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  1. Warm Weather Stirs Up Amoeba Warning

    Tue, 18 Jun 2013

    nasal cavity to the brain. Naegleria was eyed in the death of a Minnesota child last summer, when the state experienced a heat wave . And in the summer of 2011, the amoeba killed four people in Virginia, Florida, Kansas and Louisiana , all of whom had

  2. Climate Talk Shifts From Curbing CO2 to Adapting

    Sat, 15 Jun 2013

    said Johnson, the California capital's mayor. The temperature in Sacramento was 110 this past week. After previous heat waves , cities such as Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., have come up with cooling centers and green roofs that

  3. Massive Storm System Surges Toward Mid-Atlantic

    Thu, 13 Jun 2013

    Winds reached nearly 100 mph in some places. In addition to the people who killed in the storm, 34 more people died from the heat wave that followed in areas without power. For Washington, Philadelphia and parts of the Mid-Atlantic the big storm risk continues

  4. Unusually Massive Line of Storms Aim at Midwest

    Wed, 12 Jun 2013

    nearly 100 mph in some places and in addition to the 13 people who died from downed trees, another 34 people died from the heat wave that followed in areas without power. Derechoes, with winds of at least 58 mph, occur about once a year in the Midwest

  5. Report: Fourth of NYC Could Be Flood Zone by 2050s

    Mon, 10 Jun 2013

    any and all future threats, not only from hurricanes and other coastal storms but also from droughts, heavy downpours and heat waves — many of which are likely to be longer and more intense in the years to come," an excerpt from the mayor's planned speech

  6. Oklahoma Tornado and 7 Other Billion Dollar Natural Disasters

    Tue, 21 May 2013

    acres of earth. At least five people lost their lives to the fires, which cost at least $1 billion. Southwest Drought/ Heat Wave - Spring/Summer 2011 Extended drought conditions and unwavering heat destroyed crops across the southern states. A majority

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  1. What's in a Number? New Carbon Dioxide Level Unseen in Human History

    Fri, 10 May 2013

    concoction laced with increasing numbers of heat waves , melting glaciers, higher sea levels experienced a taste with the enhanced drought, heat waves and wildfires. Superstorm Sandy was a warmer world in which droughts and heat waves could threaten food supplies, and higher

  2. Racing the Planet with Zandy Mangold

    Fri, 22 Mar 2013

    along the snow, Antarctica 2010. Nahila Hernandez of Mexica, China's Gobi Desert March, 2012. Runners reflected in heat waves , Wadi Rum, Jordan, 2012. Runner and photographer Zandy Mangold finishes the Atacama Crossing in fourth place, Chile

  3. NTSB Report Details Dreamliner Battery Fire

    Fri, 8 Mar 2013

    released documents from the National Transportation Safety Board. A firefighter reported seeing "a white glow with radiant heat waves " but no flames out of the battery pack that caught fire Jan. 7 at Logan International Airport, according to an interim

  4. Transcript of Obama's State of the Union Address

    Tue, 12 Feb 2013

    true that no single event makes a trend. But the fact is, the 12 hottest years on record have all come in the last 15. Heat waves , droughts, wildfires, and floods – all are now more frequent and intense. We can choose to believe that Superstorm

  5. Hurricane Sandy: Delivery Firm Copes With Chaos

    Mon, 29 Oct 2012

    orders. The company can look back at the number of orders for a sequence of days or events, like hurricanes, storms, and heat waves . It's as though they're a baseball team that has watched every recorded game in the vault. Instead of analyzing batting

  6. 7 Ways to Save Money and Energy This Winter

    Sun, 21 Oct 2012

    While many parts of the United States might still be experiencing the near-record heat waves of summer 2012, in other parts temperatures have plummeted. The Environmental Protection Agency has offered ways to save money

  7. Michigan and Bangalore: Global Warming Goes Global

    Sun, 2 Sep 2012

    food prices up in America and other countries. The world's climate scientists have straightforward graphs showing how such heat waves and droughts have become more frequent worldwide, as they had predicted. Everywhere, on front page, evening news, and

