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A low-pressure system that has lingered in the Gulf of Mexico the past few days, bringing rain to the Gulf Coast, was expected to finally move inland into the Southeast on Sunday. This was likely to translate to widespread rain and even a few thunderstorms in the area even as the system weakens while moving toward the Southeast coast.
Farmers took advantage of the drier weather to make headway on their rain-delayed fall harvest.
An Atlantic bottlenose dolphin is being treated for dehydration and pneumonia after it was found stranded following Tropical Storm Ida's brush with the Alabama coast.
Rescuers have evacuated several shops in southeast Washington, D.C., over concerns that nearby buildings under construction might collapse because the ground is soaked from recent rain.
With his state under an emergency declaration because of heavy rain and floods Thursday, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine was in Arkansas for a Democratic fundraiser.
Climate scientists normally are wary of associating daily weather events to longer term climate change, but new research does just that by showing that daily record high temperatures across the continental U.S. occurred twice as often as record lows over the last decade.
A powerful storm born from the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida began moving out to sea Friday after raking the East Coast for three days, leaving behind it a trail of flooding, damaged buildings, eroded beaches and at least six deaths.
Wet weather was forecast for the Eastern U.S. on Wednesday as a low pressure system hovered over the region.
The Coast Guard says two Chevron Corp. workers have been rescued from an oil rig that was in danger of toppling as Tropical Storm Ida churned up high seas.
Tropical Storm Ida sloshed ashore with rain and gusty winds Tuesday before weakening to a depression, causing little damage along the Gulf Coast but bringing more rain to the already-soaked Southeast.
Ulrich Sauff and his wife stared at the mammoth domino pieces marking the path where the Berlin Wall once stood and reminisced about life in the barrier's shadow.
Ida sloshed ashore with rain and gusty winds before losing its tropical storm strength Tuesday, leaving weather-hardened Gulf Coast residents largely unscathed.
Mild weather was expected over the Central U.S. as light showers continued over the Great Lakes on Wednesday.
While residents in some Western and Plains states were digging out Friday after an early blast of snow, heavy rain and strong winds that toppled trees, power lines and church steeples lashed parts of the South, leaving three people dead.
One man is dead and a landmark church steeple toppled onto a car in Louisiana after a line of thunderstorms spawned several tornadoes there and in neighboring Arkansas.
With as many as four World Series games scheduled in November, Major League Baseball and FOX could take a financial hit if northeastern skies drop a deep chill or some white stuff on New York or Philadelphia.
Wet conditions were forecast to persist over the Great Lakes and move into the Northeast on Tuesday.
There could be more soggy weather in the Bronx for Game 1 of the World Series.
Baseball fans looking over the equipment list — balaclavas, tights, parkas, and hand warmers — are forgiven if they think the Phillies and Yankees are headed for a ski vacation.
Tropical Storm Neki is moving north in the central Pacific with little change in strength expected.
Wet weather continues to slow the harvest in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Two strong systems were forecast to continue bringing unsettled weather to the U.S. on Tuesday.
Neki has weakened to a tropical storm as it spins far out in the central Pacific.
- The Midwest and northern states will likely get a warmer winter, while the Southeast should expect the opposite, cooler and wetter, according to federal weather forecasters.
A Pacific low pressure system was forecast to move onto the West Coast, renewing wet weather for parts of the West on Monday.
Parts of U.S. should see warmer DecemberWarmer-than-average temperatures are forecast for the northern and western United States this December, the U.S. National Weather Service says.
Hundreds expected to die from heat - yet againHEALTH authorities should be doing more to prevent heat-related illnesses and deaths as vulnerable people, particularly the elderly, struggle to adapt to the changing conditions, emergency doctors say.
Pilot 'a hero' for emergency ocean landingThe pilot of a CareFlight jet is being hailed a hero after he safely ditched the plane into the Pacific Ocean after bad weather prevented him from landing at Norfolk Island.
Fire bans across three statesFire Authorities have issued total fire bans for most parts of South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria.
