah snow; Freezing rain causes icy roads, flooding in Ottawa, Canada; AMS presents WeatherBug prestigious 2006 corporate award for outstanding services; Pluto mission lifts off after days of delay; New space race gets down to business; Gov. backs $55 million spending plan for Fla. space program (01-19)
Final report: Wilma hit SE Florida as a Cat. 2 storm; Windy weather in East: Winds may gust up to 60 mph in New England, NY, NJ, 40 mph in C. Fla.; Power outages in Philly area, N.C.; Thousands still without power in Conn. 2 days after storms; Powerful winds leave minor damage in Ala.; Slippery go in Mid-Mich.; What if F5 tornado hit Dallas?; Artist uses hurricane debris to make 'couture' clothes; Volcano shoots ash 8 miles high in Ak.; NASA will try again to launch Pluto ship (01-18)
Ice storm for parts of NE today; Philly area may get freezing rain; Cold Calif. storm forecast; More rain for Seattle; New Orleans Mayor Nagin: God mad at America, but also at blacks; More problems in Japan after record snow; Flooding in New Brunswick; Small quake in Vancouver; Comet dust heads to Houston; APoD: Roll cloud over Mo. (01-17)
Seattle's streak ends at 27 consecutive days of rain; Rain sets records in Maine; Much-needed rain, snow in Texas' forecast for MLK Day; Okla. wildfires continue to blaze; 40,000 customers in D.C.-area lose power in windstorm; Freezing rain returns to N.D.; Storm dumps 2 feet of snow at Lake Tahoe; Tornado, high winds damage N.C. homes; More than half New Orleans' stoplights remain broken; N.O. paper tries to report while attempting to survive; School district honors bus driver for hurricane aid efforts; Fort Worth Images, Trinity River in June 2004 and now (01-16)
Weather Channel kicks off 'It Could Happen Tomorrow'; Weather control talk on WeatherTalkRadio; Biting winds slam NE as winter returns; Busy weekend expected as drought lingers in Okla.; Fewer fires in N. Texas, but risk to rise today; Slight chance of storms in D/FW on Martin Luther King Day; Ariz. may experience its driest winter season in centuries; Storm to bring much-needed snow to SW; Seattle's near-record rain doesn't compare to Kaneohe; Capsule carrying comet dust lands in Utah (01-15)
Tornadoes, storms kill 1 in Ala., hurt 13 Fla. children; AccuWeather: Big NE storm brewing; Okla. wildfires destroy 20 homes, force evacuations; Firefighters battle blazes across N. Texas; Flooding, mudflows lead to state of emergency in Wash.; Rain stops, eases slide threat in N. Vancouver; Students spend break helping hurricane victims; From CES for weather, webcam nuts; Volcano in Alaska erupts for 3rd day; Fewer 2005 quake fatalities; Fireball streak; Moon robot pic (01-14)
South, SE severe storms; Rough weather possible in Atlanta today; AccuWeather.com is forecasting major storm that will slam into the NE; Seattle rain day No. 24, city's second longest period of consecutive rainfall; Bush revisits Gulf Coast region; Tulane's orientation resumes for freshmen; Storms displace 2M; Japan fears avalanches after record snowfall; Rescuers reach crew stranded in Antarctica; Warm Jan. in Toronto; 'Heat wave' hits upstate NY; Weather disaster stand-in; Space tornado whirls for trillions of miles; Trip to Pluto to take at least 9 years; Tornado watch Thurs. night (01-13)
Vancouver's relentless rain may break record Monday; Gov. tours flooded areas in W. Wash.; Warm weather disrupts fun of Midwest winters; Storms, snow in D.C.?; Ariz. begins to dry out a year after heavy snow, rain; Body found in Hurricane Katrina's wreckage over past week; 33 ID'd; Play tells story of Katrina, aftermath; Mardi Gras intrudes on evacuees; Wilma's victims can apply for FEMA aid until Jan. 19; Weather Channel may air Katrina show; Scott Chesner on Texas TV; Augustine volcano on Alaska Isl. erupts; Meteor scatter on FM (01-12)
Heavy, wet snow blankets SE Kansas; Parts of Okla. get snow; Flooding, mudslides block roads, trains as rain continues in Seattle; Lots of lightning in 2005 hurricanes baffles scientists; Hurricane debris fire burns out of control; Mississippi's invisible coast; Debris removal moving ahead in Miss.; Heavy snow expected in quake hit areas of Pakistan; Japan struggles to clear snow; Warm weather strands residents of northern town; W. Australia returning to normal after cyclone; Norfolk called tsunami ready; 4.9M quake off Ore. Coast (01-11)