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Videos

  1. Schizophrenic Weather: Hot and Cold

    Mon, 13 May 2013

    Back here at home, a wild whiplash of spring weather. A heat wave in the west, a cold snap in the east. Would you believe, a traveling avalanche of ice in american back yards? Ginger zee shows

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    Back here at home, a wild whiplash of spring weather. A heat wave in the west, a cold snap in the east. Would you believe, a traveling avalanche of ice in american back yards? Ginger
  2. Heat Wave Ends, Storms Return

    Mon, 9 Jul 2012

    The deadly heat wave that's been burning just about as bad in the heat wave is the damage take a look tour. The storms and heat waves have been blamed for at bring relief from the heat waves pounding with triple digit

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    The deadly heat wave that's been burning up so much of the nation the -- whole. Now into the dozens but the end finally in --
    in many cases the storms were just about as bad in the heat wave is -- the damage -- take a look. We -- storms brought a chaotic -- to heat for many. A massive clap of thunder said baseball players and umpires and this ranger game running for cover. Players are coming up the field whether they want them tour. The storms and heat waves have been blamed for at least 45 deaths in the last eleven days lightning struck and killed 148 year old woman. At this beach in Monmouth New Jersey. Call -- within fifteen minutes after a beech struck. No destructive they did bring relief from the heat waves pounding -- with triple digit temperatures. For several weeks with eleven straight days of temperatures hovering near a hundred degrees. -- America's
  3. Heat Wave to Release its Grip

    Sun, 24 Jul 2011

    midwest and in the east. Through all the heat waves through all the things we've been grow records were set under the massive In this heat wave will have a lasting impact. Having scorched If you are headed on vacation and a heat wave is forecast you're better off going

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    196. He records were set under the massive -- -- In this heat wave will have a lasting impact. Having scorched millions of acres of farmland threatening corn and soybeans and likely leading to higher prices at the supermarket. If you are headed on vacation and a heat wave is forecast you're better off going to the country because all the stagnant -- trapped deep here in the city and --
  4. Heat Waves and Drought Grip the Nation

    Mon, 16 Jul 2012

    Heat, drought and wicked lightning storms. Here's the new heat wave bearing down. 15 states being warned about 1 soo-degree are selling cows they can't afford to feed. Yet another heat wave this week is only making matters worse -- baking the midwest

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    a triple threat. Heat, drought and wicked lightning storms. Here's the new heat wave bearing down. 15 states being warned about 1 soo-degree temperatures and suffocating humidity. Add to that 61% of the country is dry
    Cattle ranchers are selling cows they can't afford to feed. Yet another heat wave this week is only making matters worse -- baking the midwest and firing thunderstorms elsewhere. Here in houston, lightning killed these two
  5. Heat Wave Has Power Grid on the Brink

    Wed, 7 Jul 2010

    A look at how the power keeps flowing during heat waves .

  6. Heat Wave has Power Grid on the Brink

    Wed, 7 Jul 2010

    A look at how the power keeps flowing during heat waves .

  7. Deadly Storms Strike, Heat Wave Looms

    Mon, 16 Jul 2012

    Good morning. We're in the middle of starting the fourth heat wave so far. Those numbers began in the midwest yesterday. Numbers only thing going on. We've noticed in the last couple of heat waves , each time we get big numbers we get big storms as well

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    morning, sam. Good morning. We're in the middle of starting the fourth heat wave so far. Those numbers began in the midwest yesterday. Numbers this morning are already IN THE 80s IN PLACES LIKE Minneapolis, chicago. That's the way it feels right now. By the time we get into the day. It will feel like 107. Chicagoland you'll feel like you're about 101 degrees. The heat isn't the only thing going on. We've noticed in the last couple of heat waves , each time we get big numbers we get big storms as well. These storms in the west are from the monsoon throw.
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