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Experts Predict Another Active Hurricane Season, More Impact on US

The hurricane season doesn't officially begin until June 1, but private forecasters already have issued their outlooks for the Atlantic Basin, predicting an active season and the potential for greater impact on the U.S. mainland than last year. The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season was the third most active on record in...

Blizzard Spreads Snowy Shroud Over Nearly Half of US

CHICAGO -- A fearsome storm spread a smothering shroud of white over nearly half the nation Wednesday, snarling transportation from Oklahoma to New England, burying parts of the Midwest under 2 feet of snow and laying down dangerously heavy ice in the Northeast that was too much for some buildings to bear. Tens of...

Is a 'Superstorm' the Next 'Big One' for California?

For years, California residents have worried about warnings from the U.S. Geological Survey that someday the state will be hit by a giant earthquake known as the "big one." Now the agency is warning of a new type of big one -- a "superstorm." The USGS says California could experience what it calls the "ARkStorm Scenario,"...

Second Arctic Outbreak Hits US; Why Is It So Cold?

(Dec. 13) -- The second outbreak of Arctic cold in two weeks has hit the U.S., and residents in much of the eastern two-thirds of the nation will shiver again this week: Temperatures Tuesday morning will range from close to 30 below zero in International Falls, Minn., to near freezing in Miami. While weather extremes are...

2010 Tied With 1998 as Hottest Year

(Oct. 18) -- The year-to-date global temperature is tied with 1998 as the warmest first nine months of a year, while La Nina, which tends to have an overall cooling effect, is strengthening as the Northern Hemisphere cold season approaches. January through September had a combined global land and sea surface temperature...

Background on El Nino

El Niño/La Niña-Southern Oscillation, or ENSO, is a quasiperiodic climate pattern that occurs across the tropical Pacific Ocean roughly every five years.

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