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Super typhoon leaves eight dead in Philippines

Super-typhoon Nanmadol killed at least eight people and left flattened bridges and... more

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Irene has passed-cleanup time

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Hurricane Irene has a Message to New York!

Hurricane IRENE is on her way to New York City shutting down the city, subways,... more

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Storm Tracker: Hurricane Irene : Live

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NOAA: Prepare for high hurricane activity in the Atlantic

As tropical storm Emily — the fifth named storm this year — finally dissipates in the Carribean, many more may be waiting to take her place.

According to new projections from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, this year’s hurricane season could be even more intense than previously projected. NOAA says there’s an 85 percent chance this year’s activity in the Atlantic will be above average — up from a 65% probability in May.

A major hurricane hasn’t hit the U.S. coast since 2008. But NOAA’s outlook for “high hurricane activity” has communities preparing for a season in which 19 major storms could form — ten of them hurricanes and five “major” hurricanes. A number of forces are driving this year’s potentially-active season, including temperatures in the Atlantic that are the third-warmest on record.

Meanwhile in Washington, NOAA could be undergoing some major changes that could impact the agency’s ability to monitor hurricanes and help coastal communities protect themselves. America’s satellites are in need of some serious upgrades — about $700 million worth. NOAA officials say that without an overhaul of the satellite system, hurricane and severe weather predictions would “spell disaster.”

With major budget cuts on the table, NOAA is facing some difficult choices. The House of Representatives has put aside about $450 million for satellite upgrades, just over half of what they need. But that money comes from NOAA’s oceans and fisheries programs, which would take away another very crucial piece of severe weather preparation, explains Center for American Progress’ Director of Oceans Policy Michael Conathan:
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Despite the GOP’s goal of making government more efficient, a proposed House spending bill also explicitly prevents NOAA from streamlining and consolidating its operations to create a comprehensive climate service. Although the climate service would help the military, farmers, home builders and others more efficiently acquire data to assist them in their operations, lawmakers have called it a “policy advocacy,” a grossly inaccurate description— and indeed, a political statement in itself.

Today, there are double the number of hurricanes forming in the Atlantic than there were a century ago. NOAA projects that rising ocean temperatures will decrease the number of weaker hurricanes, but possibly double the number of strong hurricanes over the next 80 years.As tropical storm Emily — the fifth named storm this year — finally... more

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Rare snowstorm in South American desert imperils 40,000 llamas and alpacas; strands thousands

As Bolivia suffered its worst snowstorms in 20 years, thousands of people were left... more

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One dead as typhoon sideswipes Japan

Typhoon Ma-On swerved away from Japan's Pacific coast Wednesday, leaving one... more

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Must see climate video connects the dots- while NY Times reporting on Arizona wildfires does not

Last month, 350.org founder Bill McKibben published a must-read op-ed about the... more

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YouTube - Tornado in Villarrica Chile June 8th 2011 ( Up Close Video)

Chile — An unusual storm bringing hurricane-force winds, heavy rain and hail... more

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Lightning at Camp Shelby, Mississippi sends 77 military personnel to hospital

Camp Shelby is sending 77 Air Force Cadet personnel to local hospitals in the... more

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The reality of global climate change/biodistress is upon us

And we have to stop allowing the same people to shut this conversation down. We are no where near prepared for adaptation and what this will bring in the future, nevermind the present. Even if we completely stopped greenhouse gas emissions today, what we have already put up in the atmosphere over the last century would continue to play out. And yet, we continue to spew out 70 million tons of this every day as if it doesn't matter and continue listening to those whose political and economic lives depend on making this a rote issue. Well it isn't rote, and it is now upon us. And this government is doing nothing. And that is simply unacceptable. And that will be a consideration when I vote in any election.
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"Joplin, Mo., was prepared. The tornado warning system gave residents 24 minutes’ notice that a twister was bearing down on them. Doctors and nurses at St. John’s Regional Medical Center, who had practiced tornado drills for years, moved fast, getting patients away from windows, closing blinds, and activating emergency generators. And yet more than 130 people died in Joplin, including four people at St. John’s, where the tornado sucked up the roof and left the building in ruins, like much of the shattered city.