East Coast storm damage tops $100 millionEast Coast communities are totaling the cost of last week's storm damage, hoping to convince President Obama to declare their areas federal disaster areas, and qualify them for rebuilding funds.
Drought gets Texas to focus on water needsWith the Texas population expected to nearly double over the next 50 years, lawmakers and water experts are trying to convey an important message: We\'re running out of water.
Dry Venezuela asks Cuba to help zap cloudsVenezuela's President Hugo Chavez says he will join Cuban scientists on flights to "bomb clouds" to create rain amid a severe drought.
Authors from the American National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR),Climate Central, The Weather Channel, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have released another piece of compelling evidence of a world getting hotter.
China's Weather Manipulation Brings Crippling Snowstorm to BeijingIn The People's Republic of China, it's no secret that the Party controls just about everything. But as Beijing suffers through its second major snowstorm this season, residents are growing weary of their leadership's control-freak tendencies.
Rain sends mud into L.A. suburb after wildfireA brief but fierce cloudburst sent mud, water and large rocks flowing from slopes denuded by wildfire into a foothill neighborhood north of Los Angeles, authorities said Friday.
Heavy snow storms in China kill 40Unusually early snow storms in north-central China have claimed 40 lives, caused thousands of buildings to collapse and destroyed almost 500,000 acres (200,000 hectares) of winter crops, the Civil Affairs Ministry said Friday.
Zoo animals hot under collar during heat waveThe beavers took cover in their underwater lodges, but hundreds of other animals were left seeking shade or a cooling breeze Thursday when a power outage hit Adelaide Zoo during a heat wave.
Remnants of Ida could lash more Atlantic statesThe powerful winds and rain that hit Virginia and the Atlantic seaboard were expected to weaken Friday, though the storm was forecast to move up the coast and could threaten more states.
Cutbacks likely to slow snow removal - USATODAY.comThe wait for a snowplow will be longer in some communities this winter as tight budgets, layoffs and high salt prices force cuts in snow removal services.
Tomorrow's weather: Cloudy, with a chance of fractalsWE'VE all watched those vast heaps of cotton wool float across the sky. Lofted and shaped by updrafts of warm air, cumulus clouds mesmerise with their constantly changing shape. Some grow ever taller, while others wither and die before our eyes.
Flood alerts as Ida still drenches SoutheastFlood watches and warnings were issued for most of North Carolina as the remnants of Hurricane Ida brought heavy rain across the state on Wednesday.
Rain-triggered slide kills at least 42 in IndiaA landslide triggered by torrential seasonal rains swept through a hilly region in southern India, killing at least 42 people, an official said Tuesday.
U.N.: 10,000 Salvador flood victims need foodAt least 10,000 Salvadorans are in urgent need of food aid after devastating floods and mudslides that damaged crops, destroyed homes and killed 130 people, the U.N. said Tuesday.
Gulf Coast residents stay put ahead of IdaWeather-hardened Gulf Coast residents refused to retreat from a steadily weakening tropical storm that crept toward shore Tuesday, bringing heavy rain, stiff winds and some flooding.
Gulf Coast prepares as Hurricane Ida closes inHurricane Ida chugged toward the Gulf Coast but residents seemed to take the first Atlantic hurricane to target the U.S. this season in stride.
Drought worsens water shortages in VenezuelaWhile a drought has put Caracas under widespread water rationing for the first time in years, for Venezuelans in this hillside slum it's just more of the same.
Tens of thousands of homes flooded in MexicoA week of torrential rain has flooded the homes of more than 200,000 people along Mexico's Gulf coast, officials said Friday. Residents in some towns complained that no help had arrived.
Ida likely to reform, head for Cancun and U.S.Former Hurricane Ida drenched Central America as a tropical depression on Friday and forecasters said it had some chance of regaining force and heading toward the U.S.
Tropical storm forms off Nicaragua, HondurasTropical storm Ida was gaining strength in the southwest Caribbean, prompting a hurricane watch for the eastern coast of Nicaragua and storm warnings for two Colombian islands.
Floods force 44,000 from homes in MexicoFlooding after days of heavy rain along Mexico's Gulf Coast has forced more than 44,000 people from their homes.
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