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Frightening tornado maps shows parts of US most at risk of destructive winds in next two months
The National Weather Service has released maps showing the future threat of tornadoes based on past events from 1982-2011, and they put Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska as particularly at risk
Locally severe storms to rattle part of Northeast Tuesday
Storms packing high winds, hail and torrential downpours will eye areas from the central Appalachians to the mid-Atlantic region on Tuesday. Part of the same storm system responsible for days of severe weather in the central United States will reach the Northeast Tuesday with thundery downpours and gusty consequences, AccuWeather meteorologists alert.
Study says California's 2023 snowy rescue from megadrought was a freak event. Don't get used to it
Last year’s snow deluge in California, which quickly erased a two decade long megadrought, was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime rescue from above, a new study found.Don’t get used to it because with climate change the 2023 California snow bonanza —a record for snow on the ground on April 1 — will be less likely in the future, said the study in Monday's journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.The study authors coined the term “snow deluge” for one-in-20-year heavy snowfalls, when it’s cold and wet enough to maintain a deep snowpack through April 1. But even among these rare...
Interview: A rocky link between climate change, earthquakes
Geologists like Chuck Bailey, chair of the geology department at the College of William & Mary, are pointing to an apparent connection between increasing water weight on the surface of the Earth and seismic activity. He joined Morning Edition Host Phil Liles to talk about that connection, and how the...
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