Even those who deny the existence of global climate change are having trouble dismissing the evidence of the last year. In the U.S. alone, nearly 1,000 tornadoes have ripped across the heartland, killing more than 500 people and inflicting $9 billion in damage. The Midwest suffered the wettest April in 116 years, forcing the Mississippi to flood thousands of square miles, even as drought-plagued Texas suffered the driest month in a century. Worldwide, the litany of weather’s extremes has reached biblical proportions. The 2010 heat wave in Russia killed an estimated 15,000 people. Floods in Australia and Pakistan killed 2,000 and left large swaths of each country under water. A months-long drought in China has devastated millions of acres of farmland. And the temperature keeps rising: 2010 was the hottest year on earth since weather records began.

From these and other extreme-weather events, one lesson is sinking in with terrifying certainty. The stable climate of the last 12,000 years is gone. Which means you haven’t seen anything yet. And we are not prepared.

Picture California a few decades from now, a place so hot and arid the state’s trademark orange and lemon trees have been replaced with olive trees that can handle the new climate. Alternating floods and droughts have made it impossible for the reservoirs to capture enough drinking water. The picturesque Highway 1, sections of which are already periodically being washed out by storm surges and mudslides, will have to be rerouted inland, possibly through a mountain. These aren’t scenes from another deadly-weather thriller like The Day After Tomorrow. They’re all changes that California officials believe they need to brace for within the next decade or two. And they aren’t alone. Across the U.S., it’s just beginning to dawn on civic leaders that they’ll need to help their communities brave coming dangers brought by climate change, from disappearing islands in Chesapeake Bay to dust bowls in the Plains and horrific hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico. Yet only 14 states are even planning, let alone implementing, climate-change adaptation plans, says Terri Cruce, a climate consultant in California. The other 36 apparently are hoping for a miracle.

The game of catch-up will have to happen quickly because so much time was lost to inaction. “The Bush administration was a disaster, but the Obama administration has accomplished next to nothing either, in part because a significant part of the Democratic Party is inclined to balk on this issue as well,” says economist Jeffrey Sachs, head of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. “We [are] past the tipping point.” The idea of adapting to climate change was once a taboo subject. Scientists and activists feared that focusing on coping would diminish efforts to reduce carbon emissions. On the opposite side of the divide, climate-change deniers argued that since global warming is a “hoax,” there was no need to figure out how to adapt. “Climate-change adaptation was a nonstarter,” says Vicki Arroyo, executive director of the Georgetown Climate Center. “If you wanted to talk about that, you would have had to talk about climate change itself, which the Bush administration didn’t want to do.” In fact, President Bush killed what author Mark Hertsgaard in his 2011 book, Hot, calls “a key adaptation tool,” the National Climate Assessment, an analysis of the vulnerabilities in regions of the U.S. and ideas for coping with them. The legacy of that: state efforts are spotty and local action is practically nonexistent. “There are no true adaptation experts in the federal government, let alone states or cities,” says Arroyo. “They’ve just been commandeered from other departments.”

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Tornadoes hit Oklahoma, headed for Joplin area again

These poor people. I pray they will stay strong. It looks like they could get hit... more

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No clear number on how many still missing due to tornadoes

As rescue workers continued their search Monday for possible survivors of last... more

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DEVELOPING: Alabama tornado video

UPDATED: terrifying Alabama tornado videos. Our thoughts are with the affected... more

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Nature's wrath, tornadoes and floods

How much longer before we get serious about what is exacerbating this?

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Storms Hit Texas; at Least 1 Funnel

Strong thunderstorms hit parts of North Texas Monday, including at least one large... more

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Strong, long tracked tornadoes confirmed in Mississippi; EF-3 Clinton/Jackson

After surveying the extensive damage caused by a major tornado outbreak on Friday, the... more

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At Least 8 Killed As Severe Storms Strike South

An enormous tree limb that crashed through a Georgia family's bedroom killed a... more

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Hail Storm Happening At My Crib

Becouse it has alot to Do with A big Storm That Happend Today In Jeannette Pa also in... more

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EF-2 tornado confirmed in Western Mississippi; more than 30 counties report wind damage

A strong to severe squall line of storms is not only responsible for producing... more

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