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DONATE: Red Cross helping tornado victims across the Midwest
WASHINGTON, Monday, May 20, 2013 — The American Red Cross is helping people in the Midwest with shelter, food, relief supplies and emotional comfort after tornadoes over the last couple of days injured many people and destroyed homes. As many as...
Tags: National Weather Service, Google Play, Natural Disasters, American Red Cross, Tornadoes
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US roasts to hottest year on record by landslide
WASHINGTON (AP) — America set an off-the-charts heat record in 2012. A brutal combination of a widespread drought and a mostly absent winter pushed the average annual U.S. temperature last year up to 55.32 degrees Fahrenheit, the government...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Science and Technology, Droughts
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US drought worsens after weeks of improvement
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The worst U.S. drought in decades has deepened again after more than a month of encouraging reports of slowly improving conditions, a drought-tracking consortium said Wednesday, as scientists struggled for an explanation other...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Natural Disasters, Droughts, Arable Farming, Weather Reports
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Stubborn drought maintains grip on Ind., Mich. and rest of U.S.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The nation's worst drought in decades consumed a larger portion of the lower 48 states last week with the Midwest corn harvest in full swing, according to the latest update by a drought-tracking consortium released Thursday. The U....
Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Disasters, Droughts, Weather Reports, Weather
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US drought grows to cover widest area since 1956
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The drought gripping the United States is the widest since 1956, according to new data released Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Fifty-five percent of the continental U.S. was in a moderate to...Tags: Natural Disasters, Droughts, Weather Reports, Weather
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Government forecasts hotter, drier-than-average August
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hotter-than-average temperatures are expected over the vast majority of the contiguous 48 U.S. states in August, with below-average precipitation for Midwest areas already hit by the worst drought in a half century, the government...
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USDA cuts corn outlook as drought takes toll
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The federal government on Friday slashed its expectations for U.S. corn and soybean production for the second month in a row as the worst drought in decades continues punishing key farm states. The U.S. Agriculture Department cut...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Industry, Environmental Issues, Natural Disasters, Droughts
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Officials: Human remains at Titanic shipwreck site
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal official says there may be human remains embedded in the mud of the North Atlantic where the New York-bound Titanic came to rest when it sank 100 years ago. The director of maritime heritage at the National Oceanic and... -
2 years later, fish sick near BP oil spill site
BARATARIA BAY, La. (AP) — Open sores. Parasitic infections. Chewed-up-looking fins. Gashes. Mysterious black streaks. Two years after the drilling-rig explosion that touched off the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, scientists are...
Tags: Research, University of South Alabama, Petroleum Industry, Genes and Chromosomes, Environmental Issues
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Mobile home dwellers...and everyone else should have a plan
As if what happened in Henryville, Indiana wasn't warning enough, emergency officials want everyone to remember: Severe weather season is here. While many understand the danger of spring and summer storms, few are actually prepared. Karen Laros was...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, First Aid, American Red Cross, Disasters and Accidents, Radio
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NASA VIDEO: Massive flare sends biggest solar storm in years racing toward Earth
WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth's magnetic field is about to be shaken like a snow globe by the largest solar storm in five years.
After hurtling through space for a day and a half, a massive cloud of charged particles is due to arrive early Thursday and...Tags: North America, Science and Technology, Astronomy, Washington, DC, Snow Storms
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Outstanding Student Athlete: Sarah Coyne
What separates a great swimmer from the rest is simple.
"Times," Penn coach Jess Preston said. "When it really comes down to it."And Sarah Coyne's times are some of the best.
"She's one of our biggest meet swimmers we've ever had," Preston said. "The...Tags: Rutgers University
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