Seattle soaker: City may break record of 33 consecutive days of measurable precipitation; Tornado cat returns to Nebraska home after almost 2 years; KC rain, snow in forecast; Colorado fire ban in effect; Greece donates $85,000 for Hurricane Katrina victims; Evacuees in hotels can get an extension; Asia suffers in worst cold for 70 years; Japan troops clear snow to reach isolated villages; Map for brilliant fireball Sun.; NASA to return comet samples to Earth; Hubble reveals North Star's companion (01-10)
'It Could Happen Tomorrow' Weather Channel series premiere depicts major hurricane in NYC (01-09)
Chief Meteorologist David Finfrock reaches 30 years of forecasting in D/FW (01-09)
Plains fires spread to Colo., Ark.; Texas wildfires under control; Okla. emergency director frustrated with FEMA response; Japan's deadly snowdrifts; Katrina victims living in dark, eerie New Orleans; Study: Evacuees having trouble coping; Judge halts eviction of evacuees; Plan: Rebuild all of N.O.; Red Cross urges awareness for hurricane season; Weather becomes bogeyman, news staple; Demand for weather radios surges in SW Ind. after tornado; Art Bell's wife dies; Texas man begins recording quakes in 1969; Powerful quake rattles Greece; Comet capsule light show; Creative launches wireless webcam (01-09)
WeatherBug: Lightning possible cause of W. Va. mine explosion; Goodbye 2005 hurricane season: Zeta weakens; Spring best chance to end Texas' fire danger; Drought threatens some Texas lawns; Freezing rain causes accidents this morning in Mich.; After deaths, Scouts faulted on lightning safety; Record snowfalls kill 57, bury Japan; Almost 250,000 in NW China trapped by heavy snowfall; Small 2.6M quake felt in NE Ohio city; Space station travel arrangements set (01-07)
Firefighters get upper hand on big grass fire near San Antonio; NorCal storm damage, flooding: What do I do now?; Texas schools get $50M installment for hurricane relief; Zeta, tropical storm that won't quit; FSU meteorologists' work may lead to better tracking of hurricanes; 28 die in record Japan snow; U.S. tsunami alert system streamlined; Space station travel arrangements set (01-06)
Could it happen tomorrow?; Katrina leads to puppy boom; Zeta barely hanging on to tropical storm status; Beyond the Saffir-Simpson scale; Snow-related accidents kill 3 in Wash. state; Gov. declares flooding emergency in Nev. after damage tops $10M; Suspected arson fire in Okla. contained; Blazes mostly contained across Texas; Unusual weather confusing N. Texas plants; ABC 7/WJLA-TV, NewsChannel 8 and WeatherBug(R) begin partnership in D.C. area; NASA team sees explosion on Moon (01-05)
Just one survivor at W. Va. Mine; Fires burn hundreds of thousands of acres in Texas, Okla., N.M.; Weekend rain storms in NorCal cause more than $200M in damage; Many Mass. schools closed Tues. as storm warnings issued; NW New Jersey gets 8 inches of snow; Tornadoes confirmed in Kentucky storm; Tropical Storm Zeta slightly strengthened Tues.; Aid to Hurricane Rita victims reaches $580.3M; 200 feared dead after flash flooding, landslide in central Indonesia; NBC Weather Plus launches Web site; Preliminary M6.7 quake shakes Gulf of California; Great moonlit night picture (01-04)
Fire close to home; Grass fires continue near Texas-Okla. border; Tornadoes hit Ohio Valley, South, kill 1; Snowstorm heads for New England, 18 inches of snow possible; Snow, sleet, ice on way for much of NJ; Flash flood warning for L.A. Co.; Rose Bowl marches on despite downpours; 11 dead, dozens injured, several trapped as roof of ice rink collapses in heavy snowfall; Tropical Storm Zeta defies forecasts, strengthens to 60 mph winds, one model makes it hurricane; Snow, rain bring misery to Pakistan survivors; 7.1 quake near Fiji; Small Ill. quake (01-03)
Severe storms move across Ohio Valley, SE; New Year, New Storm: Storm moves south as NorCal residents focus on cleanup; Crowds endure rain to watch Rose Parade; Reno's worst flood in 9 years; Fires ravage Okla. City, Texas towns; 20 grass fires in Texas on New Year's Day; Zeta hangs on as a tropical storm in 2006; Hurricane brings double load for evacuee schools; E. Texans still homeless months after Hurricane Rita; Britain's Met Office to create 'Katrina disaster'; Extreme heat set to return to Australia; Rovers still exploring Mars; WXnation's Top 40 city pages for 2005 (01-02)
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