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Big Weekend Storm Coming, But Path of Heavy Snow Uncertain

(Dec. 7) -- With a deep snowpack already in place in the Northwest and northern Rockies, snow accumulating by the foot near the Great Lakes and cold air as far south as Florida, winter has started quickly this year. A potent storm this weekend will add to winter's early fury. The path of the storm's heavy snowfall is far...

Scores Feared Dead After Colombian Landslide

(Dec. 6) -- Up to 200 people are believed to be buried beneath rubble from a deadly landslide that destroyed at least 10 homes in the northwestern Colombian city of Medellin. Emergency teams using sniffer dogs have so far rescued seven people, the BBC reported, and one body has been recovered. However, the scale of the...

New Drilling Banned in Eastern Gulf, Atlantic Coast

WASHINGTON (Dec. 1) -- The Obama administration announced today that the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has prompted it to scuttle plans to open waters off Florida and along the Atlantic coast to offshore oil and gas drilling for at least seven years. The change, detailed by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in a...

New Tropical Storm May Be Brewing in Caribbean

(Sept. 27) -- Tropical Storm Nicole may be brewing in the northwestern Caribbean, and the system appears to be headed toward Florida and the Eastern Seaboard this week. It's not certain the system will develop into a full-fledged tropical storm, but it could nevertheless produce very heavy rainfall. Serious flooding is a...

Why So Few Hurricanes This Year?

(Nov. 5) -- Not that anyone's complaining, but as hurricane seasons go, this one has been pretty wimpy. Ida reached hurricane strength off Nicaragua's east coast Thursday morning, becoming only the third Atlantic hurricane of the year. It's the first named storm since Tropical Storm Henri in early October. The biggest...

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Sarah Chasis: Drilling Our Atlantic Coast

Some of the most mysterious and enthralling places on Earth may be next in line for oil and gas drilling.

Background on Atlantic Coast

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area.

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