TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan underestimated the risk of tsunamis and needs to closely monitor public and workers' health after the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, a team of international safety inspectors said in a preliminary review of th...

Today the NWS released a statement confirming that an EF0 tornado (the weakest kind) hit about a mile east of Napavine, a small town in SW WA near I5 around 2 PM (2100 UTC) on Friday (see map):The tornado touched the ground for a few hundred feet, dama...

Adelino Ramos, a rural activist protecting the dwindling land of the Amazon, was murdered this Friday in Porto Velho, the capital of Rondonia, Brazil. He’s the third reported activist that has been killed this week for his public denouncements of ...

By Saif al Abri -In spite of the hot climate good seasonal rains and snow were witnessed in many regions of the Sultanate, especially Al Sarat Camp in Al Rustaq. This region witnessed intense snowfall with many wadis in full flow. Shaikh Nasir al Ha...

More Western winds for Punjab Turbat sizzles at 50°C again Pre-Monsoon activty in Karachi continues Chances of depression in the Arabian sea still persists   Pakistan Weather Background *A weak western disturbance would affect Northern Pakistan. *Heat wave to persist in parts of Balochistan and Sindh. *Tropical cyclone “Keila” may affect lower ...

Monsoon Onset in Kerala May 31, 2011; 12:28 PM ET IMD OBJECTIVE GUIDELINES SHOW KERALA ONSET MAY 29, 2011 The India Meteorological Department (IMD) have now said that the SW Monsoon of 2011 began in the country on May 29, based upon their objective cr...

A twist on the tale of Arctic development opened up by warming temperatures and melting ice: We know that oil companies are itching to explore in newly ice-free waters and that nations are already staking claims, but a new report in Nature Climate Chan...

The Atlantic hurricane season officially begins on Wednesday, June 1, but the Caribbean is already showing signs of the change of seasons. Moisture and heavy thunderstorm activity have increased in the region between Central America and Jamaica in rece...

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Anthony Watts Details and video here. Hail that covered the ground like snow along the Gold Coast, photo below: Photo: Isabelle Vallin-Thorpe who writes – Photos taken tonight from where we live, Gold Coast hinterland....

With southeasterly flow aloft and modestly unstable air over eastern Washington, thunderstorms are breaking out on the eastern slopes of the Cascades right now (2 PM on Monday). This convection occurs as the lifting caused by the eastern Cascade slo...

Published: Monday, May 30, 2011 - 15:50 in Earth & Climate Related images(click to enlarge) William D'Andrea, Brown University The end of the Norse settlements on Greenland likely will remain shrouded in mystery. While there is scant written ...

A baby girl  survived being crushed by boulders that fell on her grandfather’s home in Naga City, south Cebu. The landslide took place 11 a.m. Saturday in barangay Naalad, but it wasn’t until yesterday that the full extent of the landslide was seen by government geologists. The baby’s  father Reynante ...

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The governor of flood-plagued Montana ordered more National Guard troops to join the anti-flood effort, while states downstream along the bloated Missouri River strengthened levees and laid sandbags ahead of the release of waters from dams and reservo...

By Jim Andrews, Senior Meteorologist May 30, 2011; 10:50 AM ET Songda was an exceptionally powerful typhoon last week, when it menaced the Philippines, Taiwan and Okinawa. At the height of its life cycle on May 26, Songda held super-typhoon stat...

BATANGAS CITY—A sudden drop in temperature that lowered oxygen level at the onset of the rainy season in Taal Lake has killed 752.6 metric tons of fish worth P57.226 million since Friday, officials said on Sunday. The fishkill was the worst climate change disaster to hit Batangas, according to Rosario ...

Image: Sierra Club Compass Saturday, 28 May 2011 16:58 Agence France-Presse DEAUVILLE, France: Russia, Japan and Canada told the G8 they would not join a second round of carbon cuts under the Kyoto Protocol at United Nations talks this year and the U...

Yesterday brought quite a bit of sun to the lowlands, clouds and some some showers to the mountains, and if the day was not great it was generally acceptable for most.Last night the low clouds thickened for much for much of region...here is the visible...

By Jim Andrews, Senior Meteorologist May 29, 2011; 2:55 PM ET "Memorial Day Monday, standing record highs will be rivaled..." A shot of sticky heat will spread over much of the nation's eastern half during the first half of the week. For the Oh...

MANILA, Philippines—The Las Piñas-Parañaque Coastal Lagoon—eyed to be reclaimed by authorities—not only serves as a stop for migratory birds but also supports the lives of families in the area who turn to it for livelihood and protection. The 175-hectare lagoon, which serves as home to endangered Philippine ducks and a ...

That’s from the avalanche center in the Tetons, and here is a current web-cam view up Yosemite Valley towards still-closed Tioga Pass (in the left background): AP has a nice roundup of late snow and snowpack news (including the Teton quote). Just w...

TOKYO – Typhoon Songda churned northeast along Pacific coasts in southern Japan Sunday, bringing with it heavy rains and staying on course to hit Tokyo as it weakened, weather officials said. It was expected to be downgraded to a depression late Sunday but could still dump torrential rain on the ...

By ONA/Kabeer Yousuf - MUSCAT — Heavy to moderate rains fell in wilayats of Dakhiliyah, Dhahirah, Sharqiyah and Batinah regions yesterday causing wadis to flow. The rains fell in Nizwa, Samayil and Bahla in the Dakhiliyah, the wilayats of Yanqul and...

Since the forecast of a possible cyclone in the Arabian sea emerged on May 23, there had been much talk about its possible track and intensity. Cyclones in the Arabian sea are rare and stronger ones are extremely rare but not unheard. A little disturbance in the Arabian sea sends chills ...

PHIL CAMPBELL, Ala (Reuters) – Five-year-old Garrett LeClere survived the devastating twister that struck Phil Campbell, Alabama on April 27 with two broken arms and a fractured skull. His parents did not make it. Rescuers searched for a day before ...

TUBA, Benguet, Philippines—A heavy downpour ushering the start of the rainy season caused a pocket mine tunnel in Barangay Camp 4 here to collapse on Friday, killing a small-scale miner and injuring two of his companions, reports from the Office of Civil Defense in the Cordillera showed. The OCD Cordillera ...

BAGUIO, Philippines—The death toll from Typhoon Chedeng (Songda) rose to three on Saturday as rescuers retrieved the body of a miner trapped in a flooded tunnel, officials said. A 24-hour rescue effort near the northern town of Tuba failed to save the miner, who was trapped when rainwater brought by ...

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MANILA, Philippines – Rain caused by the southwest monsoon flooded parts of metro Manila this Saturday, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said. As of 9:00 a.m., Lascano and Tugatog Streets and Letre Road area in Malabon City are not passable to light vehicles after it recorded knee-deep level or 19 ...

The survival of finless porpoises, a highly-endangered freshwater dolphin in China's Yangtze River, is under threat from lingering drought as the river's water level keeps dropping, experts warned Tuesday. Workers at a national natural reserve in Sh...