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According to the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), the U.S. has seen a record number of billion dollar disasters in 2011. Thus far this year the nation has seen 10 such disasters and with hurricane season far from over, it seems likely the number will grow. The events range from the Groundhog Day Blizzard to [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.Nearly a dozen earthquakes have hit southern Colorado in the past 24 hours including a strong magnitude 5.3 temblor, the largest in the state since 1973. The quakes are occurring nearly 10 years ago to the date that a similar earthquake swarm struck the same area near Trinidad. Yesterday morning a minor magnitude 2.9 quake [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.Nearly 8,000 miles away the power of the tsunami caused by the March 11, 2011 Tohoku earthquake was felt in a resounding fashion. New satellite imagery released by NASA shows 50 square miles of ice from the Sulzberger Ice Shelf on the coast of Antarctica being broken off due to the waves. Scientists have speculated [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.Four firefighters from North Metro Fire Rescue will be joining nearly 2,000 others from across the nation in battling a monstrous wildfire in Arizona. In less than two weeks the Wallow Fire has exploded to cover more than 600 square miles and sent smoke as far as the Denver area. The hometown heroes from North [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.The Bay State is not one which is normally associated with tornadoes having only seen 152 twisters in the past 60 years – up until last week. Massachusetts took a big hit last week though as a massive tornado ripped through the Springfield area killing four people. Satellite imagery released by the USGS and NASA [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.Recent days have brought hazy conditions to the Denver area and all along the Colorado Front Range. At times residents have even smelled smoke and the culprit lies hundreds of miles to our south. Two fires burning near Trinidad as well as one in southern New Mexico were attributed to the hazy conditions early last [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.Tornadoes, damaging wind, hail and flooding rains are a fact of life in the United States in the springtime. This season however has seen an absolutely devastating series of storms systems that have brought extraordinary levels of destruction and loss of life. Among our writing assignments for Examiner.com we are the Natural Disasters Examiner. Of [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.Following on last month’s devastating bout of severe weather the month of May had started out much quieter. That silence from Mother Nature however was shattered yesterday as a massive tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri killing at least 89 people. Late afternoon brought storm clouds to southwestern Missouri and a tornado warning soon sounded. Residents [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.Japan is continuing to recover from the devastating magnitude 9.0 earthquake and the resultant tsunami that struck the nation in March. This past week Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) released new images of its Fukushima power plant as the massive waves struck the facility. Slideshow: Images of the Fukushima power plant being stricken by the [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.The devastating tornado outbreak that struck across the southern United States last month continues to be analyzed by the National Weather Service. At latest county 326 people were killed and as many as 305 tornadoes resulted in in the outbreak. What follows is NOAA’s latest update on the events: From NOAA: NOAA’s preliminary estimate is [...]
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